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Latest architecture and design news from Dezeen. [Architecture]( [Interiors]( [Design]( [News]( [Jobs]( [Watch Store]( [Retro capsule hotel in Tokyo gets contemporary makeover by Schemata Architects]( [Do-C Ebisu​ by Schemata]( [Jo Nagasaka's architecture studio]( has overhauled a capsule hotel in Tokyo, pairing old sleeping cabins with a suite of timber-lined saunas. [More ›]( [Drug ring smuggles cocaine into the UK inside office furniture]( A [drug](-smuggling operation brought over £10 million worth of cocaine into the UK under the guise of a Leicester-based interior design company, a jury has heard. [More ›]( [Doug Aitken installs geodesic pavilions under the sea]( [Doug Aitken's Underwater Pavilions installation]( This [captioned movie]( shows an underwater installation by artist [Doug Aitken](, which involved anchoring three mirrored geodesic domes to the seabed near Catalina Island in California, and inviting people to swim inside. [More ›]( [Cladding of Will Alsop's Chips apartment block has "non fire retardant" written on it]( Cladding panels have been found with "non fire retardant" written on them at the [Will Alsop-designed Chips apartment block]( in Manchester, UK, in a safety review following the [Grenfell Tower fire](. [More ›]( [Call for entries to YAC's Art Prison competition]( Dezeen promotion: [Young Architects Competitions]( is inviting designers to submit proposals for a contest that would see an old fortress on an island in southern Sicily converted into an art gallery. [More ›]( [Pauline van Dongen designs backpack using "energy harvesting textile"]( [Radus backpack by Pauline van Dongen]( Dutch designer [Pauline van Dongen]( has created a backpack from a single piece of knitted fabric, which incorporates tiny solar power beads enabling wearers to charge smart devices on the go. [More ›]( [10 buildings that represent a new age of postmodernism]( The age of [postmodern]( architecture is far from over, according to designer [Adam Nathaniel Furman](. To prove it, he has picked out 10 examples, including a [pile of Dutch townhouses]( and a skyscraper modelled on a clock tower. [More ›]( ["550 Madison is worthy of the greatest respect and most careful preservation"]( [AT&T Building lobby by Philip Johnson]( As demolition work begins on the lobby of [Philip Johnson's AT&T Building](, now known as 550 Madison, Municipal Art Society of New York chair Christy MacLear emphasises the building's architectural significance and warns of the limitations of the city's current preservation process. [More ›]( [Foster + Partners designs headquarters for golf's PGA Tour in Florida]( [PGA by Foster Partners]( British architecture firm [Foster + Partners]( has unveiled a new headquarters for golfing association PGA Tour in northeast [Florida](, featuring an expansive overhanging roof. [More ›]( [Snarkitecture sculpts kitchen islands based on glaciers, rivers and geysers]( [Altered States by Snarkitecture for Caesarstone]( A melting ice globe, a fountain and steam clouds feature in this series of kitchen islands that New York studio [Snarkitecture]( has crafted using quartz surface material [Caesarstone](. [More ›]( [Sou Fujimoto designs tower with wavy canopies and verdant balconies for new development in Nice]( A tower with undulating, tree-covered canopies by Japanese architect [Sou Fujimoto]( forms part of this competition-winning €275 million masterplan for a new neighbourhood in Nice, [France](. [More ›]( [BIG revises Smithsonian campus masterplan in Washington DC]( [Smithsonian Campus by BIG]( Architecture firm [BIG]( has updated its plans for the revitalisation of the [Smithsonian Institution]( campus in the US capital, after the initial designs [sparked opposition](. [More ›]( [Grassy landscape cascades over angular Los Angeles house by Eric Rosen]( [Barrington Residence by Eric Rosen Architects]( California studio Eric Rosen Architects has carved away parts of a sloped site to make way for a multi-level [home]( topped with a grass-covered roof. [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](