AItopia
AItopia
"I am not at all worried about facing the newly empowered competition enabled by AI"
AI should be embraced by architects rather than met with scepticism or fear, writes Zaha Hadid Architects principal Patrik Schumacher. More
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AItopia
AItopia
AI model by Aalto University team can predict how to prevent wildfires
Researchers at Aalto University have developed an AI model that can predict the best way to prevent wildfires. More
Materials
Materials
Bendable battery among sustainable materials at San Francisco exhibition
Local design firm Prowl Studio and investment company Baukunst have shown a variety of sustainable materials including aquatic plants meant for animal feed and an electric RV at a pop-up exhibition in San Francisco. More
News
News
Pioneering wind-powered cargo ship charts course for greener shipping
A Mitsubishi Corporation cargo ship has embarked on its first wind-powered voyage after being retrofitted with two rigid 37.5-metre-tall sails, in what could mark a crucial step towards decarbonising the maritime industry. More
AItopia
AItopia
AI exposes designers and architects to copyright complications say experts
Increasing use of AI could have major copyright implications for designers and architects, warn experts as part of our AItopia series. More
AItopia
AItopia
Generative AI boom "could come to a fairly swift end"
Predictions about the potential impacts of generative AI may be overblown due to "many serious, unsolved problems" with the technology according to Gary Marcus, one of the field's leading voices. More
Technology
Technology
Rise of AI marks the "first time in history where we stop being monkeys" says Arturo Tedeschi
Designing using artificial intelligence is a fundamentally new form of creativity that is tantamount to an evolution of our species, AI-specialist architect and designer Arturo Tedeschi tells Dezeen in this interview. More
AItopia
AItopia
AI design could "bring back the beauty and aesthetics of the classical era" says Tim Fu
Artificial intelligence could give rise to a "neoclassical futurist" architecture style and will become "an everyday tool of necessity", says designer Tim Fu in this interview for our AItopia series. More
Prosthetics
Prosthetics
BioProsthesis uses human hair to create prosthetic nipples for breast cancer patients
Central Saint Martins graduate Arianna Pezzano has developed a way to make nipple prosthetics from keratin extracted from hair lost during chemotherapy, to help breast cancer patients "regain a sense of wholeness". More
Materials
Materials
Eleonora Ortolani recycles plastic into vanilla ice-cream
Designer Eleonora Ortolani has created what she believes to be the first food made from plastic waste, as part of her final-year project at Central Saint Martins. More
Materials
Materials
Materials "have so much more to give" says Natural Material Studio founder Bonnie Hvillum
Materials can become a much bigger part of our everyday lives and the way we see the world if people are willing to give up mass production, Natural Material Studio founder Bonnie Hvillum tells Dezeen in this interview. More
AItopia
AItopia
Orbital Materials combines ChatGPT with physics to invent "transformational materials"
The first materials designed by AI could be less than 18 months away, according to Orbital Materials CEO Jonathan Godwin, who aims to harness the technology to create materials to help with carbon capture. More
Materials
Materials
DR Horton builds North Carolina house with grass-based ceiling and wall panels
North Carolina firm DR Horton has begun construction on a residential home using building materials from local technology studio Plantd, including panels made from compressed perennial grasses. More
AItopia
AItopia
Promptac toolkit lets users modify AI designs with hand gestures and real-world materials
Royal College of Art graduate Zhaodi Feng has created an interactive toolkit named Promptac, which allows users to input prompts to AI image generators using hand movements rather than text. More
AItopia
AItopia
AI's "eye-watering" use of resources could be a hurdle to achieving climate goals, argue experts
The growth of AI will put an increased environmental burden on the planet, say experts who argue it's time to think about the invisible physical infrastructures of our technology. More
Materials
Materials
Loop Loop develops "world's first plant-based aluminium dying process"
Dutch design studio Loop Loop has pioneered a process of adding colour to aluminium using pigments made from plants rather than petroleum. More
News
News
US scientists prove that metal can heal itself
Scientists from Texas A&M University and Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico have observed metal cracking and fusing back together, in a discovery that could pave the way for self-healing machines, vehicles and bridges. More
News
News
MIT engineers create battery alternative using cement and carbon black
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a low-cost energy storage system that could be integrated into roads and building foundations to facilitate the renewable energy transition. More
AItopia
AItopia
Ten AI companies that architects and designers need to know
Dozens of AI tools are emerging that could dramatically alter how architects and designers work. As part of our AItopia series, Dezeen rounds up 10 of the most significant. More
Comments
Comments
"AI will never replace a Frank Lloyd Wright or a Mies van der Rohe" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are debating a feature in our AItopia series that examines the question of whether AI technology will end up taking architects' jobs. More