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View online     Counter Investigations exhibition by Forensic Architecture wins Design of the Year 2018 Research agency Forensic Architecture has won the Design of the Year award for 2018, beating fashion designer Erdem Moralioğlu's Royal Ballet costumes and Space X's Falcon Heavy rocket. Read more ›   Modular home system turns empty commercial buildings into co-living spaces The Vivahouse prefabricated modular housing system, which is designed to turn vacant commercial properties into co-living environments, has launched in the UK. Read more ›   Palm leather rugs are vegan alternative to cow hide Dutch designer Tjeerd Veenhoven's rugs made from a palm leaf material, called palm leather, are a sustainable and vegan alternative to traditional leather made from animal skin. Read more ›   Artist's binoculars let Tate Modern visitors look inside RSH+P's Neo Bankside Max Siedentopf's guerrilla art installation allowed Tate Modern visitors to zoom in on Roger Stirk Harbour + Partner's Neo Bankside housing from Herzog & de Meuron's extension. Read more ›   Competition: win a copy of Bauhaus by Hans M Wingler As part of our Bauhaus 100 series celebrating the school's centenary, the latest Dezeen competition offers readers the chance to win one of five hardcover copies of Bauhaus by Hans M Wingler. Read more ›   Conran and Partners creates sustainable luxury at QO hotel in Amsterdam Conran and Partners' QO Amsterdam hotel has holistic wellness and sustainability features including a rooftop greenhouse and intelligent facade. Read more ›   Jony Ive and Marc Newson design all-diamond ring Apple design head Jonathan Ive and renowned designer Marc Newson are creating a ring entirely from a single diamond for sale at a charity auction. Read more ›   Nio and Hussein Chalayan launch clothing collection inspired by world's fastest electric car Chinese electric car company Nio has launched its debut clothes collection in collaboration with experimental fashion designer Hussein Chalayan. Read more ›   MVRDV's Radio Tower & Hotel for New York constitutes colourful Lego-like blocks Dutch firm MVRDV has broken ground on its first project in the US: a mixed-use "vertical village" made up of yellow, blue, red and green brickwork volumes. Read more ›   Roger Scruton calls for "necessary change of culture" in UK architecture Roger Scruton, chair of the UK government's Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission, has called on architects to reject modernism in order to save cities. Read more ›   Glass boxes "not in any way new" says Es Devlin in response to Lorde and Kanye's set design spat Set designers Es Devlin and John McGuire have responded to singer Lorde's accusation that Kanye West stole the design of his latest live show, by stating that glass boxes are nothing new. Read more ›   "Whole chunks of our environment are being privatised" says Silicon States author Lucie Greene Silicon Valley companies including Alphabet, Amazon and Facebook are threatening democracy by usurping governments as the key provider of public spaces and services, according to a new book examining the rising power of tech giants. Read more ›   Amazon confirms New York and Virginia for HQ2, sparking protests Amazon has confirmed that it will split its major HQ2 between Arlington County, Virginia, and Queens, New York, triggering a major backlash from residents and local politicians in the latter. Read more ›   Latest Dezeen Weekly features Le Corbusier's Paris apartment The latest edition of our newsletter Dezeen Weekly features Le Corbusier's Paris apartment and a legal battle over Zaha Hadid's estate. Subscribe to Dezeen Weekly › Read more ›   Photographs by Denise Scott Brown on view in New York Photographs by architect Denise Scott Brown that helped inform the development of the seminal postmodernism book she wrote with late husband Robert Venturi, Learning From Las Vegas, are part of an exhibition on view at a Manhattan gallery. Read more ›   Studio Verter creates archetypal "city square" for 50th anniversary of Biennale Interieur Rotterdam-based architects Studio Verter transformed the interior of the Kortrijk Expo centre for Biennale Interieur 2018, creating a "city" with a public square and meeting spaces. 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