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View online     Sim-Plex Design Studio creates a four-bedroom smart home in Hong Kong Voice-activated technology and space-saving furniture helped Sim-Plex Design Studio turn a two-bedroom home in Hong Kong into Smart Zendo, a four-bedroom apartment with hidden storage. Read more ›   Old Spanish workshop converted into tactile family home by Nomos Tactile bricks and pinewood partitions decorate the La Nave apartment, which Nomos has slotted into the concrete shell of a disused workshop in Madrid, Spain. Read more ›   SANAA reveals Sydney Modern art gallery expansion Pritzker Prize-winning architecture studio SANAA has unveiled its design for an extension to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, which is currently under construction in Sydney. Read more ›   Luke Edward Hall stirs print and colour inside Hotel Les Deux Gares in Paris A clashing mix of pea-green walls, leopard-print furnishings and candy-striped beds feature in this hotel that British designer Luke Edward Hall has completed in Paris. Read more ›   Oculus is an artificial skylight that mirrors the actual colour of the sky outside Finnish brand Light Cognitive has created a circular LED skylight, which gradually changes colour according to the time of day, in a bid to bring the benefits of natural light to a windowless retail space in Barcelona. Read more ›   Nicolas Pople Architects creates vaulted CLT church in Stroud Nicolas Pople Architects has created a facetted cross-laminated timber chapel for a church in the town of Stroud in southwest England. Read more ›   "Looks like the unwanted child of Villa Savoye and a trailer" says commenter In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the imminent demolition of a house designed by David Adjaye. Read more ›   IKEA launches Buy Back initiative for unwanted furniture Swedish furniture retailer IKEA is introducing a new initiative in time for Black Friday that will see it buy back customers' unwanted IKEA products for up to 50 per cent of the original price. Read more ›   Touchless technology from Geberit pushes the boundaries for hotel washrooms Dezeen promotion: Geberit's state-of-the-art technology, including touch-free flush plates and toilets with user recognition, can help architects design next-level bathrooms for hotels. Read more ›   Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. Update newsletter preferences | Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise