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View online     National University of Singapore's SDE4 building is a prototype of sustainable design Serie Architects and Multiply Architects have built a design school in Singapore that is net-zero and sustainable, with breezy open-air learning spaces. Read more ›   UN Studio develops The Coolest White paint to cool down our cities UNStudio and Monopol Colors have created an extremely reflective white paint to reduce the amount of heat buildings absorb. Read more ›   Stefano Boeri designs Tirana Vertical Forest in Albanian capital Italian architect Stefano Boeri has designed a vertical forest tower for Tirana, Albania, which will be planted with colourful and scented flowers and herbs. Read more ›   "You don't have to be a vegan to live sustainably" We don't all need to become vegan to create a sustainable and biodiverse future, in fact quite the opposite, argues designer Sebastian Cox, in response to Erez Nevi Pana's suggestion that vegan design can limit climate change. Read more ›   Open Architecture designs Chapel of Sound concert hall to look like hollowed-out boulder Open Architecture is building a concert hall in a valley north of Beijing, designed to look "as if a strange and prehistoric boulder had fallen there long ago". Read more ›   Fogia's showroom sits inside a 19th-century steam engine workshop Code Concept subtly overhauled this old steam engine shop just outside Stockholm to create a showroom for Swedish furniture brand Fogia, adding a series of deconstructable display fixtures to its interiors. Read more ›   Dezeen to co-host Assembly 2019 talks programme at Design Shanghai Dezeen is co-hosting a programme of architecture and design panel discussions at Design Shanghai on 7 and 8 March 2019. Read more ›   Sophie Rowley designs marble-like furniture from repurposed denim New Zealand-born designer Sophie Rowley gives new life to discarded denim offcuts by recycling them into pieces of furniture with marble-like markings. Read more ›   TAKA incorporates turtle tank into end wall of House in a Palm Garden A snapping turtle tank provides a view through to a palm tree garden in an extension to a former council house in Dublin, designed by architecture studio TAKA. Read more ›   Thierry Mugler exhibition in Montreal includes garments for "dangerous seductresses" The first major exhibition of fashion by French designer Thierry Mugler, presented at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, examines his visions for "metamorphoses, superheroines and cyborgs". Read more ›   Dezeen Weekly features a residential vertical farm and an ice-cream store The latest edition of our newsletter Dezeen Weekly features a tower block with vertical farms and a London ice-cream store that is putting smiles on reader faces. Subscribe to Dezeen Weekly › Read more ›   AHEAD Global awards winners announced at London ceremony The winners of the AHEAD Global awards discuss their projects in this movie filmed by Dezeen for the hotel awards programme at the London prize-giving ceremony. Read more ›   FedEx's autonomous robot SameDay Bot delivers packages to your doorstep American delivery company FedEx has developed an autonomous robotic delivery device to help retailers distribute same-day orders to their customers. Read more ›   Patrick Schumacher to speak at Grohe's The Wave of the Future talks Dezeen promotion: Patrick Schumacher is among speakers who will participate in a series of talks being held by Grohe, where the kitchen and bathroom brand will unveil its latest design collection. Read more ›   "There's something seriously wrong with IKEA's most sustainable store" IKEA claims its latest London store is its greenest ever. But how can this be true if another green building was demolished to make way for it? asks Tom Ravenscroft. Read more ›   Weiss Manfredi unveils masterplan for New Delhi's modernist US Embassy New York firm Weiss Manfredi has revealed plans to update Edward Durell Stone's modernist US embassy in New Delhi, India, as part of a major overhaul of the complex. Read more ›   Snøhetta designs Italian mountaintop museum for Ötzi the Iceman Snøhetta has released visuals of a Museum Quarter in the mountains of Bolzano, which will have a projecting stepped roof that doubles as a viewpoint. 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