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Architect Marta Brandão has adopted a « rustic minimalism » style to create a two-bedroom mountain retreat in Arouca, Portugal. Read more

Ahead of the 2022 Fifa World Cup commencing in Qatar on Sunday, we have rounded up the kits of all 32 teams playing in the international football competition. Read more

AI text-to-image software like Midjourney, DALL-E and Stable Diffusion has the potential to change the way that architects approach the creation and concept stages of designing buildings and products, experts say. Read more

Despite the justified controversy surrounding AI art, architects need not worry about being usurped by software that can generate images of buildings, argues Will Wiles. Read more

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing Denizen Works’ house with « a sense of drama » that overlooks a Scottish loch. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: British furniture brand Another Country has launched the Work Series II table, which combines timber and recycled plastic in a bid to make a more sustainable product for changeable office environments. Read more

Architecture studio Snøhetta has designed a table made of wood sourced from the bottom of a lake in Tasmania, Australia. Read more

“The most audacious thing I could possibly state in this day and age is that life is worth living. It’s worth being bashed against. It’s worth getting scarred by. It’s worth pouring yourself over every one of its hot coals.” – Jeff Buckley

“When considering whether to buy yet another book, you might well ask yourself when you’ll get around to reading it. But perhaps there are other, even more important considerations, such as the intellectual value of the book in its still-unread state.” The Virtue of Owning Books You Haven’t Read: Why Umberto Eco Kept an “Antilibrary”

OMG! I want to ride EJ Hill’s Bubblegum Pink Roller Coaster Through a Mass MoCA Gallery. Says the woman who doesn’t like roller coasters.