Technology
Technology
3D-printed weapons found during Australian police raid
News: Australian police have seized weapons created on a 3D printer while raiding a property in Gold Coast, Queensland. More
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Architecture
Architecture
Brian MacKay-Lyons wins 2015 RAIC Gold Medal
News: Brian MacKay-Lyons has been selected for Canada's most prestigious architecture award thanks to his "pure, dignified, poetic and beautiful" projects (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Jury distances itself from Morphosis appointment for Vals hotel
News: the jury tasked with selecting the design for a new hotel adjacent to Peter Zumthor's Therme Vals spa in Switzerland has "dissociated itself" with the client's decision to appoint Los Angeles firm Morphosis. More
Design
Design
SO-IL's Storefront gallery installation vandalised with "poor quality" graffiti
News: architecture studio SO-IL's installation for the New York architecture gallery has been vandalised within weeks of opening – but the firm's co-founder says he "knew" it would be a target for graffiti. More
Design
Design
Monoqi buys Mydeco to extend UK reach
Business news: Berlin-based retailer Monoqi has acquired the assets of former online furniture marketplace Mydeco to help its expansion into the UK market. More
Architecture
Architecture
Mies van der Rohe Award 2015 shortlist announced
News: 40 projects have been shortlisted for the European Union's 2015 architecture prize – the Mies van der Rohe Award – including a woodland crematorium in Sweden and a rowing centre in a Portuguese wine region (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Hem acquires Discipline products to expand furniture and homeware range
Business news: furniture brand Hem has acquired the rights to over 200 products from Italian design company Discipline (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
BMW and MINI announce installations by Alfredo Häberli and Jaime Hayón for Milan
News: car brands BMW and MINI have enlisted Alfredo Häberli and Jaime Hayón to create mobility-themed installations for Milan's annual design week in April. More
Design
Design
Soy sauce bottle designer Kenji Ekuan dies aged 85
News: Japanese industrial designer Kenji Ekuan, whose work ranged from the Komachi bullet train to the Kikkoman soy sauce dispenser, has died aged 85. More
Architecture
Architecture
Morphosis chosen for hotel beside Peter Zumthor's Therme Vals spa
News: the firm led by American architect Thom Mayne has been selected to design a new 100-suite hotel adjacent to Peter Zumthor's Therme Vals spa in Switzerland. Update: the competition jury has now "dissociated itself" from the decision. More
Design
Design
Adidas plans to use design to conquer America
News: German sports brand Adidas aims to use design to increase its market share in America, according to executive board member for global brands Eric Liedtke (+ interview). More
Architecture
Architecture
Construction of Herzog & de Meuron's M+ museum begins in Hong Kong
News: construction is now underway on M+, a new museum of visual culture in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District designed by Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron. More
News
News
Icon editor Christopher Turner named deputy director of London Design Festival
Business news: Christopher Turner is leaving British design and architecture magazine Icon to join the organisation behind London's annual design festival. More
Architecture
Architecture
Zaha Hadid unveils designs for "world's largest airport passenger terminal" in Beijing
News: architect Zaha Hadid is working with airport specialist ADPI on plans for a major new terminal in Daxing, Beijing, that will accommodate 45 million passengers per year. More
Architecture
Architecture
London's derelict tube tunnels reimagined as a pedestrian and cycle network
News: architecture firm Gensler wants to repurpose London's abandoned tube tunnels to create a subterranean network of pathways that generate electricity as people walk and cycle through them. More
Pavilions
Pavilions
Summer pavilions built from old rope and bicycle wheels to open in New York
News: two pavilions – one made out of broken umbrellas and bicycle wheels, and one constructed from materials used in oyster cultivation – are due to be installed this summer on Governors Island in New York. More
Design
Design
Raw Edges to fill stately home gallery with colourful wood patterns
News: London studio Raw Edges will install a new floor and seating using a grid of dyed timber inside the sculpture gallery at Chatsworth House in England's Peak District. More
Architecture
Architecture
Arup reveals plans for new AC Milan football stadium
News: engineering firm Arup has unveiled concept designs for a new football stadium with a removable roof for Italian football club AC Milan. More
Architecture
Architecture
Alvar Aalto Medal 2015 awarded to Spanish architects Fuensanta Nieto and Enrique Sobejano
News: Spanish architects Fuensanta Nieto and Enrique Sobejano have been named as the 2015 recipients of the Alvar Aalto Medal, Finnish architecture's most prestigious award (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Frank Gehry's "paper bag" business school opens in Sydney
News: Frank Gehry's new teaching and research facility for Sydney's University of Technology has now opened, and has been described as "the most beautiful squashed brown paper bag" (+ slideshow). More