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View online     Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects completes "intentionally sculptural" Obama Presidential Center A monumental granite-clad tower surrounded by artificial hills has been completed by US studio Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects to honour US president Barack Obama. Read more ›   Historic windmill and engine house transformed into Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration UK studio Tim Ronalds Architects has converted a series of 17th- and 18th-century buildings in Clerkenwell, London, into the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration. Read more ›   "The Obama Presidential Center unquestionably breaks free of tired precedent" The completed Obama Presidential Center represents a concerning shift in the image ex-presidents want to convey, writes Anthony Paletta. Read more ›   Conflict Ecology uses synthetic aperture radar to analyse building damage in Lebanon Geospatial research studio Conflict Ecology has used synthetic aperture radar to identify damage to over 2,000 buildings in Lebanon in the first five weeks of the recent war between Israel and militant group Hezbollah. Read more ›   System000 by Rareraw Dezeen Showroom: South Korean brand Rareraw has created System000, a modular steel shelving system, using patented technology and a self-developed structural system. Read more ›   "I've always been the black sheep here in Copenhagen" says Tableau's Julius Værnes Iversen Copenhagen-based Tableau has many projects for this 3 Days of Design, including a pavilion shaped like the iconic Aalto Vase. Founder Julius Værnes Iversen tells Dezeen why architecture was the next step for his multi-hyphenate studio. Read more ›   Bracelet that translates sign language into speech wins Rimowa Design Prize Nura, a wearable communication device that converts sign language into spoken words while converting speech into readable text for deaf users, has won the Rimowa Design Prize 2026, as shown in this video produced by Dezeen. Read more ›   Nice Projects designs cinema to capture the "glamour and sophistication" of the 1920s Design studio Nice Projects drew on the surrounding art deco architecture when designing a cinema for private members' club The Roof Gardens in Kensington, London. Read more ›   TO and Palma design museum as "climatic infrastructure for Panama City" Mexico City-based studios TO and Palma have designed an extension for Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Panamá in Panama, informed by the country's status as a place of exchange. Read more ›   Felipe Caboclo Arquitectura creates "sublime path" at undulating private chapel in São Paulo Local studio Felipe Caboclo Arquitectura has completed a small, oblong chapel out of wood and glass, flanking it with sinuous concrete walls on a residential property in São Paulo, Brazil. Read more ›   The architecture of 13 presidential libraries from Hoover to Bush Ahead of the opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago next week, we take a look at 13 of the completed presidential libraries in the US. Read more ›   Urban forest surrounding stadium among projects from Manchester School of Architecture Dezeen School Shows: a proposal to surround the Manchester United football stadium with an urban forest is among the projects from the Manchester School of Architecture. Read more ›   Domus outdoor lighting collection by Joan Gaspar for Marset Dezeen Showroom: the appearance of internally illuminated houses informed this outdoor lighting collection by designer Joan Gaspar for Spanish brand Marset. 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