Richard Rogers art gallery floats over a forest in France

Work is now complete on Richard Rogers' final project for the firm he founded back in 1977, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. The Pritzker Prize-winning architect has gone out on a high with an art gallery that extends out of a hill in France.

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Landmark study finds link between playing video games and well-being

A first-of-its-kind study from Oxford University has investigated the relationship between well-being and time spent playing video games. The surprising findings revealed a small correlation between longer play-times and positive well-being.

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Polydrop camping trailer optimized for EV towing and off-grid living

In 2019, Polydrops reimagined the teardrop trailer as a sharp-angled mobile personal space. Now it's back with a more comfortable trailer specced out like a towable hotel room, complete with off-grid solar power system and all-weather HVAC.

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Inner ear implant helps restore balance to vertigo sufferers

If someone suffers from bilateral vestibular hypofunction, it means that their inner ear doesn't maintain their sense balance. As a result, they get dizzy easily. A new implant, however, appears to bypass the problem, significantly reducing vertigo.

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Massive battery will help power Foster + Partners luxury resort

Foster + Partners has designed a colorful island paradise for Saudi Arabia. Named Coral Bloom, it will offer beachside luxury and be powered by a mixture of wind and solar power, backed up by an absolutely gigantic battery.

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Portable Handy Pen designed for on-the-spot toxic gas detection

Although there already are devices that can detect harmful gases, most of them aren't particularly portable or simple to use. An experimental new tool, however, is about the size of a hypodermic needle – and it could be utilized by anyone, anywhere.

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Frank Gehry pays his respects to hometown with boxy tall towers

Two eye-catching skyscrapers designed by Frank Gehry are slated for the high-profile architect's hometown in Toronto. Resembling a collection of stacked boxes, the project will, assuming it goes to plan, include Gehry's tallest building to date.

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Ultra-thin “sky scratcher” makes other skinny skyscrapers look chunky

Thin is in when it comes to skyscraper design, with skinny luxury towers increasingly seen as viable in crowded cities. However, the Pencil Tower Hotel makes other thin towers look chunky as it will measure just 6.4 m in width.

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Traditional Chinese architecture informs ZHA’s huge exhibition center

Zaha Hadid Architects has clearly made a good impression in China, as the firm has unveiled yet another in a line of major projects there. It will involve extending the existing International Exhibition Centre in Beijing with a huge new building.

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Taxa refreshes its tiny, funky multi-box camping trailer

After updating its Mantis and TigerMoth trailers, Taxa has turned its attention to its smallest model, the Woolly Bear. The rolling tent-top toolbox has new and improved features that help it serve as a 21st century chuck wagon or complete camper.

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