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"The future isn't terrifying, it just needs to be better" says Paola Antonelli

Humans need to design a better future for the planet, and anger can be a good engine for that change, MoMA curator Paola Antonelli told the Dezeen Day audience.

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Christopher Herwig photographs opulent details of Soviet-era metro stations

The Soviet Metro Stations photography series by Christopher Herwig documents the most unusual details of the Soviet-era metro network built between the 1930s and 1980s.

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Cambridge University team build UK's most efficient electric car

Students from Cambridge University have built an ultra-efficient electric car that drives using only as much power as it takes to boil a kettle.

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RIBA's Beyond Bauhaus explores the school's long-lasting impact on the UK

Although few overtly Bauhaus buildings were built in the UK, the movement's ideals had a huge impact on British architecture. Beyond Bauhaus curator, Pete Collard, picks four buildings that demonstrate the school's influence.

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Exit Here funeral parlour is designed to have "the eclectic feel of home"

Hospitality entrepreneur Oliver Peyton has teamed up with Transit Studio to create a design-focused funeral parlour in west London, which aims to make clients more comfortable with the concept of death.

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Chiara Tommencioni Pisapia uses moths to transform unwanted clothing into "precious" bio-waste material

Central Saint Martins graduate Chiara Tommencioni Pisapia has proposed a method for improving the textile recycling process by using moths to break down the natural fibres in discarded clothing.

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Weathering steel facade covers CLT-framed Dutch row house

Fem Architects has completed a cross-laminated timber house clad in sheets of Corten steel in a twist on the traditional row house in Amsterdam.

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Ron Arad completes ToHA office tower in Tel Aviv

British-Israeli designer and architect Ron Arad has completed an office tower in Tel Aviv "inspired by an iceberg" with an angular glass exterior that widens in the middle.

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Patchwork leather and textured concrete feature in Alala's New York showroom

Interior designer Tina Rich has turned a "white box" in New York City's Soho neighbourhood into a showroom and office for a women's sports brand.

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50 artists respond to society's struggle to switch off at Somerset House's 24/7 exhibition

In the first major exhibition dedicated to 24/7 culture, Somerset House presents "creative responses to this modern malaise" by more than 50 artists and designers, including Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg.

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"The only architects that are doomed are the ones that won't adapt"

In this week's comments update, readers think Sebastian Errazuriz's claims that architects will be replaced by AI are unfounded.

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Natural light fills courtyard of Foster + Partners' Samson Pavilion in Cleveland

Glazed walls, a large metal roof and a vast central atrium feature in an academic building designed by architecture firm Foster + Partners for an emerging medical campus in Ohio.

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