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A Cold War-era building designed to withstand nuclear blasts is among the structures that have been renovated by Elkus Manfredi Architects at the newly established Children’s National Research & Innovation Campus. Read more

Dezeen School Shows: a gadget that filters distracting notifications from mobile devices is included in Dezeen’s latest school show by students at Institute of Design at Illinois Institute of Technology. Read more

Somaliland- and London-based Rashid Ali Architects has created a chequered timber garden pavilion that can be illuminated as a « glowing lantern » in Hargeisa. Read more

Portuguese studio Bak Gordon Arquitectos has designed two concrete structures separated by a courtyard for a house on a narrow plot in Lisbon. Read more

Industrial design student Avia Revivi has designed a biodegradable toilet paper named O-SOW, which integrates seeds to encourage plant growth. Read more

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. Read more

Dezeen’s Pinterest followers searched for « modern barn house » 13 times more than normal in the last few weeks. We round up 10 of the most popular barn conversions and houses informed by barns from Pinterest. Read more

There are only three days left to enter Dezeen Awards China in partnership with Bentley Motors. Read more

The Act of Quad founders Priyanka Itadkar and Falguni Bhatia have built their own interior design studio, The Light Box, by transforming a 58-year-old former library in Mumbai, India. Read more

Global team NWDS took a spontaneous approach to designing the Tons fashion boutique in Pittsburgh, which contains a mix of modest materials and iconic furniture pieces. Read more