AAU Anastas adds stone vaulted gift shop to Crusaders monastery in Jerusalem

Palestinian-based studio AAU Anastas has designed a flat stone-vaulted extension to a 12th century monastery built by the Crusaders in Jerusalem, to house a gift shop. Read more

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Foster + Partners wins award for best architect's website

Foster + Partners has won top prize at the Archiboo Web Awards 2018, which celebrate architects and architecture companies with outstanding websites. Read more

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Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop opens first UK pop-up store

Goop – the lifestyle and wellness brand founded by actress Gwyneth Paltrow – has opened its first pop-up store in London, which features California-inspired interiors designed by Fran Hickman. Read more

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Lorenzo Vitturi repurposes Established & Sons furniture for sculptural installation

East London-based artist Lorenzo Vitturi deconstructed products from the Established & Sons collection, and reassembled them into disjointed sculptures, for an installation at London Design Festival. Read more

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Mac Collins' afrofuturist throne references his Caribbean heritage

Northumbria University graduate Mac Collins looked to his Caribbean heritage when conceiving this afrofuturist chair, which aims to empower its user. Read more

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Pinar Yoldas creates designer babies based on characteristics of Greek gods and goddesses

Designer and artist Pinar Yoldas has imagined nine designer babies based on the characteristics of hellenic deities as a reflection on human gene editing. Read more

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Bermuda is a pop-up seawater purifier that uses light to remove salt

Mexican designer Marco Antonio Barba Sánchez has won a James Dyson Award for inventing a low-cost seawater purifier, for castaways and people without access to drinking water. Read more

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