Tippet Rise Art Center opens on a cattle ranch in rural Montana
Massive earthen sculptures and a wooden concert hall form part of the new Tippet Rise Art Center, a vast performance venue and park in a remote area of Montana (+ slideshow). More
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Tom Dixon continues US expansion with two new retail locations
Business news: British designer Tom Dixon has opened retail locations in Los Angeles and New York in the space of a month. More
11 of the best new buildings from Iran's architectural awakening
Iran's contemporary architecture scene is on the brink of a boom after the lifting of economic sanctions. We've collected together 11 of the best examples from the country's new crop of buildings and bridges. More
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Marco Maycotte designs pleasure garden to become "the Las Vegas of Scandinavia"
Graduate shows 2016: the town of Vejle in Denmark is transformed into a pleasure garden in the spirit of Peter Pan's Neverland in this design by Aarhus School of Architecture graduate Marco Maycotte (+ slideshow). More
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"Driverless cars will always pose a risk"
Comments update: readers have been hotly contesting the safety of autonomous vehicles this week after the first death caused by a self-driving car was reported. More
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Giulia Tomasello's home-grown sanitary pad helps balance vaginal flora
Graduate shows 2016: Central Saint Martins student Giulia Tomasello's Future Flora kit lets women grow and harvest living cultures that can support intimate health (+ slideshow). More
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Freiluft uses concrete "tree" to form rooms within Swiss barn conversion
Swiss practice Freiluft has inserted a branching concrete structure inside an old barn in Switzerland's Emmental valley, as part of its conversion into a pair of apartments. More
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UNHCR teams up with MIT's D-Lab to overhaul "very top-down" refugee design strategy
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees is working with MIT's D-Lab to develop design strategies that enable refugees to solve their own problems rather than relying on solutions provided by aid agencies (+ interview). More
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The hands of Maarten Baas' Schiphol clock are drawn on in real time
Dutch designer Maarten Baas' giant Real Time Schiphol timepiece replaces traditional clock hands with a 12-hour-long video performance (+ movie). More
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Dune-shaped car park by Royal HaskoningDHV doubles as a flood defence
Curving windows peep above the ground to bring light into this underground car park in South Holland, which is covered in grassy hillocks to replicate a dune landscape (+ slideshow). More
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Václav Mlynár combines physical and digital play in Koski board game
Graduate shows 2016: these simple, wooden blocks designed by Royal College of Art graduate Václav Mlynář's contain a door to a hidden world that can only be unlocked by an iPad (+ movie). More
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Aim Architecture creates new home for Soho China in Shanghai
Chinese firm Aim Architecture sought to strike a balance between modern and Jazz Age Shanghai with this office and showroom for property developer Soho China (+ slideshow). More
