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Airbus could install bunk-beds on passenger planes by 2020
Airbus has revealed a series of designs that would transform aircraft cargo compartments into passenger sleeping quarters, complete with bunk-beds and meeting rooms. More
Airbus has revealed a series of designs that would transform aircraft cargo compartments into passenger sleeping quarters, complete with bunk-beds and meeting rooms. More
Japanese studio Kengo Kuma and Associates is designing an aquatics centre on Copenhagen's harbour, featuring indoor pools framed by brick pyramids and outdoor baths that terrace down to meet the sea. More
Michael Van Valkenburgh and David Adjaye have won a competition to transform a riverside parcel in Downtown Detroit into a thriving public park, with plans for a beach, multiple pavilions and a small isle for roosting birds. More
Pitched roof elements reference traditional reindeer herder tents in Twelve Architects' design for Novy Urengoy Airport, in Russia. More
Texas-based startup Orion Span has revealed plans for a luxury space hotel, which is expected to open in 2022. More
Uber has acquired electric bike-sharing service Jump, in a bid to further expand the modes of transportation available to its users. More
Renewable energy is now used to power all of Apple's retail stores, offices and data centres in 43 countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, China and India. More
Selldorf Architects has revealed plans for a renovation and expansion of the Frick Collection museum in New York City. More
Levi's has accused French fashion brand Kenzo of copying the famous red tabs of its jeans. More
Stephen Burks, Es Devlin, Asif Khan and Morag Myerscough have joined the panel of judges for the inaugural Dezeen Awards, which is accepting entries until 30 June 2018. More
Land Rover's Range Rover Velar has been named "the most beautiful car on the planet" at the 2018 World Car Awards. More
The Ace Hotel chain is opening its first Japanese outpost in Kyoto this winter, in a former telephone exchange building overhauled by Kengo Kuma. More
More than 50 leading academics working in the field of robotics have called for a boycott of a South Korean university, over concerns about its partnership with a defence company to develop autonomous arms. More
This week, the gender pay gap was in the spotlight as architecture firms including Zaha Hadid Architects and Hawkins\Brown joined 10,000 companies with 250 or more employees across the UK to publish salary data.
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Daniel Libeskind's architecture firm has revealed it design for a faceted affordable housing block for seniors in Brooklyn's Bed-Stuy neighbourhood. More
The success of the movie Black Panther and its afrofuturist aesthetic has put Africa in the spotlight as a growing force in design, technology and fashion, according to designers from the continent. More
The Swedish government has introduced new architecture and design targets to make Sweden a more "sustainable, equal and less segregated society". More
Hawkins\Brown has emerged as the only one of the UK's largest architecture practices with a gender pay gap better than the country average. More
We now have a quarter of a million subscribers to the Dezeen Weekly newsletter, which offers a roundup of the week's highlights. Thanks to everyone that signed up! More
The Danish inventor on trial for committing murder aboard his self-built submarine helped Bjarke Ingels Group develop the distinctive smoke-ring-blowing chimney of its Copenhagen power plant, Dezeen has learned. More