Dyson to launch electric car | Minimal cat accessories | Shipping container house

Latest architecture and design news from Dezeen. [Architecture]( [Interiors]( [Design]( [News]( [Jobs]( [Watch Store]( [Dyson set to launch electric car in 2020]( [Embargoed: New Dyson campus]( British inventor [James Dyson]( is investing £2 billion into developing a [battery-powered vehicle](, which is expected to launch in 2020. [More ›]( [Mikhail Riches unveils plans for phase two of Park Hill estate regeneration]( Architecture practice [Mikhail Riches]( has revealed its designs for the second wave of regeneration works at [Park Hill]( estate in [Sheffield](, England, which will see modern homes inserted within the original 1960s structure. [More ›]( [Simon Waterfall named creative director of Airbnb's new design and innovation studio]( Industrial designer and creative entrepreneur Simon Waterfall has been named creative director of [Airbnb]('s recently launched design and innovation studio [Samara](. [More ›]( [Dote uses recycled materials to create range of minimal accessories for cats]( This range of accessories for style-conscious [cat]( lovers and their pets includes a blanket that can be sculpted into different shapes, and minimal shelves that can be used for scratching or napping. [More ›]( [Carmody Groarke's V&A Members' Room combines heritage references with contemporary details]( [V&A Members' Room by Carmody Groarke]( London studio [Carmody Groarke]( has completed a top-lit members' room at the [Victoria & Albert Museum](, featuring mirror installations that provide reflected views of spaces inside and outside the building. [More ›]( [Slatted timber doors unfold along house in Uruguay by Masa Arquitectos]( [Casa Marindia by Masa Arquitectos]( Wooden panels open up in sections across the back of this concrete house in [Uruguay](, designed by local firm Masa Arquitectos. [More ›]( [New Affiliates renovates Bed-Stuy Loft with plywood mezzanine and rough materials]( [Bed-Stuy Loft by New Affiliates]( New York design studio New Affiliates has placed a [plywood]( sleeping platform between chunky columns at an apartment in [Brooklyn](, making the most of the building's high ceilings. [More ›]( ["Architecture as intellectual inquiry needs to take more risks"]( [Vertical City exhibition at Chicago Architecture Biennial 2017]( The second [Chicago Architecture Biennial]( tackles the broad and tempestuous topic of history, but plays it too safe, says [Mimi Zeiger]( in this [Opinion]( column. [More ›]( ["Copying a natural form is the lowest degree of architectural thinking"]( A blushing desert rose or postmodern eyesore? Readers are arguing over the sculptural form of [Jean Nouvel's National Museum of Qatar]( in this week's [comments update](. [More ›]( [Grenfell tragedy shows "architectural intervention must not be limited to facades" says Ole Scheeren]( The [fatal fire at Grenfell Tower]( shows that architects need to be reevaluating the functionality and safety of old buildings, as well as their aesthetics, according to architect [Ole Scheeren](. [More ›]( [Splayed shipping containers form Joshua Tree Residence conceived by James Whitaker]( [Joshua Tree Residence by Whitaker Studio]( An [office comprising a cluster of angled shipping containers](, proposed for a site in Germany by James Whitaker but never realised, is now being built as a home in the [California]( desert. [More ›]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Follow us [Dezeen on Pinterest]( [Dezeen Feed]( [Dezeen Feed]( [Dezeen Feed]( [Forward this newsletter to a friend]( You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. [Unsubscribe]( [Contact us]( | [Submit a story]( | [Advertise](