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View online     Australia's Venice Architecture Biennale pavilion "questions the relics of the British Empire" The Australia pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, which is exclusively revealed here, features a copper reconstruction of the Empire Hotel in Queenstown. Read more ›   Africa a "powerful place from which to examine the issues that will dominate the next century" says Venice curator Lesley Lokko Venice Architecture Biennale opens this week. In this exclusive interview, curator Lesley Lokko explains why she placed Africa at the heart of the festival for the first time. Read more ›   Visitors' experiences of cities to be plotted on moving calligraphic scrolls at Singapore's Venice pavilion Moving calligraphic scrolls will continually plot the response of visitors to a series of questions about architecture's intangible qualities at the Singapore's Venice Architecture Biennale pavilion, which is unveiled exclusively here. Read more ›   Ooty stool by Allermuir Dezeen Showroom: British furniture manufacturer Allermuir has released a stackable plywood stool named Ooty, created by London-based design duo SmithMatthias. Read more ›   British Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale encapsulates "the incredible diversity we experience in Britain everyday" Designer Mac Collins is among those exhibiting works at the British Pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale, which celebrates how global diasporic communities design space. Read more ›   "What happened to the concept of human beings collaborating on a design" asks commenter In this week's comments update, readers discussed Tilly Talbot, a designer powered by artificial intelligence, as well as other top architecture and design stories. Read more ›   Marion Weiss, Michael Manfredi and Gregg Pasquarelli named Dezeen Awards 2023 judges Architects Marion Weiss, Michael Manfredi and Gregg Pasquarelli, climate pioneer Naveed Chaudhry, curator Samta Nadeem and photographer Taran Wilkhu have been announced as Dezeen Awards 2023 judges. Read more ›   Finnish Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale "declares the death of the flushing toilet" A Finnish huussi, or composting toilet, has been built in the centre of the country's pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale, which aims at critically exploring the world's unsustainable approach to sanitation. Read more ›   Norman Foster Foundation and Holcim reveal concrete emergency housing prototype In this video produced for Holcim by Dezeen, Norman Foster introduces a housing prototype for displaced people that the Norman Foster Foundation developed with the building materials company and unveiled at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Read more ›   Dezeen live: Venice Architecture Biennale Follow the Dezeen team reporting from the 18th international architecture biennale in Venice, curated by Lesley Lokko. We will be exclusively unveiling national pavilions throughout the day. Read more ›   Attend a talk exploring how Material Bank can support the design industry Dezeen has teamed up with Material Bank for a live panel talk next week in London exploring how its easy-access platform is changing the way that architects and designers specify materials. Read more ›   US Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale urges visitors to question plastic dependency Mankind's relationship to single-use plastics is the focus of the US Pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale, which is revealed exclusively online as part of a day of pavilion openings. Read more ›   Rising sea levels envisioned through eyes of a mermaid at Denmark's Venice Architecture Biennale pavilion A model that imagines a mermaid's view of the rising sea levels features in Coastal Imaginaries exhibition at the Danish Pavilion, which is the first in a series of exclusive Venice Architecture Biennale online pavilion openings. Read more ›   Heritage carpet tiles by Ruben De Reu for Modulyss Dezeen Showroom: Belgian flooring brand Modulyss reflected on Flemish landscapes and identity to create the Heritage collection of tactile carpet tiles. Read more ›   Studio MM wraps rural New York home in Corten steel New York City-based firm Studio MM Architect has completed a Corten steel-wrapped house with a dogtrot-style breezeway that connects to a home studio in North Branch, New York. Read more ›   Dezeen Agenda features "world's first AI designer" The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Studio Snoop's unveiling of Tilly Talbot, the "world's first AI designer", at Milan design week. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Read more ›   Twelve things to do and see during New York's 2023 design week This week, New York's design week returns for another iteration. Here, we have rounded up key shows, talks and installations put on by organisations and brands including NASA, Muji and the Female Design Council. Read more ›   Ten illuminating lighting designs featured on Dezeen Showroom Dezeen Showroom: a modular light informed by ocean waves and a solar-powered mood lamp that mimics sunlight are among the latest lighting designs to be featured on Dezeen Showroom. Read more ›   Woven Image offers acoustic solution for exposed concrete offices Promotion: acoustic products brand Woven Image has launched Fuji, a range of ceiling tiles designed to improve sound quality in workspaces with raw concrete interiors. Read more ›   Nei table by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec for Koyori Dezeen Showroom: design duo and brothers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec have created a solid oak dining table for Japanese furniture brand Koyori, which is characterised by its simplicity. 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