Will Alsop’s Battersea tower | Sugar-cane flip flops | Robot backpack

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Architecture Interiors Design Technology News Jobs       Will Alsop's Heliport Heights skyscraper set to be built in London A 20-storey-high tower designed by the late Will Alsop is set to be constructed beside the River Thames in London and is likely to become the architect's last major project in the city. More ›     Flip flops with sugar-cane soles released by eco shoe brand Allbirds A San Francisco-based footwear startup has launched a flip flop with a sustainable sole made from sugar cane. More ›     Backpack-style robot companion gives wearer two functional extra hands Syrian designer Yamen Saraiji has designed a wearable, two-armed robot that acts as an extension to the human body. More ›     Sella Concept uses pink tones for Night Tales bar under railway arches in Hackney Curved openings and salmon-pink furnishings appear throughout Night Tales Bohemia Place, a new east London bar designed by Sella Concept. More ›     Open House London 2018 programme features Bloomberg HQ and US Embassy Dezeen promotion: over 800 buildings will be open free to the public during this year's Open House London, including the Stirling Prize-nominated Bloomberg headquarters by Foster + Partners and the new US Embassy by Kieran Timberlake. More ›     Norm Architects blends Japanese and Danish styles in furniture produced with Karimoku Danish studio Norm Architects has teamed up with Japanese furniture manufacturer Karimoku to create four pieces of wooden furniture for a renovation project in Tokyo. More ›     Brick relief facade evokes bookshelves at Delft archive building Office Winhov and Gottlieb Paludan Architects used red brick to create a decorative relief pattern that expresses the function and robust character of this archive building in the Dutch city of Delft. More ›     Studio Gang's Mira tower in San Francisco to feature twisting bay windows US architecture firm Studio Gang has revealed new renderings of a 40-storey apartment building in San Francisco, which will feature reinterpretations of the city's "classic bay windows" spiralled around its exterior. More ›     Isaac-Rae hides cave-like cocktail bar behind Williamsburg coffee shop A green rock counter curves in front of bulbous plaster walls inside this bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, designed by local architecture studio Isaac-Rae for a space tucked behind a cafe. More ›     US Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer becomes Pritzker Prize chair Justice Stephen Breyer has been appointed to lead the jury for architecture's most prestigious award. More ›     Man injured in Anish Kapoor art accident at Serralves museum A visitor to the Serralves museum in Porto, Portugal, has been hospitalised after falling in an art installation designed by Anish Kapoor. More ›     Walker Warner Architects overhauls Silicon Valley building using industrial materials Metal, wood and concrete were used to revamp a 1960s mixed-use building near Facebook's main campus and Stanford University, which houses a cafe at ground level and leasable office space up above. More ›       Follow us     Forward this newsletter to a friend You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. Unsubscribe     Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise