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View online     AOR Architects creates Finnish school from timber logs Finnish studio AOR Architects has completed the Monio School and Cultural Centre in Hyrylä, using over 5,000 industrial timber logs to create a structure that references the area's traditional wooden villas. Read more ›   India Mahdavi and Crosby Studios create reflective ping pong parlour in Paris Designer Harry Nuriev of Crosby Studios has transformed India Mahdavi's Paris gallery into a silver-coloured space where visitors can play table tennis in the lead-up to the 2024 Olympic Games. Read more ›   Next Generation tile surface by Kaolin Surfaces Dezeen Showroom: Australian manufacturer Kaolin Surfaces has introduced a new Next Generation finish for its stone-look tiles, replicating the texture of veins and cracks. Read more ›   "Design can do more to reduce the built environment's capacity for enabling misogyny" Women sick of feeling unsafe in their cities may need to consider disruption as a means of effecting change, writes Helen Parton. Read more ›   Pulp sci-fi and tropical modernism inform Glastonbury's first dedicated South Asian stage Set designers Shirin Naveed, Shankho Chaudhuri and Esha Sikander designed a mini-nightclub for this year's Glastonbury festival that only played music from South Asian artists. Read more ›   One week left to save 20 per cent on your Dezeen Awards China entry There is just one week left to save 20 per cent on entry fees for Dezeen Awards China 2024 in partnership with Bentley! Read more ›   Bunny Christie's People, Places and Things set symbolises protagonist's "dislocation with reality" Designer Bunny Christie created an ambiguous, white-tiled structure that could be a swimming pool, the inside of a TV or a jumbo pill as the set for the play People, Places and Things, which tells the story of a recovering addict. Read more ›   Domestico Estudio clads house with grey brick in Mexican forest Domestico Estudio has arranged a double-gabled house clad in grey bricks in a way that preserves the surrounding forest in Hidalgo, Mexico. Read more ›   "World's first net-positive energy" botanical garden completed in Florida US architecture studios Olin and Overland have completed the "world's first net-positive energy" botanical garden in Florida, which is powered by a rooftop array of 2,158 solar panels. Read more ›   Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art presents 15 textile design student projects Dezeen School Shows: a collection of accessories crafted from reclaimed materials that explores body image is included in this school show by Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art. Read more ›   Shakti Design Residency will connect emerging designers with "artisanal" Indian practices Promotion: interior architect Shalini Misra has announced the inaugural and free-to-enter Shakti Design Residency, a month-long creative programme in India with a strong emphasis on craft. Read more ›   Patagonia Original "Extra" surface by Antolini Dezeen Showroom: a look reminiscent of dramatic landscapes is created by Italian company Antolini's Patagonia Original "Extra" surface, which consists of specially processed natural minerals. 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