Dezeen Awards architecture shortlist | John Pawson designs Jaffa hotel

Latest architecture and design news from Dezeen. [Architecture]( [Interiors]( [Design]( [Technology]( [News]( [Jobs]( [Dezeen Awards 2018 architecture shortlist reveals the world's best new buildings]( Today we're announcing the architecture shortlist for the first [Dezeen Awards](, featuring a rammed-earth [cricket pavilion]( in Rwanda, a [structure made out of kites]( in Taiwan and a [wooden house]( in a Norwegian forest. [More ›]( [Adidas concept trainer mimics the effect of running on sand to increase fitness]( [Aarish Netarwala's resistance trainers mimic the effect of running on sand]( Aarish Netarwala has designed a pair of resistance training [shoes]( for [Adidas]( that simulate the experience of running on soft sand for a more intense workout. [More ›]( [Snarkitecture creates giant bouncy ball playground on Hong Kong's waterfront]( New York-based design studio Snarkitecture has created a surreal interactive playground, filled with hundreds of giant bouncy balls, by the water in Hong Kong's Harbour City shopping district. [More ›]( [Freaks Architecture divides tiny Parisian pied-à -terre with mobile storage unit]( [La Tournette by Freaks Architecture]( French studio Freaks Architecture has placed an arched [storage]( unit at the centre of this home in Paris, which can be moved around to suit the lifestyle of its retired inhabitants. [More ›]( [Amalia Shem Tov designs "ancient" cooking utensils for the modern kitchen]( [Amalia Shem Tov designs "ancient" cooking utensils for the modern kitchen]( [Shenkar College]( graduate Amalia Shem Tov has produced a series of ancient-looking [cooking]( utensils, to help people rediscover their primal culinary roots. [More ›]( [Urben Seyboth brightens up interior of Swiss village house from the 1960s]( [Villa Forch by Urben Seyboth]( Swiss studio Urben Seyboth has refurbished a mid-century [house]( near Zurich, preserving original details such as the board-marked concrete facades but opening up the interior to create a sequence of brighter spaces. [More ›]( [Parkland students design clothes with QR codes to register voters]( [March For Our Lives T-shirt]( These [t-shirts]( and hoodies by student-led protest group March For Our Lives are adorned with an American flag containing a [QR code](, which leads directly to online voter registration when scanned. [More ›]( [John Pawson transforms historic convent into Jaffa Hotel in Tel Aviv]( [Jaffa Hotel by John Pawson]( British designer [John Pawson]( has completed the [overhaul of an ornate convent and hospital]( into a hotel in Tel Aviv's historic Jaffa neighbourhood. [More ›]( [Dame's compact Fin vibrator slots between two fingers]( [Fin by Dame]( This small [sex toy]( has grooves on either side of its [silicone]( bulb, for fingers to grip onto while providing clitoral stimulation. [More ›]( ["The target population will never use these"]( In this week's [comments update](, readers agree with residents of Paris, who [expressed outrage over the installation of minimal, open-air urinals]( in the city centre. [More ›]( [Berlin's Hermannstrasse station to trial anxiety-inducing music in bid to reduce crime]( Germany's national rail operator has announced plans to play atonal music in a [Berlin]( station, in an attempt to deter criminal activity. [More ›]( [Affordable homes are built above Sydney streets in proposal by NIKA]( [Bridging Affordable Housing is a proposal by Nika Solutions to construct elevated rows of affordable housing on bridges above Sydney's streets]( The latest instalment of our [Dezeen x MINI Living video series]( explores a proposal to construct rows of [affordable housing]( on bridges above roads in Sydney. [More ›]( [Prolific New York architect and Trump collaborator Costas Kondylis dies aged 78]( [Costas Kondylis]( Architect Costas Kondylis, who designed countless residential skyscrapers in Manhattan including several for [Donald Trump](, has died aged 78. [More ›]( [High Desert Modern house in Oregon is designed to be "cool, calm and collected"]( [High Desert Modern by DeForest Architects]( American firms DeForest Architects and NB Design Group have created a [dwelling]( in central [Oregon]( with sliding panels that can either expose or conceal parts of the interior. [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](