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Today we like: crowdfunding

Once the preserve of independent product designers, crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter are evolving into powerful tools for financing and testing public appetite for architecture and infrastructure projects.

Recent examples include BIG's campaign to raise money for a prototype power plant chimney and a pedestrian bridge described as the "world’s first crowdfunded public infrastructure project". See more crowdfunded projects on Dezeen »

Architecture

Architecture

CRG Architects unveils concept for shipping container skyscrapers

CRG Architects has unveiled a proposal to replace slum housing with a pair of skyscrapers comprising stacks of brightly coloured shipping containers.  More about CRG Architects unveils concept for shipping container skyscrapers

Architecture

Architecture

Arch Studio transforms Beijing hutong into tea house with curving glass courtyards

Curving glass walls enclose bamboo-planted courtyards in this tea house, which occupies a formerly derelict building complex in one Beijing's ancient neighbourhoods (+ slideshow). More about Arch Studio transforms Beijing hutong into tea house with curving glass courtyards

Architecture

Architecture

James Furzer to crowdfund parasitic sleeping pods for London's homeless

Architectural designer James Furzer has developed a modular homeless shelter that would hang off the sides of existing buildings, and launched a campaign on crowdfunding platform Indiegogo to finance a prototype. More about James Furzer to crowdfund parasitic sleeping pods for London's homeless

Design

Design

Zaha Hadid's High Line installation protects park visitors from construction debris

Zaha Hadid has created a swooping canopy for New York's High Line – in an area of the elevated park abutting the construction site for a building designed by the architect. More about Zaha Hadid's High Line installation protects park visitors from construction debris

Interiors

Interiors

California tech incubator by CHA:COL discourages occupants from staying too long

LA-based CHA:COL has completed a "bare bones" office for tech startups that features a retrofitted shipping container and a wooden bleacher that doubles as a storage unit (+ slideshow). More about California tech incubator by CHA:COL discourages occupants from staying too long

Architecture

Architecture

Melbourne Garden Room is a blackened wood extension to a century-old Edwardian house

Australian architect Tim Angus has added a garden room to his mother's Melbourne residence using dark wooden rafters recycled from an old warehouse (+ slideshow). More about Melbourne Garden Room is a blackened wood extension to a century-old Edwardian house

Architecture

Architecture

White concrete chapel by Gerhard Sacher features glazed walls that allow views right through

This small family chapel in rural Austria has a white concrete shell and glass gable walls, allowing views right through the building to the rolling countryside beyond (+ slideshow). More about White concrete chapel by Gerhard Sacher features glazed walls that allow views right through

Architecture

Architecture

Jun Sekino's Tinman house in Bangkok features a steel structure and colourful staircases

Prompted by the client's love of the Tin Man character in the Wizard of Oz, architect Jun Sekino left the steel framework of this Bangkok house exposed inside and out (+ slideshow). More about Jun Sekino's Tinman house in Bangkok features a steel structure and colourful staircases

Design

Design

Pharrell Williams unveils latest ocean-plastic clothing range for G-Star RAW

Pharrell Williams has launched his third collection with G-Star RAW, which includes denim garments made using recycled plastic removed from the oceans. More about Pharrell Williams unveils latest ocean-plastic clothing range for G-Star RAW