Underwater robot | MVRDV and BIG in Abu Dhabi | Animal blood products

Latest architecture and design news from Dezeen. [Architecture]( [Interiors]( [Design]( [News]( [Jobs]( [Watch Store]( [B.E Architecture combines different textures of granite at monolithic Melbourne house]( [Granite]( is used throughout the exterior and interior of this house in [Melbourne](, where local studio [B.E Architecture]( even had a bespoke bath and basin for the master ensuite carved out of the grey stone. [More ›]( [Restaurant and Bar Design Awards organiser defends "stale, male, pale" jury]( The organiser of an international design awards programme has hit out at critics of its overwhelmingly male jury, accusing a female designer of highlighting the issue out of spite for not being shortlisted. [More ›]( [MantaDroid offers "graceful" alternative to existing underwater robots]( Researchers from the National University of Singapore have created an underwater [robot]( designed to move and look like a manta ray, better disguising the machine among its aquatic surroundings. [More ›]( [MVRDV and BIG to create new neighbourhood in Abu Dhabi's Makers District]( Dutch firm [MVRDV]( has revealed plans to build a cluster of mixed-use towers in [Abu Dhabi](, featuring pixellated corners that will frame a public square designed by Danish studio [BIG](. [More ›]( [Dezeen's top 10 designs of 2017 that aim to create a better future]( [Ocean Cleanup]( In a year filled with turbulent politics, humanitarian crises and environmental issues, designers have responded with imaginative concepts and solutions. Design editor Alice Morby continues our [review of 2017]( with her pick of the best. [More ›]( [Light Earth Designs creates sustainable cricket pavilion of self-supporting parabolic roofs]( [Rwanda cricket stadium by Light Earth Designs]( Three vaulted structures built using compressed soil-cement [tiles]( form a canopy at this cricket [pavilion]( in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, which looks out across the ground and a wetland valley. [More ›]( [Carsten Höller creates pop-up club with two sides for Prada in Miami]( [The Prada Double Club Miami by Carsten Höller]( Belgian artist [Carsten Höller]( has designed a pop-up nightclub in [Miami]( for fashion brand [Prada](, where indoor and outdoor spaces have very different identities. [More ›]( [BIG designs "checkerboard" domed sports centre for Texas rodeo]( [East Austin District by BIG]( Danish architect [Bjarke Ingels]( is set to build a [sports]( and music complex in Austin, Texas, with a fractured dome roof and an area for rodeo at its centre. [More ›]( [Paul Laurendeau covers Quebec amphitheatre with giant red roof]( A huge roof clad in red-hued metal panels spans above this [open-air theatre](, which Canadian studio Atelier Paul Laurendeau has built on the waterfront of Trois-Rivières in [Quebec](. [More ›]( [Space10 pavilion imagines a future where buildings produce food for residents]( This week's instalment of our [Dezeen x MINI Living]( video series explores an algae-producing pavilion by research lab [Space10](, which demonstrates how buildings could help feed urban populations sustainably in the future. [More ›]( [Studio Swine brings New Springs installation for COS to Miami]( [COS installation Miami]( An artificial tree that blossoms with mist-filled bubbles, by London-based [Studio Swine](, has been enlarged and erected inside an art deco building in [Miami Beach](. [More ›]( [Competition: win a book that reveals the interiors of tiny homes]( [Small Homes, Grand Living by Gestalten publishers]( Dezeen is giving five readers the chance to [win]( a copy of Small Homes, Grand Living – a book that explores how [tiny dwellings]( make the most of their square footage. [More ›]( [In Situ Studio uses metal, timber and stucco for home on a wooded site in North Carolina]( [Taylor Residence by In Situ Studio]( American firm [In Situ Studio]( has paired dark cladding with white stucco for the facades of a modern family residence that overlooks a pond in [North Carolina](. [More ›]( [Animal blood used by Basse Stittgen to create series of small objects]( [Design Academy Eindhoven]( graduate Basse Stittgen has used [blood]( leftover from the meat industry to create a collection of small objects. [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](