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View online     BIG builds "winding wall" of affordable housing in Copenhagen Bjarke Ingels' firm has completed Dortheavej Residence, an affordable housing development in Copenhagen made up of prefabricated modules stacked on top of one another. Read more ›   Protests as Sydney Opera House turned into billboard to advertise betting company The Jørn Utzon-designed Sydney Opera House has been lit up with graphics to advertising a horse race, prompting protests from designers and locals. Read more ›   "The future of design is female" says Istanbul Design Biennial curator Jan Boelen Female designers make up 70 per cent of participants at this year's Istanbul Design Biennial, proving that women are set to play a dominant role in the design world, according to curator Jan Boelen. Read more ›   Open Sesame installation pairs Syrian refugee-made soap with Alibaba.com leather bags Designer Charlotte Maëva Perret has built a towering installation of soaps made by Syrian refugees and Albibaba.com luxury leather bags to help people visualise the connection between offline production and global online retail. Read more ›   Leth & Gori builds pop-up house on staircase of OMA-designed BLOX in Copenhagen The work of architecture studio Leth & Gori is currently on show at the Danish Architecture Centre in Copenhagen, in a full-scale model house built on top of a staircase. Read more ›   10 bioplastic projects made from algae, corn starch and other natural materials Could biodegradable plastics made from natural substances such as algae replace fossil-fuel polymers? Here are 10 examples of designers that are experimenting with environmentally friendly alternatives. Read more ›   Superimpose creates CO2 Pavilion as inner city sanctuary in Beijing This interactive pavilion, installed for Beijing Design Week 2018, is designed by architecture studio Superimpose to offer an oasis of calm in the centre of the capital. Read more ›   10 modernist architectural marvels on America's East Coast Impressive buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Kahn, IM Pei and Eero Saarinen are among writer and author Sam Lubell's highlights of modernist architecture sites to visit along the Eastern Seaboard. Read more ›   Yuming Hu creates range of chairs for the restless body Tsinghua University furniture design graduate Yuming Hu has created a range of chairs designed for the peculiar behaviours of different users. Read more ›   Daan Roosegaarde's UFO-like light installation tracks pieces of space waste in real time Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde has created a large-scale light performance that follows pieces of junk floating around in outer space, to mark the launch of an initiative to highlight the issue of space waste. Read more ›   Pentagram evokes speed with branding for online car shop Vroom The silhouettes and movement of speeding racing cars influenced the slanted lettering of this wordmark, designed by Pentagram's New York office as part of a rebrand for an online auto trader. Read more ›   Studio 512 cheats extra space at The Hive guest house in Austin Design firm Studio 512 has created a whimsical guest dwelling for a Texas home that features angled walls clad in oversized shingles, and interior spaces that narrow and widen based on how they are used. Read more ›   Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners plans 1,200-metre-long raised garden in Shenzhen An area of reclaimed land in Shenzhen, China, is to be transformed into an "urban living room", with a linear raised garden designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. Read more ›   Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise