Football-stadium housing | Beige knitwear robot servant | Zaha Hadid convention centre

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View online     Copper-coloured curves define Beijing convention centre by Zaha Hadid Architects Fluid shapes and ribbon-like bridges animate the Capital International Exhibition and Convention Centre, designed by UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects as "Beijing's largest" convention centre. Read more ›   Dominic McKenzie Architects enlivens Segmental House with arched details Local studio Dominic McKenzie Architects has extended a Victorian home in south London, uniting old and new with arched motifs that appear as decorative brickwork, openings and even a small cat door. Read more ›   Dezeen Competitions launches to provide a platform for architecture and design contests Dezeen has launched Dezeen Competitions, a dedicated platform for discovering and participating in top architecture and design competitions worldwide. Read more ›   Scandi robot servant Neo Gamma is dressed head-to-toe in beige knitwear Norwegian robotics firm 1X has developed a humanoid robot for home chores that is wrapped in beige knitwear to "complement living spaces rather than disrupt them". Read more ›   Mentze Ottenstein is clever with colour in revamp of Dinesen Country Home Architect duo Mathias Mentze and Alexander Ottenstein has swapped minimalist white for a range of soft colours in their overhaul of a thatched 19th-century country house in Jels, Denmark. Read more ›   Nifemi Marcus-Bello explores exploitation of Africa's natural resources with copper furniture Designer Nifemi Marcus-Bello embraced the difficulties of working with copper in Nigeria, where the material is mined but rarely sold, to make his latest metal furniture collection for Los Angeles gallery Marta. Read more ›   JKMM Architects combines football stadium with housing in Finland A football field, housing and retail spaces are united beneath a single swooping roof at Tammela Stadium in Tampere, designed by Finnish studio JKMM Architects as "a miniature city". Read more ›   Tej Chauhan's latest Rado watch tells the wearer when it's "party time" Industrial designer Tej Chauhan has revamped the 1960s DiaStar by Swiss watchmaker Rado, adding brightly coloured accents and a chunky bezel informed by golden sci-fi space helmets. Read more ›   General Assembly curates model residence at Brooklyn's 144 Vanderbilt New York studio General Assembly has outfitted a residence inside the SO-IL-designed 144 Vanderbilt development in Brooklyn, creating a model apartment that doubles as a shoppable design gallery. Read more ›   Re:Form – New Life for Old Spaces Dezeen Competitions: Re:Form – New Life for Old Spaces invites designers to choose a neglected, used or abandoned site anywhere in the world and give it a new purpose. Read more ›   LAGI 2025 Fiji Dezeen Competitions: LAGI 2025 Fiji calls for contestants to design a landscape-based artwork that can supply reliable electricity and drinking water to a coastal village in Fiji. 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