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Traditional Czech dwellings inform mountain home by Mar.s Architects

Czech studio Mar.s Architects drew on traditional mountain architecture when designing this house in the village of Malá Úpa, creating steep gables to help deal with heavy snowfall.

Vivobarefoot unveils "scan-to-print-to-soil" compostable trainers

Shoe brand Vivobarefoot and material science company Balena have created a prototype trainer that is 3D-printed from compostable materials.

Neom reveals "upside-down skyscraper" inside Gulf of Aqaba mountain

Mega-project Neom has unveiled Aquellum, which was designed by architecture studios LAVA and Name Architecture inside a mountain and will be centred around an "underwater open square".

MVRDV designs WärtZ district as "second city centre" for Zwolle

Dutch studio MVRDV has released visuals for a neighbourhood in Zwolle, the Netherlands, which will centre around a converted warehouse topped with wooden apartments.

Health tech company Withings has used the Consumer Electronics Show to unveil its BeamO "multiscope" – a device that allows people to conduct four routine medical checks at home.

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Deep-finned colonnade frames London home extension by Will Gamble Architects

British studio Will Gamble Architects has completed an extension and refurbishment to a family home in Croydon, London, defined by a contemporary colonnade spanning across the rear facade.

CornWall gives discarded corn cobs new life as tiles

Materials companies Circular Matters and StoneCycling have used corn cobs – one of the world's most plentiful agricultural waste materials – to make interior cladding that is biodegradable and almost entirely bio-based.

Croxatto and Opazo Architects front Chilean holiday home with rotated terrace

Chilean architecture studio Croxatto and Opazo Architects has created a holiday home outside of Santiago with a rotated, wedge-shaped terrace at its front.

The Row skyscraper by Morris Adjmi pays homage to Chicago's heritage

US firm Morris Adjmi Architects has designed a 43-storey residential skyscraper in Chicago with a "deeply expressive" facade that takes cues from the city's industrial past and the work of architect Mies van der Rohe.

"Miami's slow-motion infrastructure meltdown is already apparent"

Art Basel Miami and Design Miami should step up to help address the infuriating congestion that blights Miami art week, writes Ian Volner.

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