Eliminating ocean plastic | Zaha Hadid hotel | Shipping-container micro home

Latest architecture and design news from Dezeen. [View online]( [Dezeen Daily]( [Mutina]( [Opus hotel by Zaha Hadid Architects nears completion in Dubai]( [Opus hotel by Zaha Hadid Architects nears completion in Dubai]( The Opus [hotel]( in [Dubai]( by [Zaha Hadid Architects](, formed of conjoined towers with a irregular void in the middle, is almost ready to open for guests. [Read more ›]( ["I don't believe we're going to clean up the oceans" says Parley for the Oceans founder Cyrill Gutsch]( Eliminating plastic from the seas is not possible and instead new materials need to be developed to replace plastic, according to the founder of [Parley for the Oceans](. [Read more ›]( [Design Can aims to disrupt UK's ]( [Design Can aims to disrupt UK's "privileged" design industry]( The UK design industry "isn't representative of the society it serves" say the founders of Design Can, a new tool aimed at increasing [diversity]( that launched yesterday. [Read more ›]( [Yabashi Architects slots cafe and pocket park between buildings in Kyushu]( [Yabashi Architects slots cafe and pocket park between buildings in Kyushu]( A tiered pocket-park tops this [cafe]( in Kyushu, [Japan](, which Yabashi Architects has erected on the grounds of a building destroyed in an earthquake. [Read more ›]( [SomeOne rebrands the House of Commons for the digital age]( [SomeOne rebrands the House of Commons for the digital age]( Design agency SomeOne has updated the [visual identity]( of the UK's House of Commons to make it perform better across different platforms including [apps]( and social media. [Read more ›]( [J Mayer H carves house in Germany from a stack of concrete blocks]( [J Mayer H carves house in Germany from a stack of concrete blocks]( Architecture studio [J Mayer H]( has stripped back a set of [brutalist]( buildings to create a [house]( in [Germany]( that occupies a stack of [concrete]( blocks with mirrored walls. [Read more ›]( [Rockwell Group and Yabu Pushelberg team up for Moxy Chelsea hotel]( [Rockwell Group and Yabu Pushelberg team up for Moxy Chelsea hotel]( [Yabu Pushelberg]( and [Rockwell Group]( have created a mix of floral and zany bars, restaurants, workspaces, and space-saving bedrooms inside this New York [hotel](. [Read more ›]( [Charles Simon creates boxy wooden luggage influenced by aeronautical design]( [Charles Simon creates boxy wooden luggage influenced by aeronautical design]( Two aeronautical engineers have designed this series of [luggage]( featuring rigid Canadian wood and leather shells. [Read more ›]( [Two shipping containers contain a micro home furnished with Nendo]( [Two shipping containers contain a micro home furnished with Nendo]( Brazilian architect Marilia Pellegrini has unveiled Casa Container in [São Paulo](, a [micro home]( inside two [shipping containers]( filled with [Nendo]( furniture. [Read more ›]( [Goldsmiths bans beef and bottled water in move to end carbon emissions]( [Goldsmiths bans beef and bottled water in move to end carbon emissions]( [Goldsmiths](, one of the UK's best known art and design schools, has declared a climate emergency and pledged to become carbon neutral by 2025. [Read more ›]( [Kruchin Arquitetura adds concrete library to Capobianco House in São Paulo]( [Kruchin Arquitetura adds concrete library to Capobianco House in São Paulo]( Brazilian firm Kruchin Arquitetura has added a concrete and glass [extension]( to a family [dwelling]( it completed in [São Paulo]( over three decades ago. [Read more ›]( [Rieder]( [Architecture]( | [Interiors]( | [Design]( | [Technology]( | [Jobs]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Pinterest]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [LinkedIn]( You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. [Unsubscribe]( | [Forward to a friend]( Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK [Contact us]( | [Submit a story]( | [Advertise](