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This week Foster + Partners and Arup unveiled designs for a series of stations for California's high-speed rail line and Kith and the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation released a New Balance sneaker. Read on for more...

 

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Foster + Partners and Arup design stations for "America's first high-speed rail segment"

Foster + Partners and Arup design stations for "America's first high-speed rail segment"

UK architecture studio Foster + Partners and engineering firm Arup have released designs for a series of stations in California that will serve its high-speed rail line.

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Manuel Cervantes develops "assisted self-production" housing in Mexico

Manuel Cervantes develops "assisted self-production" housing in Mexico

Mexico City-based architect Manuel Cervantes Estudio has designed DIY housing that relies on passive, vernacular construction strategies to "help families build their living spaces in a better and smarter way."

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Kith releases New Balance trainer informed by Frank Lloyd Wright sketches

Kith releases New Balance trainer informed by Frank Lloyd Wright sketches

Kith founder Ronnie Fieg has teamed up with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to release a New Balance sneaker that was informed by Wright's utopian Broadacre City sketches.

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SketchUp and Dezeen launch new podcast series about designing for climate change

SketchUp and Dezeen launch new podcast series about designing for climate change

Dezeen has teamed up with design software brand SketchUp to create a new podcast series exploring the role that architects and designers can play in tackling climate change.

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Don't Move, Improve! 2023 shortlist names London's best home renovations

Don't Move, Improve! 2023 shortlist names London's best home renovations

A low-energy house and a bright yellow extension are among London's best new home renovations according to this year's Don't Move, Improve! shortlist.

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Over 900 Grenfell fire victims reach civil settlement

Over 900 Grenfell fire victims reach civil settlement

More than 900 survivors, bereaved family members and local residents affected by the Grenfell Tower fire have agreed a settlement in a civil claim over the disaster.

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Fashion designer Mary Quant dies aged 93

Fashion designer Mary Quant dies aged 93

British fashion designer Mary Quant, who popularised the mini skirt during the 1960s, has died at home aged 93.

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MVRDV releases visuals of inaugural Van Gogh Homeland festival

MVRDV releases visuals of inaugural Van Gogh Homeland festival

Dutch studio MVRDV has released visuals of Van Gogh Homeland, an architecture and sustainability biennale launching in the Netherlands, curated by its co-founder Winy Maas.

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City cars could become smaller thanks to electrification says Peugeot head of concepts

City cars could become smaller thanks to electrification says Peugeot head of concepts

The "global footprint of the automotive in big cities" could shrink thanks to advances in car technology, Peugeot's Philippe-Emmanuel Jean told Dezeen at the European unveiling of the brand's Inception Concept EV.

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Heatherwick Studio and Barcode Architects unveil design for cylindrical faceted-glass tower

Heatherwick Studio and Barcode Architects unveil design for cylindrical faceted-glass tower

UK practice Heatherwick Studio and Dutch studio Barcode Architects have revealed visuals of Oopen, a stacked cylindrical tower topped with landscaped terraces designed for Utrecht's city centre.

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HOK architect and CEO Bill Hellmuth dies aged 69

HOK architect and CEO Bill Hellmuth dies aged 69

American architect Bill Hellmuth, who designed many projects as president and then CEO of global architecture studio HOK, has passed away aged 69 after a long illness.

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University of Pennsylvania names Rossana Hu architecture department chair

University of Pennsylvania names Rossana Hu architecture department chair

Shanghai-based architect Rossana Hu has been named as a tenured faculty member and chair of the Department of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

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