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View online     Patisandhika and Daniel Mitchell complete A Brutalist Tropical Home in Bali A double-height living room stands at the centre of this brutalist house, completed by architectural studio Patisandhika and designer Dan Mitchell in Bali, Indonesia. Read more ›   Amphibious Velox robot uses undulating fins to swim and crawl US company Pliant Energy Systems has turned one of its green energy technologies into a propulsion system for a swimming robot capable of exploring land and sea. Read more ›   Architecture can combat fake news, says David Adjaye David Adjaye says museums, monuments and memorials should be sites of resistance against those "propagating fictions" about climate change, civil rights or the holocaust. Read more ›   SOM breaks ground on Alárò City in Nigeria Construction has begun on Alárò City, which is being masterplanned by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, as an extension to Lagos in southwest Nigeria. Read more ›   Stainless steel partition frames fashion boutique by Xian Xiang Design A stainless steel wall with rose-tinted windows sits at the centre of the Wellsky store in Hangzhou, China, designed by Xian Xiang Design. Read more ›   The top US opportunities on Dezeen Jobs including roles at Apple and WeWork We've selected five of the best positions on Dezeen Jobs based in the US, including vacancies with tech giant Apple and co-working company WeWork. Read more ›   Kelly Hoppen reimagines Disney's Mickey Mouse for "grown-up" audience Interior designer Kelly Hoppen has created a life-size statue of Disney's iconic cartoon character Mickey Mouse, which she has adapted to suit a "grown-up" audience. Read more ›   SAOTA designs home around panoramic Cape Town views A lantern-like light box and inverted pyramidal roof draws light into the interior of the Kloof 119A home, dramatically sited overlooking Table Mountain and Cape Town. Read more ›   Curled aluminium ribs envelop Xiqu Centre for Chinese opera in Hong Kong Canadian studio Revery Architecture has completed an opera house in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District, which is covered in curved aluminium slats arranged in wavy patterns. Read more ›   MoMA to close during summer 2019 to complete expansion work New York's Museum of Modern Art will close over the summer in order to complete its Diller Scofidio + Renfro-designed overhaul, then fully re-open four months later. Read more ›   Klopf Architecture updates mid-century Eichler home in Silicon Valley American studio Klopf Architecture has overhauled a low-slung, plywood-clad home in northern California, which was built by visionary developer Joseph Eichler following the second world war. Read more ›   Dezeen Awards 2019 launches with party in Stockholm Dezeen Awards 2019 has launched at a party in Stockholm, which was attended by leading architects and designers including Michael Young and Richard Hutten. Read more ›   Drone footage shows Camp Adventure observation tower nearing completion in Denmark Our new captioned movie shows the 45-metre tall spiralling tower, designed by EFFEKT, as construction nears completion atop the forest canopy of Haslev, Denmark. Read more ›   Chicago Biennial 2019 will create "common ground" for all, says artistic director The third Chicago Architecture Biennial will forego a single theme in order to push the architecture profession to "think more meaningfully" about a host of contemporary issues, according to artistic director Yesomi Umolu. Read more ›   Watch our talk with Matali Crasset live from Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair 2019 Matali Crasset speaks to Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about her work and design theory at Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair 2019. Watch the talk live from 3.00pm UK time. Read more ›   Pauline Deltour uses braided rope to create Rope Rug for Hem Hem is presenting a rug by French designer Pauline Deltour during Stockholm Design Week, made from rope using traditional weaving techniques. 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