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View online     Iterare Arquitectos inserts stark white home into shell of old Spanish building A crisp white cube has been nested within the old brick shell of an existing building to create Casa Nido, a Spanish house designed by local studio Iterare Arquitectos. Read more ›   Photos reveal world's tallest hotel in Dubai Photographer Ahmad Alnaji has captured the Ciel Dubai Marina, a supertall skyscraper by architecture studio NORR that was recently completed as the tallest hotel in the world. Read more ›   ZHA proposes interconnected forest neighbourhoods for Baku Expo City masterplan Architecture studio ZHA has unveiled its masterplan for Baku Expo City in Azerbaijan, where overlapping stacked homes with green roofs will flank an extension to the city's exhibition centre. Read more ›   Waka Waka curls colourful metal into curved shapes for Ribbon furniture collection Los Angeles studio Waka Waka has designed Ribbon, an undulating furniture collection made from steel and aluminium decorated with saturated colours, for Japanese manufacturer Benex's Eetal project. Read more ›   Visualisation has become more than creating "a single visual output" says Chaos Promotion: according to software company Chaos, AI-assisted tools, advances in rendering technologies, and shifting client expectations are transforming the architecture industry's visualisation workflows into a flexible communication tool. Read more ›   Studio Barnes and Ch_studio to convert former KKK building in Texas into arts centre A team including Studio Barnes and Ch_studio has revealed designs for the 1920s building once used by the white supremacist group the Ku Klux Klan in Fort Worth, Texas, into a "catalyst for community and restoration". Read more ›   Chapati vending machine among projects from University of Nottingham Dezeen School Shows: a vending machine distributing fresh, hot chapatis in corporate canteens in India is among the projects from the University of Nottingham. Read more ›   Lilly Reich Grants for Equality in Architecture Dezeen Competitions: the Lilly Reich Grants for Equality in Architecture competition calls for research proposals to celebrate the architectural legacy of Lilly Reich, the artistic partner of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Read more ›   MIT researchers engineer bacteria that could program plants for self-defence Researchers at MIT have found a way to grow bacteria to function as signal-senders that might allow plants to "sense and respond to environmental conditions such as drought or attack by pests". 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