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View online     Madras Spaces creates rural Indian home using "only what was necessary" Indian studio Madras Spaces has completed The Threshold House, a farmhouse in Tamil Nadu built using a locally sourced palette of repurposed brick, timber and tiles. Read more ›   Honor's Robot Phone is a smartphone with an articulating arm Chinese electronics company Honor has previewed a smartphone with an articulating robot arm at this week's Mobile World Congress. Read more ›   Formafantasma creates "intentionally banal" set for Marni's Milan Fashion Week show An office chair, a lighter and a close-up of a PDF on a laptop are among the everyday scenes hand-painted on canvases by design studio Formafantasma for the set of Marni's Autumn Winter 2026 show at Milan Fashion Week. Read more ›   Plans for Barbican revamp get go-ahead British architecture studios Allies and Morrison and Asif Khan Studio plan to renew the Barbican Centre have received planning approval from the City of London Corporation. Read more ›   AB+AC Architects uses natural materials and sculptural furniture for House of Green Patios Lebanese-Italian studio AB+AC Architects has created an "urban retreat" with terracotta floors in Lisbon, Portugal, for clients who wanted to feel like they were living in the countryside. Read more ›   Heatherwick, MVRDV and Mecanoo among shortlisted designs for "new world wonder" Dutch social venture Shift has revealed the five shortlisted designs in a competition to design "a new wonder of the world" to promote action against climate change. Read more ›   Snøhetta and Hariri Pontarini Architects design revamped Ontario Science Centre A scalloped design by Snøhetta and Canadian studio Hariri Pontarini Architects has been selected for the Ontario Science Centre on the Toronto waterfront as part of a wider, years-long redevelopment of the area. Read more ›   Dezeen Debate features "kitsch" shuttlecock-shaped badminton centre The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features the Shuttle badminton academy in India. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Read more ›   Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill adds "yacht-inspired" skyscraper to Miami waterfront American architecture studio Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture has completed the 47-storey Una Residences skyscraper in Miami, USA, which features wraparound terraces and sleek facades. Read more ›   Thousands of angry comments flood White House ballroom review Ahead of reviewing the final site and building plans of the White House East Wing ballroom project this week, the National Capital Planning Commission has received over 32,000 public comments, with the "majority in opposition to the project". 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