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View online     Wiercinski Studio designs bespoke, industrial-style furniture for renovation of historic villa Local practice Wiercinski Studio has updated a 1930s villa in Poznań, Poland, creating a total of 45 bespoke, industrial-style fittings and furniture pieces to celebrate Polish craftsmanship. Read more ›   "Maybe the Pritzker delay says exactly what we need right now" With the Pritzker Architecture Prize in potential jeopardy over its patron's links to Jeffrey Epstein, Edwin Heathcote reflects on the award's relevance in 2026. Read more ›   Shigeru Ban to create wooden concert hall inside 19th-century armory Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has unveiled the design for a timber concert hall in Altdorf, Switzerland, which will be located inside a listed historic building. Read more ›   US-Israeli airstrike damages UNESCO-listed palace in Tehran UNESCO has reported that World Heritage-listed Golestan Palace in Tehran has been damaged following a nearby airstrike in the Iranian capital. Read more ›   Apple launches first-ever budget MacBook Technology brand Apple has launched the MacBook Neo, which it describes as its "most affordable laptop ever". Read more ›   Upstairs at Ronnie's is an intimate venue designed to help guests "lose their sense of time" Koko designer Archer Humphryes Architects has renovated the upstairs bar at London's iconic Ronnie Scott's jazz club to balance old-school glamour with the space's contemporary musical offering. Read more ›   Chiba design exhibition explores "the idea of home as both origin and destination" Design studio Akasaki & Vanhuyse has presented the Home-Home exhibition, which showcased works by 16 designers and artists in a modernist house in Chiba, Japan. Read more ›   Zeller & Moye "combines ruinous character with luxury" for Mérida hotel Architecture studio Zeller & Moye has added a series of concrete insertions to a colonial building in Mérida, Mexico, to create the Hotel Sevilla. Read more ›   MIT researchers design Heirloom House concrete components to last "1,000 years" Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have unveiled the Heirloom House project, a series of nine structural-concrete components that can be manually rearranged and that are intended to last for 1,000 years. Read more ›   Hay and Jasper Morrison collaborate on "useful and characterful" camping collection British designer Jasper Morrison and design brand Hay have collaborated on a collection of over more 30 objects designed for camping, styled with nautical striped fabrics informed by samples Morrison found in Majorca and the Pyrenees. Read more ›   Inaugural Montreal Design Week set to "energize the city" in April Organisers in Montreal, Canada, have announced the first-ever dedicated design week for the city, including a trade show, conference and activities across a network of galleries and studios. Read more ›   "The proposed White House ballroom is wholly incompatible with the site" Opposition to Donald Trump's White House expansion plans has focused on the building itself but the implications for the grounds are just as egregious, writes Charles A Birnbaum. 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