Concrete shrine | Solar-powered headphones | Grassy parks "no longer viable"

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View online     Ramos Alderete creates La Ermita de Lola shrine in Spanish garden Architecture studio Ramos Alderete has created a concrete grotto of remembrance in a private garden in Las Rozas, Spain, featuring a concave opening that shelters a stone sculpture. Read more ›   Adidas releases solar-powered headphones Both sunshine and artificial light energy can be used to charge the RPT-02 SOL wireless headphones, which sportswear brand Adidas and speaker brand Zound Industries have designed for exercise enthusiasts. Read more ›   "Grassy parks are no longer viable in the face of global heating" In the face of climate change, Britain's lawned parks should be replaced with urban forests to help control city temperatures and keep green spaces green during hot summers, writes Phineas Harper. Read more ›   Groupwork emulates lost 18th-century buildings with Bristol apartment block Architecture studio Groupwork has designed a bronze mesh-covered block of apartments informed by buildings lost in world war two bombings for a site opposite St Mary Redcliffe Church in Bristol, UK. Read more ›   Konnect pendant lamp by Huan Rou Chang for Seeddesign Dezeen Showroom: designer Huan Rou Chang has created the Konnect pendant lamp for lighting brand Seeddesign, which features adjustable LED bars that users can arrange into various lighting designs. Read more ›   Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos creates alfresco feeling inside Mexico City skyscraper restaurant Expansive triple-height windows and fully grown trees feature in this eatery at the top of a Mexico City skyscraper, designed by local firm Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos to create the impression of dining in a traditional Mexican courtyard. Read more ›   Cooking Sections and Sakiya explore importance of non-human species in joint exhibition Turner Prize-nominated art duo Cooking Sections and Palestinian research collective Sakiya have created an exhibition in Edinburgh called In the Eddy of the Stream, which reevaluates the significance of plants and other organisms in our ecosystems. Read more ›   Ratified Inflation Reduction Act "largest federal investment to combat climate change in history" says AIA US president Joe Biden has signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act, a piece of legislation that includes a number of funding measures for sustainable construction including rebates for retrofits and tax incentives for new buildings. Read more ›   Gisele Borges Arquitetura wraps tapered apartment block in perforated "second skin" A perforated metal facade wraps this angular apartment building in Belo Horizonte designed to offer views from the inside while protecting the residents' privacy. Read more ›   Miura stool by Konstantin Grcic for Plank Dezeen Showroom: German designer Konstantin Grcic has created the stackable Miura stool for Italian furniture manufacturer Plank, which comes in seven different colours. 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