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View online | | | Portuguese practice Fala Atelier has completed a garden apartment for a home in Porto topped by a "concrete crown" inlaid with marble geometry. Read more › | The International Olympic Committee has unveiled its brand identity for the Olympic Games, which includes custom typefaces, illustrations and graphics that aim to bring the legacy of the games into the modern world. Read more › | London-based designer Samuel Wilkinson has created a prototype of a tree-like structure called Ecacia that harvests solar energy while providing a public place to shelter during very hot weather. Read more › | Read more › | Dezeen Showroom: designer Peter Fehrentz has developed the Harri writing desk for German brand More, aiming to give creatives plenty of space to lose themselves in their work. Read more › | This video offers a glimpse of Loader Monteith's restoration of the fire-torn High Sunderland house in the Scottish Borders, which is shortlisted for this year's RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award. Read more › | Read more › | People should demand better than the "boring and banal" housing communities that have become the norm, says Christian Pagh, director and chief curator of the eighth Oslo Architecture Triennale in this interview. Read more › | Designer Octave de Gaulle has wrapped a glass bottle in an aeronautical-grade aluminium shell for French champagne house Maison Mumm, to allow champagne to be drunk in space. Read more › | Read more › | Designer Jessica Martin has designed a rammed-earth structure in the Arizona desert that is meant as a refuge for humans as well as for plants and animal life. Read more › | Read more › | Read more › | Two senior faculty members have resigned from Californian architecture school SCI-Arc after an investigation was launched into the labour practices of the school's staff this spring. Read more › | Read more › | Promotion: the latest edition of design festival Designblok will showcase the work of over 178 Czech and international exhibitors including jewellery, glassware, ceramics, fashion and decorative design. Read more › | Architecture studios BIG and Carlo Ratti Associati have completed a 280-metre-tall skyscraper in Singapore designed to offer visitors a "seamless transition between the garden and the city". Read more › | | 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 | |