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Traditional construction materials are used in contemporary forms at this residential development by Zozaya Arquitectos in Valle de Bravo, Mexico. Read more

Mumbai studio Sanjay Puri Architects has designed a building for Prestige University in India that will feature a stepped green roof punctuated with courtyards. Read more

An updated version of Powers of Ten, based on current science. Fascinating.

Four peaks clad in weathering steel cover the underground galleries at the Datong Art Museum, which British architecture studio Foster + Partners has completed in northern China. Read more

Car brand BMW has unveiled an updated version of its electric iX SUV at the Consumer Electronics Show that can change colour from black to white in order to suit the driver’s mood and conserve electricity. Read more

Max Fordham, a British engineer and « pioneer of sustainable building design », has passed away at the age of 88. Read more

Architecture firm SOM has completed its headquarters for Shenzhen‘s Rural Commercial Bank, a steel-wrapped office building with an exterior that resembles an exoskeleton. Read more

The Act of Quad has introduced a smattering of blue furnishings and fittings to this high-rise apartment, renovated by the design studio in the Indian city of Thane. Read more

Designer Adam Nathaniel Furman has created a vividly coloured illustration series called Postmodern Icons, which celebrates buildings such as London’s Isle of Dogs Pumping Station and Chicago’s James R Thompson Center. Read more

Multidisciplinary design office The Open Workshop has created an experimental pavilion that proposes how Chicago‘s vacant public spaces could be used for communal living. Read more