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Thank you Open Culture for this deep dive post into The Bialetti Moka Express. (Click through for more info on this ingenious invention)

British firm Zaha Hadid Architects has begun construction on three new stations for the Dnipro Metro in Ukraine as part of a four-kilometre line extension. Read more

Fashion designer Mary Katrantzou has teamed up with ceramics specialist Villeroy & Boch to create a range of tiles, showcased in this video published by Dezeen for the brand. Read more

Dezeen promotion: aluminium gold-hued struts coloured by Sandalor will line the exterior of the HEKLA Tower, which Pritzker prize-winning architect Jean Nouvel‘s studio is designing in Paris. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: Fiandre Architectural Surfaces has presented a selection of tiles on Dezeen Showroom, including tiles that resemble French limestone traditionally used in Burgundy and a collection informed by coveted varieties of marble. Read more

UK studio Kirkland Fraser Moor has created a contemporary house named Ashraya in Hertfordshire, England, which is topped by a cross-laminated timber arch. Read more

American artist Theaster Gates has unveiled his concept for this year’s Serpentine Pavilion, which will take the form of a wooden pavilion that references Stoke-on-Trent’s bottle kilns. Read more

British architecture studio Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has completed the polychromatic and modular Aile Est airport terminal in Geneva, Switzerland, as part of a consortium called RBI-T. Read more

Taking tourists on day trips to look down on Earth will lead to people « connecting deeply with our planet », says Space Perspective co-founder Jane Poynter in this exclusive interview. Read more

Chinese studio TeamMinus has designed a ski jump to host big air events at the 2022 Winter Olympics on the site of a former steelworks in Beijing. Read more