Highlights
“I don’t feel I am a fashion designer” says Margaret Howell
Carrots could be key to stronger concrete
Grenfell Tower reimagined as a black concrete-covered memorial
“I was so poor and I had no studio” says Christo. “I started working with little tin cans of paint”
Olson Kundig completes major renovation of Seattle’s Space Needle
OpenAI creates Dactyl robot hand with “unprecedented” dexterity
10 architectural photographers to follow on Instagram
Eight-storey sky atriums top a pair of skyscrapers by GMP in Zhengzhou
IKEA celebrates 75th anniversary with vintage furniture collections
Alex Chinneck unzips the walls of a condemned office building
Valerio Olgiati uses sky blue marble for interiors of Céline store in Miami
Kanye West albums illustrated as houses by Amaory B Portorreal
Ribbon-like platform roofs stretch over Grimshaw’s redesigned London Bridge station
Gabled metal Folly cabins provide glamping site in Joshua Tree
Scottish design is not all “tartan and tourist tat” says curator of Made in Glasgow exhibition
IKEA asks Scholten & Baijings to hack two of its most popular furniture designs
Zaha Hadid Architects reveals plans for Malta’s tallest building
Cas Dahmen creates zero-emission hydrofoil concept
Henning Larsen builds town hall that bridges a river on the Faroe Islands
Neil Denari designs spherical complex for adidas and Dezeen’s P.O.D.System Architecture project
Rock-like Mater vases feature inside Copenhagen restaurant Noma
Shigeru Ban builds temporary shelters from paper for Japan flooding victims
Europe’s tallest skyscraper revealed as it nears completion
