This week on Dezeen the first images of Heatherwick's Platinum Jubilee sculpture were revealed

This week on Dezeen, we published the first images of Thomas Heatherwick's Tree of Trees, a sculpture containing 350 living trees that was designed to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee.

Officially set to be unveiled on 2 June as part of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee weekend celebrations, the Heatherwick Studio-designed sculpture outside London's Buckingham Palace was completed on Tuesday.

Dezeen revealed the first images of the 21-metre-high structure, which was erected to draw attention to a tree-planting campaign created to mark the Queen's 70 years on the throne.

Dezeen spoke to Bernard Tschumi about deconstructivism in an exclusive interview

We continued our series on deconstructivism with an interview with architect Bernard Tschumi who argued that the architecture style was built on a desire for exploration that contemporary architects do not share.

"When you asked me what was deconstructivism's impact on contemporary architecture – that's where I want to retreat at the back of the room," he told Dezeen.

"So many corporate firms have literally learned too much, but purely about the image-making part of the deconstructive period."

BIG designed a mass-timber furniture factory in Norway

Also as part of the series, we shone a light on the work of late British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, who designed buildings such as the Heydar Aliyev Centre, which earned her the nickname "queen of the curve".

In Norway, architecture firm BIG completed a mass-timber Passivhaus factory for outdoor furniture manufacturer Vestre, which the brand has hailed as "the world's most environmentally-friendly furniture factory".

The cross-shaped building is concealed in a forest and stores 1,400 tons of carbon dioxide in its mostly-wooden structure.

De Matos Ryan created a much-discussed "treeless treehouse"

Architecture studio De Matos Ryan designed a pyramidal "treeless treehouse" for a London garden that can only be accessed by crawling underneath it.

The structure caused a stir as readers reacted to it in our latest Dezeen Debate newsletter.

Siza completed his first building in the USA

Pritzker Prize-winning Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza also made headlines by completing his first building in the United States – a limestone-clad skyscraper in Manhattan.

The 611 West 56th Street skyscraper is a 450-foot-tall (137-metre) residential tower that Siza previously likened to the form of a giraffe's long neck in a Dezeen interview.

Polyformer is a machine that recycles PET bottles

This week's design projects include an open-source machine by industrial designer Reiten Cheng that can recycle PET bottles into 3D-printing filament.

Meanwhile, food and beverage company Kirin Holdings collaborated with researchers at Meiji University to design Taste-Adjusting Chopsticks, a wearable device that intends to make food taste saltier using only an electric current.

Marcel Wanders announced he was suspending operations at his studio

Dutch designer Marcel Wanders also announced his decision to indefinitely suspend operations at his eponymous studio and focus on a series of smaller projects instead.

"I have been feeling a sense of dissatisfaction and an urgency inside myself to change something in my creative life and process," said the designer.

"I'm not abandoning the design world," he added. "I will still create. I will just create less."

A metro line in Chengdu featured in our roundup of underground stations

In UK news, London's much-anticipated extension to its underground railway opened to the public on Tuesday.

To mark the unveiling of the Elizabeth Line, we rounded up 10 metro stations from across the globe that have been updated in recent years.

The Grid Architects designed a "neo-brutalist" concrete house in India

Popular projects this week include a "neo-brutalist" concrete house in Ahmedabad by he Grid Architects and an Ecuadorian micro-apartment by Juan Alberto Andrade and María José Váscones that makes the most of its limited space.

Our most recent lookbooks showcased homes with water features and residential open-plan studies.

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This week we revealed the architecture of the Elizabeth Line

This week on Dezeen, we rounded up 10 new central stations along the Elizabeth Line, the highly anticipated subterranean railway that opens in London next week.

With the Elizabeth Line set to open on 24 May, our guide to its architecture focuses on the central section of the line that includes stations designed by architecture studios WilkinsonEyre and Hawkins\Brown.

Also known as Crossrail, the long-awaited project is the biggest expansion of London's underground railway network in more than a century.

BIG and Heatherwick completed a campus for Google

In architecture news, Dezeen reported on the opening of search engine company Google's new office campus in Silicon Valley, California.

Designed by architecture studios BIG and Heatherwick Studio, the Bay View campus has sweeping, scale-like panels across its roof. As well as containing two office buildings for Google employees, the campus has an events centre and 240 short-term employee accommodation units.

Frank Gehry was a key deconstructivist architect

We continued our series on deconstructivism with a profile piece on Canadian architect Frank Gehry. The profile traces Gehry's oeuvre from his beginnings as a student in Los Angeles, to winning the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1989 and creating cultural projects across the globe.

Following his profile, we revisited Gehry's Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, a building that reignited the city's economy and brought global attention to deconstructivism.

Vishaan Chakrabarti explained his solution to the global housing crisis

In an opinion piece, architect and urbanist Vishaan Chakrabarti argued that "Goldilocks" buildings – a term he coined to describe high-density, low-rise urban housing models – are the key to accommodating another three billion people on the planet.

Chakrabarti said that over the next 80 years, as populations grow and continue to put a strain on the environment, it could solve our global housing and climate problems.

Louis Vuitton had a catwalk show at Louis Kahn's Salk Institute

In California, Louis Vuitton debuted its 2023 cruise collection at the Salk Institute, a brutalist building by US architect Louis Kahn that overlooks the Pacific Ocean.

The French fashion house showcased a range of shimmering garments that look like body armour against a backdrop of the setting sun.

Whitten Architects created a home on stilts to "evoke a treehouse"

Popular projects this week included a home on stilts in Maine, a Portuguese farmhouse and a multi-generational home in England.

Our lookbooks this week focused on bedrooms with mezzanine levels and green living rooms that prove the colour's versatility.

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This week we revealed a proposal to build cities from lava

This week on Dezeen, Icelandic architect Arnhildur Palmadottir revealed her "radical and gigantic" Lavaforming proposal at the DesignMarch festival in Reykjavík.

Palmadottir proposed using controlled lava eruptions to create buildings, which she says would be substantially more sustainable than those built with steel and concrete.

She envisions boreholes being drilled into the earth until they reach molten lava. This would then be directed into controlled flows that could either be used to form traditional building materials, be 3D printed while molten, or be cooled in situ to become the structural base for a city.

Deconstructivism "killed off postmodernism" Peter Eisenman told Dezeen in an interview

In other architecture news this week, US architect Peter Eisenman spoke to Dezeen as part of our series on deconstructivism. He argued that deconstructivism killed postmodernism.

"It killed off postmodernism," he said of the architectural movement. "Kitsch postmodernism was at the high point at the Venice Biennale in 80 and deconstructivism killed that off."

Also as part of the series, we took a closer look at Coop Himmelb(l)au's rooftop extension on Falkestrasse in Vienna, which the studio's co-founder Wolf Prix told Dezeen "broke all the rules."

The Taipei Performing Arts Center opened in Taiwan

Taiwan's long-awaited Taipei Performing Arts Center in Taipei, which was designed by Rem Koolhaas of Dutch studio OMA, completed this week. The centre has a cuboid central form from which three auditoriums protrude.

Koolhaas took a similar approach to the design of the CCTV Headquarters in Beijing, which was featured in our series revisiting deconstructivist architecture. He designed the distinctive skyscraper to encourage alternative forms for high-rise buildings.

Snapchat released a selfie drone called Pixy

In design news, Snapchat's parent company Snap launched Pixy, a "friendly" selfie drone that weighs just 101 grams and has bright-yellow plastic casing.

We also spoke to designer Yinka Ilori in an exclusive interview about his belief in the importance of multidisciplinary creativity. "I want to see a lot more architecture and artist collaborations," Ilori said.

"I bring the humour, the community and the joy, which I think is what's lacking in some architecture," he added.

The Elizabeth Line is set to open later this month

In UK news, Crossrail's head of architecture Julian Robinson told Dezeen about the thoughts behind the architecture of London's new Elizabeth Line.

Set to open on 24 May, the subterranean railway is the biggest single upgrade of London's transport network for more than a century.

This week also saw a group of leading industry organisations including the Royal British Institute of Architects team up to create a building standard that will verify net-zero carbon buildings in the UK.

Ten bold residential staircases designed by architects

This week we also rounded up 10 bold staircases designed by architects. Popular projects this week include a cabin perched over a forested site in Washington State, and another cabin, this one raised on stilts in the English countryside, as well as architect Frank Gehry's first housing project in the UK.

Our lookbooks showcased serene wet rooms and warm wood-clad kitchens.

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This week we launched our series about deconstructivist architecture

This week on Dezeen, we kicked off our series exploring deconstructivism, an influential architecture movement from the 20th century led by the likes of Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid and Rem Koolhaas.

Among the highlights of the series so far is an overview of the style by historian Owen Hopkins and an exclusive interview with the renowned architect Daniel Libeskind.

Daniel Libeskind said he "always felt slightly repulsed" by deconstructivism

Polish-American architect Libeskind, who is considered one of the movement's key proponents, told Dezeen that he "always felt slightly repulsed" by the term deconstructivism.

We also rounded up the seven early deconstructivist buildings that featured in the seminal 1988 Deconstructivist Architecture exhibition at MoMA, including Parc de la Villette by Bernard Tschumi and Rooftop Remodeling Falkestrasse by Wolf Prix, and profiled architect Peter Eisenman.

MIT researchers developed structural joints made from discarded tree forks

In other architectural news, Dezeen reported on a new construction technique developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) that could allow load-bearing structures to be built from discarded tree forks instead of steel.

The Eindhoven University of Technology also challenged the construction industry's reliance on steel as it completed a bridge in Almere built from flax fibres combined with bio-resin and polyurethane foam blocks.

Kengo Kuma broke ground on a plant-covered building

SANAA hit the headlines when photos of its Sydney Modern gallery extension were released ahead of completion, while Kengo Kuma made waves after breaking ground on a plant-covered building in the US.

Other upcoming buildings that were revealed included a tree-like experience centre in Sweden by Henning Larsen and a series of interlocking residential towers in the US by OMA.

An installation by Drift was cancelled due to the presence of unknown drones

Design news this week included the cancellation of Drift's four-day installation at the Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg because of "aggressive disruption" by unknown drones.

In an opinion piece, writer Phineas Harper slammed Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs) as a "cultural dead end", claiming that they are the most boring form of digital art being developed.

The Bathing Culture exhibition launched at DesignMarch

Dezeen teamed up with DesignMarch, Iceland's largest design fair, to livestream a day of talks that investigated the role of design and architecture in shaping alternative futures.

Another highlight of the coronavirus-delayed festival in Reykjavík, which runs until 8 May 2022, was the Bathing Culture exhibition examining the history of geothermal pools in Iceland.

VATRAA converted an artist studio into a house

Projects that caught readers' attention this week included a "self-powered home" by Cosmic ADU, a brick house by Sanden+Hodnekvam Arkitekter and a residence in a converted artist studio by VATRAA.

Our lookbooks showcased ten living rooms with floor-to-ceiling glazing and compact children's bedrooms with space-saving bunk beds.

The main image is of City of Culture in Santiago de Compostela by Peter Eisenman, courtesy of Eisenman Architects.

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This week we revealed the 11 most under-threat modern buildings in America

This week on Dezeen, US conservation group Docomomo rounded up 11 American buildings from the 20th century that are under threat of demolition.

As many modernist, postmodernist and brutalist buildings are being raised to be replaced by new structures, twentieth-century architecture is increasingly under threat in the US.

"It is a critical moment for modern architectural sites in the US," explained Docomomo US executive director Liz Waytkus.

The organisation's selection of buildings under threat includes Milwaukee's Mitchell Park Domes (above), which were designed in 1959 and have a cone-shaped design that was patented and has never been replicated.

Japan's tallest building tops out in Tokyo

New York-based studio Pelli Clarke & Partners' 330-metre-tall A District skyscraper in Tokyo reached its full height this week, making it the country's tallest building.

The tower, which is expected to be fully completed in 2023, is located in central Tokyo's Toronamon-Azabudai District and will house offices, luxury apartments, educational and retail facilities as well as research and medical centres.

Pelli Clarke & Partners is currently also designing two other skyscrapers in the area for developer Mori.

Grafton Architects' Town House university building wins Mies van der Rohe Award 2022

In other architecture news Town House, a colonnaded building designed for Kingston University in London, was named the winner of the European Union's Mies van der Rohe Award 2022.

Designed by RIBA Gold Medal-winning studio Grafton Architects, the six-storey building is the first university building to have won the prize in the history of the annual architecture award.

It will be the last UK project to ever win the award, as the country is no longer eligible to take part after Brexit.

Balenciaga wraps London store in pink faux fur to celebrate its Le Cagole "it-bag"

Paris-based luxury fashion house Balenciaga gave its Mount Street store in London a fluffy revamp by blanketing the entire interior in hot-pink faux fur.

The furry look is designed to echo the maximalist style of Balenciaga's popular Le Cagole bag and mark the launch of its new shoes and accessories collection.

Disney moves into "aspirational furniture" and homeware with new brand Disney Home

In design news, entertainment and media conglomerate Disney launched Disney Home, a brand for homeware, furnishings and accessories under the Disney umbrella.

Among the items that the brand stocks are a limited-edition range of "pop sculpture" Mickey Mouse figurines by interior designer Kelly Hoppen, kids' bedding and homeware products under the Marvel franchise.

DnA_Design and Architecture transforms Chinese quarries into cultural spaces

In China, Beijing studio DnA_Design and Architecture transformed a series of stone quarries in Zhejiang Province into a library, performance venue and social area.

The project is part of a wider mission to regenerate the rural area and turn it into a cultural hub for tourists and locals alike.

SAA completes Chilean cabin illuminated by central courtyard

Popular projects this week included a cabin in Chile, a pair of identical Mexican houses and a home in Seattle clad in concrete and darkened cedar.

Our lookbooks this week focused on residences illuminated by skylights and living rooms with sculptural furniture.

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This week we celebrated Earth Day

This week on Dezeen, we marked Earth Day by showcasing 50 architects and designers who are pushing the boundaries of sustainable architecture and design.

Those working in the built environment have a key role to play when it comes to protecting biodiversity and reducing carbon emissions.

Among the people working to make a change are Alexandra Hagen, the CEO of Swedish studio White Arkitekter, which has a portfolio of structures that go beyond net-zero to carbon negative, and Arthur Huang, whose company Miniwiz focuses on democratising the recycling process.

Norman Foster revealed plans to help rebuild Kharkiv

In architecture news this week, British architect Norman Foster offered to help rebuild Kharkiv, a Ukrainian city that has suffered extensive damage during the Russian invasion.

Foster, who is the founder of UK studio Foster + Partners, said he will "assemble the best minds with the best planning, architectural, design, and engineering skills in the world to bear on the rebirth of the city of Kharkiv".

The UK housing secretary blocked plans to demolish M&S on Oxford Street

In London, the controversial plan to demolish and replace an art deco building that houses a Marks & Spencer flagship store was halted by UK housing secretary Michael Gove.

The planning process has been paused until the government has gone over the proposal for the redevelopment. It had been criticised for wasting the embodied carbon of the existing building and for heritage reasons.

Doughnut-shaped pipes featured in our roundup of products for smoking cannabis

To mark the 420 cannabis celebration, we rounded up eight well-designed products for marijuana smokers. These include doughnut-shaped pipes, packaging that resembles lego bricks and marijuana accessories modelled on vintage crystal vessels.

Cannabis is one of the fastest-growing industries in the US, which began legalising the drug in 2012, and a number of international designers are capitalising on the trend.

Author Geraint Franklin spotlighted John Outram's key buildings

In another roundup this week, we looked at nine buildings by postmodern architect John Outram, including his "Temple of Storms" pumping station (above).

The buildings were chosen by architectural historian Geraint Franklin, who is the author of Outram's biography, simply named John Outram.

Artists Langlands & Bell spoke to Dezeen in an exclusive interview

A new exhibition by artists Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell looks at architects' attempts to create utopias. The duo spoke to Dezeen in an exclusive interview, explaining how architecture plays a large role in their art.

"For us, architecture is a way of getting to grips with who we are as people on the personal level, the social level and the cultural level," said Langlands.

Sou Fujimoto proposed a Japanese community centre with a bowl-like roof

Popular projects this week include a bowl-like community centre designed by Sou Fujimoto, a Chilean home with a triangular skylight and a Portuguese farmhouse extension.

Our lookbooks this week focused on homes with welcoming terraces and social kitchen interiors with built-in seating.

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This week the demolition of Tokyo's iconic Nakagin Capsule Tower commenced

This week on Dezeen, demolition began on the Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo – a 20th-century metabolist landmark designed by Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa.

The housing block is being torn down due to the deterioration of its concrete and steel structure.

Its modular interiors are currently being cleared out in preparation for asbestos removal, after which the building will be completely disassembled.

London mayor will not halt M&S demolition as "grounds did not exist" to intervene

Another building one step closer to demolition is the Marks and Spencer store on London's Oxford Street.

Mayor Sadiq Khan announced on Tuesday that he would not intervene to save the building following a "thorough assessment" of its carbon footprint.

Oscar Niemeyer's final building opens in French vineyard

In other architecture news, the final building by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer opened at the Château La Coste vineyard in southern France.

Designed two years before Niemeyer's death in 2012, the curved white pavilion was conceived to sit comfortably within its peaceful surroundings.

Kengo Kuma & Associates' HC Andersens Hus opens in Denmark

A Kengo Kuma-designed museum dedicated to author Hans Christian Andersen officially opened its doors this week in Odense, Denmark, following a soft launch last June.

Drawing on the fantastical worlds of Andersen's fairytales, the building is surrounded by winding maze-like hedges and features underground exhibition spaces that can be glimpsed through strategic cut-outs in the landscape.

Space Perspective reveals design for "world's first" space lounge

In design news, this week saw the reveal of the "world's first" space lounge – a lounge-style travel capsule that was designed by space tourism company Space Perspective to offer a more comfortable experience than a traditional spacecraft.

As holidays outside of Earth's atmosphere become ever more realistic, we rounded up ten recent designs for space tourism including two hotels and a space station designed by Philippe Starck.

Pop-up camping kit contained in compact SylvanSport Go trailer

This week also saw American outdoor equipment company SylvanSport unveil its Go camping trailer, which has a built-in pop-up tent and can be attached to almost any car.

Other popular projects this week included a storage-heavy apartment in north London, a house by the Norfolk coast and an archaeologist's office in Brasil with a garden courtyard.

Our lookbooks this week focused on exposed plaster walls and homes with sculptural staircases.

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This week the demolition of Tokyo's iconic Nakagin Capsule Tower commenced

This week on Dezeen, demolition began on the Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo – a 20th-century metabolist landmark designed by Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa.

The housing block is being torn down due to the deterioration of its concrete and steel structure.

Its modular interiors are currently being cleared out in preparation for asbestos removal, after which the building will be completely disassembled.

London mayor will not halt M&S demolition as "grounds did not exist" to intervene

Another building one step closer to demolition is the Marks and Spencer store on London's Oxford Street.

Mayor Sadiq Khan announced on Tuesday that he would not intervene to save the building following a "thorough assessment" of its carbon footprint.

Oscar Niemeyer's final building opens in French vineyard

In other architecture news, the final building by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer opened at the Château La Coste vineyard in southern France.

Designed two years before Niemeyer's death in 2012, the curved white pavilion was conceived to sit comfortably within its peaceful surroundings.

Kengo Kuma & Associates' HC Andersens Hus opens in Denmark

A Kengo Kuma-designed museum dedicated to author Hans Christian Andersen officially opened its doors this week in Odense, Denmark, following a soft launch last June.

Drawing on the fantastical worlds of Andersen's fairytales, the building is surrounded by winding maze-like hedges and features underground exhibition spaces that can be glimpsed through strategic cut-outs in the landscape.

Space Perspective reveals design for "world's first" space lounge

In design news, this week saw the reveal of the "world's first" space lounge – a lounge-style travel capsule that was designed by space tourism company Space Perspective to offer a more comfortable experience than a traditional spacecraft.

As holidays outside of Earth's atmosphere become ever more realistic, we rounded up ten recent designs for space tourism including two hotels and a space station designed by Philippe Starck.

Pop-up camping kit contained in compact SylvanSport Go trailer

This week also saw American outdoor equipment company SylvanSport unveil its Go camping trailer, which has a built-in pop-up tent and can be attached to almost any car.

Other popular projects this week included a storage-heavy apartment in north London, a house by the Norfolk coast and an archaeologist's office in Brasil with a garden courtyard.

Our lookbooks this week focused on exposed plaster walls and homes with sculptural staircases.

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This week the world's skinniest skyscraper was completed

This week on Dezeen, US studio SHoP Architects completed 111 West 57th Street in New York City, which is now the world's skinniest skyscraper with a height-to-width ratio of 24:1.

The skyscraper is located on Manhattan's Billionaires' Row and at 435 metres in height is the second-tallest building in the western hemisphere.

SHoP Architects also began construction on another project this week – a new milled-stone campus for the US consulate in Milan, which draws on the site's existing neoclassical architecture.

Eight "weird and wonderful" data centres from around the world

As the exhibition Power House: The Architecture of Data Centres draws to a close at London's Roca Gallery, we took a closer look at eight "weird and wonderful" data centres featured in the show.

From high-tech designs by architects to inconspicuous inner-city retrofits, the exhibition is showcasing data centres from all over the world until 14 April.

Norman Foster curates exhibition that celebrates the "beauty and technology" of the car

Meanwhile, Guggenheim Bilbao opened an exhibition titled Motion: Autos, Art, Architecture this week, which is curated by British architect Norman Foster and showcases nine cars from his own collection.

Foster also designed the displays for the exhibition, which in total features 40 different models including the first Porsche ever made.

Another car that made the news this week is the limited-edition Maybach S-Class created by late designer Virgil Abloh for Mercedes-Benz. The vehicle has a distinctive two-tone finish and was released together with a capsule clothing collection from Abloh's label Off-White.

Architecture "lagging behind all other sectors" in climate change fight says IPCC report author

The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its latest climate report this week, which highlights the built environment as one of the key industries that could help the world to cut its emissions by 50 per cent this decade.

But Yamina Saheb, one of the report's lead authors, told Dezeen that efforts to avert catastrophic climate change have so far been held back by "inertia" from the construction sector, which she says hasn't been modernised since the second world war.

Tom Wiscombe and Marrikka Trotter apologise for "high-pressure office culture" after being suspended by SCI-Arc

In Los Angeles, two faculty members of the Southern California Institute of Architecture apologised after being put on administrative leave for suggesting that architecture students should work long hours for low pay.

Tom Wiscombe and Marikka Trotter said: "We completely understand that as a couple at one school, both with administrative roles, it can seem like we have unfairly consolidated power, and we acknowledge that some faculty and students feel that way."

Naturehumaine splits Quebec ski cottage La Brèche in two

Popular projects this week included a ski cottage in Quebec, a Mexican house created as a refuge for surfers and Lego's new campus in Billund, Denmark, which is organised around a yellow atrium.

Our lookbooks this week focused on basement conversions that make use of subterranean space and interiors with innovative room dividers instead of walls.

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This week London's spherical music venue was approved

This week on Dezeen, the MSG Sphere music and esports arena moved a step closer to reality as it was approved by planners.

Designed by architecture studio Populous, the 90-metre-high spherical music venue is set to be built near the Olympic Park in east London. It was approved despite 852 objections being submitted in opposition to the project.

The world's first multi-storey skatepark opened its doors this week

In other architecture news, the world's first multi-storey skatepark opened in Kent.

Designed by Hollaway Studio, the F51 building in the seaside town of Folkestone contains three skateparks that are stacked on top of each other.

Dyson launched a set of noise-cancelling headphones with an air-purifying visor

This week saw British technology company Dyson unveil a set of noise-cancelling headphones with an air-filtering visor.

Named the Dyson Zone, the company's first wearable device caused confusion in the British press with UK newspaper the Telegraph describing it as a "bizarre air-purifying mask" and the BBC calling it an "air vacuum for mouth".

World View unveiled a balloon spacecraft

As space tourism continues to gain traction, exploration company World View unveiled a balloon-powered capsule designed by PriestmanGoode to take passengers 30,000 metres up to the edge of the Earth's atmosphere.

Set to begin flights in 2024, the hexagon-shaped pods would contain seats for eight passengers and two crew members.

Amy Kulper was named director of The Bartlett

In London, change was taking place at the top of two of the city's leading architecture schools.

The Bartlett School of Architecture appointed Amy Kulper as its director, while the Architectural Association released a shortlist of five candidates for its director role following the dismissal of Eva Franch i Gilabert in 2020.

KACH designed a Japanese house with polycarbonate screens

Popular projects this week included a house wrapped in polycarbonate screens in Japan, a bamboo welcome centre designed by Vo Trong Nghia Architects and the "invisible" restoration of Peter Womersley's High Sunderland house.

Our lookbooks this week focused on compact bedrooms that make the most of limited space and self-designed studios by architects and designers.

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