Highlights
Five robots putting the tech in Carlo Ratti’s architecture biennale
Blade-Made transforms former wind turbine into tiny house
Six homes where poured resin floors provide a colourful backdrop
Amazon creates “more empathetic smile” for first logo update in 20 years
Norman Foster and Porsche unveil shimmering Gateway to Venice’s Waterway
Diller Scofidio + Renfro creates temporary translucent library at Venice Architecture Biennale
Safdie Architects designs Maine’s tallest building to resemble a lighthouse
British Pavilion cloaked in veil of clay beads at Venice Architecture Biennale
“What matters is I know why we did things” says Annabelle Selldorf
BAT Studio unveils garden room with walls that move back and forth
Jan Lefevere turns 1960s dental practice in Belgium into family home
Eight statement-making staircases that elevate living spaces
“The touchscreen has been mindlessly applied to the automobile” says Norman Foster
Arthur Kariev Architects uses moss-covered timber planks to cloak holiday cabins in Kazakhstan
Ten stand-out pavilions at the Venice Architecture Biennale
“We use too much energy creating beautiful shapes” says Byoung Soo Cho
Schmidt Hammer Lassen tops Shenzhen Energy Ring with rooftop walkway
Togo centres its “eccentric” modernist architecture in Venice Biennale debut
Nordic pavilion examines modernist architecture “through the lens of trans experience”
Frank Gehry’s “tallest residential building” among upcoming Toronto skyscrapers
Kong Xiangwei Studio creates mushroom-shaped library in Chinese village
Donut Lab’s circular motors fit inside tyres for “out of this world” performance
Studio Bright adds fluted-concrete chapel to church in Australia
