Drone-equipped smart road | Jeff Koons backlash | Plastic alternatives

Latest architecture and design news from Dezeen. [Architecture]( [Interiors]( [Design]( [News]( [Jobs]( [Watch Store]( [Carlo Ratti unveils smart road system complete with on-demand drone swarms]( [Carlo Ratti unveils smart road system with flying drones]( Italian architect [Carlo Ratti]( has unveiled a concept for a smart road system, which would feature swarms of [drones]( that deliver first aid, monitor traffic and detect accidents. [More ›]( [COBE's tree-shaped electric-car charging stations will be rolled out across Scandinavia]( [COBE electric car charging station]( Danish architecture firm [COBE]( has unveiled a concept for modular [electric-car]( charging stations, which are set to be built in all three Scandinavian countries. [More ›]( [Ercol updates mid-century designs using millennial pink tones]( [Ercol has given a millennial pink makeover to two of its original designs originally created by founder Lucian Ercolani in the 1950s.]( [Ercol]( has given a [millennial pink]( makeover to two of its original designs originally created by founder Lucian Ercolani in the 1950s. [More ›]( [SelgasCano transforms Richard Rogers' former studio into another Second Home workspace]( Spanish studio [SelgasCano]( has completed a third plant-filled workspace for [Second Home](, in the west London building that housed [Richard Rogers](' first architecture studio as well as providing the setting for cult 1960s film Blowup. [More ›]( [Frank Gehry updates The Grand mixed-use development for Downtown LA]( [The Grand by Frank Gehry]( Architect [Frank Gehry]( has again revised plans for the towering complex opposite his Walt Disney Concert Hall in [Los Angeles](, which will finally begin construction this autumn. [More ›]( [Five lighting designs from IDS Toronto that deserve glowing praise]( Halo-shaped pendants based on prosecco bubbles and counterbalanced office lamps feature among US reporter Eleanor Gibson's selection of the top lighting designs presented at this year's [Interior Design Show Toronto](. [More ›]( [Angular stadium for Minnesota Vikings will host the 52nd Super Bowl]( [US Bank Stadium by HKS]( [America]('s most popular sporting event, the Super Bowl, will take place next week at a new [stadium]( in Minneapolis, featuring angular protrusions, zinc cladding and a roof partly made of plastic film. [More ›]( [Paris artists dismiss Jeff Koons' terror attack memorial as "product placement"]( Parisian artists and gallery owners have penned an open letter opposing the installation of a sculpture by [Jeff Koons](, describing the monument as "shocking and unwelcome". [More ›]( [Winners of $1 million prize to develop plastic alternatives announced]( The winners of a lucrative competition tasking designers to come up with new materials to replace [plastic]( packaging have been revealed. [More ›]( [Salesforce Tower by Pelli Clarke Pelli completes in San Francisco]( [Salesforce Tower by Pelli Clarke Pelli]( [San Francisco]('s tallest skyscraper, designed by US firm Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, has completed as part of a major development in the city's Downtown area. [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](