Lego ditches recycled PET | Cliffside hotel | Mexico's largest mass-timber building

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View online     Sawtooth roof animates Melbourne apartment block by Six Degrees Architects A sawtooth roof that references the nearby South Melbourne Market tops Ferrars & York, an apartment block in Australia designed by local studio Six Degrees Architects. Read more ›   Studio Lentala designs playful children's chairs to "enable active sitting" Amsterdam-based Studio Lentala has designed the Rom & Lupa chairs to improve children's physical and mental health. Read more ›   Lego ditches plans to make bricks from recycled plastic bottles Danish toymaker Lego has abandoned its pilot programme to make recycled plastic bricks from discarded bottles after projections suggested that, adopted at scale, the material would ultimately have a higher carbon footprint. Read more ›   DESSO Fuse Landscape carpet tiles by Tarkett Dezeen Showroom: flooring brand Tarkett has launched a new collection of fully recyclable carpet tiles that aims to give the impression of "walking through nature's landscapes and thriving gardens". Read more ›   Cliffside hotel on Italy's Amalfi Coast incorporates medieval stone defences A 1960s Italian hotel and the historic coastal bulwarks below have been restored by architect Bonaventura Gambardella and interior designer Nikita Bettoni. Read more ›   Rio Kobayashi's first solo show features tuna table and totem speakers Designer Rio Kobayashi has created a London Design Festival "living room" filled with objects he created with the help of artist and designer friends. Read more ›   Chair of Virtue presents experimental seating at London Design Festival Digitally shrink-wrapped skin, armrests salvaged from parks and "frozen" resin featured in Prototype/In Process, an exhibition of seating presented by virtual magazine Chair of Virtue during London Design Festival. Read more ›   "Solarpunk" installations feature at Earth Edition festival in California Geodesic domes containing projections of AI-rendered images depicting  "ideal eco futures" feature at the Earth Edition design festival held in California. Read more ›   Dellekamp Schleich uses trusses for "Mexico's largest mass-timber building" Local architecture studio Dellekamp Schleich has created an office building in Mexico City that it says is the country's largest and tallest mass-timber structure to "set an example for innovative construction methods". Read more ›   Ten architecture projects by students at Washington University in St Louis Dezeen School Shows: a sustainable housing scheme designed to accommodate unconventional family structures is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Washington University in St Louis. Read more ›   Effe launches two new saunas for the home Promotion: Italian wellness brand Effe has launched a number of new saunas for 2023, including the Aladdin sauna and the Natural modular cubicle, which is available as a sauna, hammam or infrared sauna. Read more ›   Studio 804 completes gabled Kansas home with ADU Students in the Studio 804 design-build programme at the University of Kansas took cues from farmstead vernacular to create a primary home and accessory dwelling unit called 722 Ash Street. Read more ›   Thai Trade presents six award-winning furniture designs Dezeen Showroom: a selection of brands based in Thailand have listed their furniture and accessories on Dezeen Showroom, including chairs that celebrate both Thai craft and native timber. 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