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Brazilian studio Bloco Arquitetos has used prefabricated elements to create a house with two stacked, perpendicular volumes clad with screens in Brasília. Known as the 350 House, the 500-square metre residence can be completely opened to light and views or closed for privacy because of the many screens along its side. BLOCO Arquitetos – which

This year's NFL Super Bowl will be hosted at the Las Vegas Raiders' Allegiant Stadium in Nevada, which was designed by Manica Architecture to recall the sleekness and power of sportscars. Opened in 2020, the 62,000-seat stadium by Kansas City-based Manica Architecture is home to NFL team the Raiders, which moved from Oakland when the stadium

Recently unveiled proposals to build America's tallest skyscraper in Oklahoma City represent an outdated way of thinking about cities' cultural status, writes Ryan Scavnicky. The 20th-century American metropolis is failing in the 21st. Cities that once welcomed flocks of working-class citizens and immigrants are now playgrounds for wealthy oligarchs and real-estate moguls. Streets covered in

Chinese architecture studio MAD has rebuilt a historic train station in central Jiaxing, China, and expanded it with an underground terminal and public park. Named Train Station in the Forest, the revamp of the 354,000-square-metre building is MAD's first station and the studio hopes it will "redefine transportation infrastructure buildings in China". MAD created an

Architecture studio NYAWA has restored and updated a traditional timber home in Toyama, Japan, to create a pared-back holiday home where visitors can "feel the passage of time". The home's Tokyo-based owner tasked the studio with creating a holiday rental that would "incorporate the local climate and culture", while also updating its structure to be

Dezeen Showroom: designer Travis Clifton drew on the shape of retro 1960s tables in her collection of multifunctional tables for furniture brand HBF. The Firma Collection includes seven tables at a selection of scales suitable for a range of uses. Each of the designs shares distinctive traits, including a broad tabletop supported by similarly wide

In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the news that the world's largest cruise ship has set off on its maiden voyage amid controversy over the environmental impact of its new fuel. The 20-deck-high Icon of the Seas, which has room for 7,600 guests and 2,350 crew, set off from Miami last month for its

Developer Omniyat has revealed plans for the Vela and Vela Viento residential skyscrapers in Dubai, which will be designed by British studio Foster + Partners and feature apartments with skybridge dining rooms. Located in the Marasi Bay development, Foster + Partners' design for the pair of skyscrapers is characterised by floor-to-ceiling windows wrapped by terraces that

Chinese studio DUO has completed Nanchang OCT Contemporary Arts Centre, a series of exhibition spaces housed in stepped concrete forms with accessible green roofs. Overlooking a wetland park and the nearby Gan River in Nanchang, the building is designed by DUO to "coexist" with the site. This is achieved by creating natural-looking, hill-like forms rather than

Plastic-free, fake fur made from nettle, hemp and flax fibres envelops these special edition bags that Danish fashion brand Ganni has unveiled at Copenhagen Fashion Week. The one offs are a riff on Ganni's classic Bou bag made in collaboration with materials company BioFluff, which claims to have developed the "world's first plant-based fur". Unlike

The Dezeen team are reporting live from Stockholm Design Week in the Swedish capital (5-11 February) . Read on for all the coverage from day two (Tuesday 6 February) – and follow the live feed for today's activity!   5:30pm After a long day at the furniture fair, some of the Dezeen team are relaxing with raspberry

Fashion house Bottega Veneta has opened a boutique designed by its creative director Matthieu Blazy inside the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II shopping arcade in Milan. Bottega Veneta's two-storey store is distinguished by three primary materials: glass, Italian walnut and green Verde Saint Denis marble. This trifecta is applied in strict grids to evoke Italian modernism