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Design

Smart cup by Yves Behar knows precisely what's in your drink

Yves Behar has designed a smart cup called Vessyl, which detects what you're drinking and displays its nutritional contents in real time. More about Smart cup by Yves Behar knows precisely what's in your drink

Opinion

Opinion

"Elements makes you unutterably sad for Koolhaas and what he thinks architecture is"

Opinion: by excluding architects and focusing on research for this year's Venice Architecture Biennale, Rem Koolhaas has given the world an insight into what he thinks about architecture. The result is less than encouraging, says Kieran Long. More about "Elements makes you unutterably sad for Koolhaas and what he thinks architecture is"

Architecture

Architecture

IPT Architects creates rib cage-like pavilion using wooden frames

Visitors can stroll through free-standing wooden frames in this pavilion that IPT Architects has installed outside the V&A Museum of Childhood in east London. More about IPT Architects creates rib cage-like pavilion using wooden frames

Architecture

Architecture

Nash Baker's Bourne Lane house takes cues from old English barns

The two barn-like wings of this house by Nash Baker Architects, in the English town of Tonbridge, feature blackened timber cladding and glazed walls shielded by wooden louvres (+ slideshow). More about Nash Baker's Bourne Lane house takes cues from old English barns

Furniture

Furniture

Very Good & Proper designs new legs for MT Club Chair

UK design brand Very Good & Proper has added material options for the legs of its MT Club Chair, originally designed for a London restaurant. More about Very Good & Proper designs new legs for MT Club Chair

Design

Design

James Lee designs Paperclip Armrest to end elbow grapples on the plane

Fights over the armrest in an airline cabin or auditorium could be eradicated with this two-tiered support by Hong Kong designer James Lee (+ slideshow). More about James Lee designs Paperclip Armrest to end elbow grapples on the plane

Architecture

Architecture

Antony Gormley creates a giant metal sculpture you can sleep in

News: British sculptor Antony Gormley has added a crouched figure containing a guest suite to the facade of a London hotel. More about Antony Gormley creates a giant metal sculpture you can sleep in

Design

Design

Honeywell joins connected-home market with Lyric smart thermostat

News: US technology firm Honeywell has released a minimal smart thermostat that learns household routines, a rival to Nest's similar connected home product. More about Honeywell joins connected-home market with Lyric smart thermostat

Interiors

Interiors

MVRDV converts a chapel into an entrance for the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam

Dutch studio MVRDV has transformed a neoclassical chapel into the main entrance for a museum of modern art in Schiedam, the Netherlands, adding bright red shelves between the listed building's existing features (+ slideshow). More about MVRDV converts a chapel into an entrance for the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam

Architecture

Architecture

Chilean Pavilion in Venice centres around a politically charged concrete wall

Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: Chile's Silver Lion-winning pavilion at the biennale centres around a prefabricated concrete wall that is closely tied to both the country's political history and its 20th century housing stock (+ slideshow). More about Chilean Pavilion in Venice centres around a politically charged concrete wall