Australia's tallest building | Smart concussion collar | Apple-esque McDonald's

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UNStudio to design Australia's tallest building

UNStudio and Cox Architecture to design Australia's tallest tower

UNStudio and Cox Architecture  have won a competition to design a supertall skyscraper for Melbourne, with a pair of twisting green towers. More ›

 
 

Ponte Morandi suspension bridge collapses in Genoa during storm

A motorway bridge built in the 1960s has collapsed during heavy rainfall in Genoa, Italy, killing at least 37 people. More ›

 
 

Spirit of the City at A/D/O "designed for people to lose themselves in" says United Visual Artists

United Visual Artists' Spirit of the City installation at A/D/O, MINI's Brooklyn creative workspace

Matt Clark of United Visual Artists explains how the installation he created for MINI's Brooklyn creative workspace A/D/O, is designed to reflect human experiences of the city, in a movie produced by Dezeen for MINI. More ›

 
 

Cutout Mix is a range of "diverse and inclusive" graphic figures for architectural renderings

Italian designers Francesca Perani and Claudia Manenti have illustrated 488 scale figures that they are offering for use in architectural drawings, featuring characters of different ages, skin tones and gender identities. More ›

 
 

Bright partitions and chunks of marble define Loreak fashion store in San Sebastián

Loreak flagship store by Pensando en Blanco

Pensando en Blanco has dotted blue glass partitions and jagged offcuts of grey marble throughout this otherwise colourless clothing store in northern Spain. More ›

 
 

Halo smart collar designed to protect athletes from concussion

Halo smart collar by Aexos

A compression top with an auto-tightening collar that promises to reduce whiplash and concussion is the first product from Canadian sports tech start-up Aexos. More ›

 
 

Undulating balconies wrap housing development on Parisian island

Local studio Peripheriques Marin+Trottin Architectes has completed an apartment complex on L'Ile-Saint-Denis in Paris, which features wavy balconies enclosed by a ribbon of perforated metal. More ›

 
 

"Architects have a role to play in addressing school violence" says AIA

South Los Angeles High School by Brooks + Scarpa

The American Institute of Architects has revealed plans for a series of initiatives that will use "the power of design" to tackle gun violence in US schools and create safer environments for children. More ›

 
 

Chicago McDonald's by Ross Barney Architects draws comparisons to Apple stores

Fast-food chain McDonald's has replaced its iconic restaurant in Chicago with a building by Ross Barney Architects that is "unlike any in the company's portfolio". More ›

 
 

"Hauntingly beautiful"

Grenfell Tower: in Memoriam, by JAA Architects

In this week's comments update, readers discuss whether a proposal for a memorial to the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire is appropriate. More ›

 
 

Shape-shifting Cypher sculpture by Ozel Office is controlled by motion

Cypher by Ozel Office

California architecture studio Ozel Office has created a blobby robotic sculpture that changes shape in the presence of people, or through the movements of those wearing a matching virtual reality headset. More ›

 
 

Solo Arquitetos softens Brazilian office space with light wood details

Brazilian firm Solo Arquitetos has finished a timber company's offices with its own pale wood products, helping to keep the space light and bright while showing off the merchandise. More ›

 
 

Construction workers suffer highest death rate from opioid overdoses in Massachusetts

Construction workers in Massachusetts

A new study of opioid-related overdose deaths in Massachusetts has found that the construction industry is the worst affected, while architecture and engineering are the only occupations to have a higher death rate among women than men. More ›