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View online     Merging architecture and landscape "came very naturally" to Snøhetta says co-founder Snøhetta celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. In the first part of an exclusive interview with Dezeen, co-founder Kjetil Trædal Thorsen explains that the firm's ultimate aim has always been to make buildings for the betterment of society. Read more ›   Michael and Patty Hopkins took high-tech architecture to historical settings We continue our high-tech architecture series with a profile of Michael and Patty Hopkins, who designed one of the movement's most pragmatic buildings – Hopkins House – and went on to develop historicist high-tech architecture. Read more ›   Top 10 Canadian houses on Dezeen in 2019 From a snow-covered gabled home to clifftop residences, Canada's residential architecture continued to boom this year. Bridget Cogley selects 10 highlights to continue our review of 2019. Read more ›   JKMM Architects designs disc-shaped extension to National Museum of Finland JKMM Architects has designed an extension to Finland's national museum in Helsinki topped with a white, disc-shaped concrete roof. Read more ›   Material palette of London's Forte Forte boutique is a "visual and chromatic melody" Clay bricks, onyx and plush velvet are just some of the materials that creative duo Giada Forte and Robert Vattilana have used for the interior of this fashion boutique, which has opened in west London. Read more ›   Kamila Rudnicka designs at-home insemination kit for use as part of sex Polish designer Kamila Rudnicka has created an artificial insemination tool that doubles up as a sex toy, in the hopes of restoring pleasure to an often clinical process. Read more ›   Competition: win a Malt Whisky Tall bottle by Mikko Laakkonen for Nude Dezeen promotion: in our latest competition, Dezeen has partnered with glassware brand Nude to give away three whiskey bottles from its Malt collection. Read more ›   Station of Being is an interactive Arctic bus stop Architecture studio Rombout Frieling Lab and Research Institutes of Sweden have created the Station of Being as a prototype bus stop for use in the Arctic region, which uses sound and light to alert passengers to approaching buses. Read more ›   Sasha Bikoff references 1990s Versace campaigns for Design Miami exhibit New York interior designer Sasha Bikoff has designed furniture that takes cues from looks in Versace's old fashion campaigns for an exhibition in Miami. Read more ›   Partisans to turn Canadian town into "city of the future" The Orbit Architecture studio Partisans has unveiled plans to transform a Canadian town into a smart community, combining fibre optics, autonomous vehicles and drone ports within a rural setting. Read more ›   "Do we still need girls showing boobs to sell a smartphone?" In this week's comments update, readers are disgusted by a marketing campaign for a gold flip phone launched by Pablo Escobar's brother. Read more ›   Serpentine Galleries appoints Frieze Los Angeles's Bettina Korek as CEO American arts administrator Bettina Korek has been appointed CEO of London's Serpentine Galleries following Yana Peel's resignation earlier this year. Read more ›   Studio Rick Joy designs concrete apartment complex in Mexico City's Polanco neighbourhood Long windows are embedded into the board-marked concrete walls of this residential building in Mexico City's upscale Polanco area, designed by American architecture firm Studio Rick Joy. 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