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Atelier Data uses a simple and traditional palette to extend a Portuguese farmhouse

Portuguese practice Atelier Data has renovated and extended a farmhouse in the Alentejo region with a plain, white form and traditional materials that mimic the appearance of the existing building.

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"It's amazing how things flip" from utopia to dystopia say artists Langlands & Bell

A new exhibition by Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell explores how architects have tried, and usually failed, to create utopias. In this exclusive interview, the artists explain why architecture plays a central role in their art.

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Eight design-led products for cannabis smoking including bongs and pipes

To mark today's 420 cannabis celebration, we've rounded up eight products for marijuana smokers including a range of doughnut-shaped pipes and packaging that looks like Lego bricks.

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"Kurokawa would appreciate that his work is finite" says commenter

In this week's comments update, readers are debating the dismantling of the metabolist Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo and discussing other top stories.

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Urban-Air Port designs "world's first urban airport" for flying cars and drones

Aviation and aerospace manufacturing company Urban-Air Port has designed Air One, an airport for electric flying cars and large drones in Coventry, UK.

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Stax Recycled velvet by Søren Møller for Texstyle

Dezeen Showroom: Danish brand Texstyle has launched Stax Recycled, a velvet fabric made from upcycled PET bottles.

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Mariam Kamara and Sumayya Vally to design presidential library in Liberia

Nigerien architect Mariam Kamara and South African architect Sumayya Vally are collaborating to design a presidential library for Liberia's former president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Monrovia.

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Pareid creates organ-like installation from corrugated plastic tubes in Madrid

Design studio Pareid filled a lecture theatre at the College of Architects of Madrid with a reversible installation made from PVC pipes, which were later donated for use as construction materials.

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CookFox releases photos of linked skyscrapers at Brooklyn's Domino Sugar Refinery

American firm CookFox Architects has completed a pair of tall, connected buildings with gridded facades for a Williamsburg site that once held an iconic sugar factory.

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The world's tallest timber building features in today's Dezeen Agenda newsletter

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Five designers in Mexico exhibit new uses for biomaterials

An exhibition in Mexico curated in collaboration with Danish research lab Space10 has showcased five novel uses for local biomaterials.

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Milanese brand WEED'D has launched three striking and colourful marijuana bongs designed by Italian designers Simone Bonanni, Valerio Sommella and Maddalena Casadei.

 

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