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This week, Renzo Piano teased images of his NY tower and sliced the height of the Paddington Pole
This week on Dezeen: Renzo Piano Building Workshop released new images of its 30-storey Soho Tower in New York this week, while the firm revealed a scaled-down version of its skyscraper proposed for London.
The Italian architect's studio teased the renderings of what will be the firm's first residential project in Manhattan – an example of the high-end residential construction boom currently sweeping the city.
![Paddington Pole by Renzo Piano](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2016/07/Paddington-cube_Renzo-Piano_Sellar_dezeen_sqa.jpg)
The height of the firm's London tower was drastically slashed following protests earlier this year, and the scheme has been replaced with a 14-storey cube.
![Cappellini furniture](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2016/07/Furniture_Cappellini_dezeen_sqb.jpg)
In other news, Giulio Cappellini said that Italian brands create "too many products that look the same" when Dezeen met him in Haworth's London showroom.
![Crispin Wride unveils an alternative proposal for a garden bridge at Blackfriars, including a series of garden islands](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2016/07/blackfriars-garden-islands-bridge-cwads-crispin-wride-architects-design-studio-heatherwick-garden-bridge-cost-london-thames-_dezeen_sq.jpg)
Elsewhere in London, a virtual reality film of the Garden Bridge allowed viewers a closer look at the Thomas Heatherwick-designed structure, and Crispin Wride became the latest architect to release an alternative to the controversial project.
![Grimshaw unveils vision to expand London's Heathrow Airport](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2016/07/grimshaw-heathrow_dezeen_sqb.jpg)
Grimshaw was selected to plan the £16 billion expansion of London's Heathrow Airport, as it pushes forward with its bid to build a third runway.
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In New York, Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld was picked to design the interior for the relocated The Four Seasons restaurant, and more than 1,000 redesigned trains were approved for a major overhaul for the city's subway network.
![BIG's The Grove at Grand Bay twisted towers](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2016/07/big-bjarke-ingels-the-grove-at-grand-bay-twisted-towers-miami_dezeen.jpg)
Meanwhile in Miami, Instagram users posted photos of BIG's twisted towers ahead of their completion, and a crowdfunding campaign was launched to fund the restoration of the abandoned Miami Marine Stadium.
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Heritage body UNESCO added 17 projects by 20th-century French architect Le Corbusier to its list of internationally significant architecture sites.
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The Brexit storm continued as intellectual property lawyer Margaret Briffa issued a guide to designers on the legal ramifications of the UK's decision to quit the EU.
![Odile Decq](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2016/07/odile-decq_dezeen_sq.jpg)
Also, French architect Odile Decq called for entrepreneurial skills to be taught in architecture schools to help architects navigate the "broken" global economy.
![Null Stern Hotel](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2016/07/null-stern-hotel-switzerland-alps_dezeen_sq.jpg)
Popular projects on Dezeen this week included a 22-metre-square micro apartment, an open-air hotel offering panoramic views of the Swiss Alps and a tiny prefabricated house that moves with its owners.
![Kodasema creates tiny prefabricated house that moves with its owners](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2016/07/Movable-pre-fab-mini-house_Koda_Paul-Kuimet_dezeen_sqa-1.jpg)
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