Boulder-like hotel to rise over artificial sand dune casino

ZJA drew on a lost coastal dune landscape for inspiration with its mixed-use hotel and casino in Middelkerke, Belgium. The project will overlook the North Sea and is envisioned as an artificial sand dune, with a "boulder-like" hotel on top.

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Award-winning building shows possibilities of mud-based construction

Anandaloy, by Anna Heringer, is an impressive new therapy center and manufacturing workshop in rural Bangladesh. The project showcases the possibilities of building with mud and bamboo, and has been declared the winner of the Obel Award 2020.

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Rare Wozniak-Jobs “blue box” phone phreaking device could fetch $100,000

One of the original circuit boards hand-made by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak for the first iteration "blue box" phone phreaking device in 1972 is going to auction, with an estimate of US$8,000 to $12,000.

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CDC reports 300,000 excess deaths in US so far this year

A new CDC report says nearly 300,000 more deaths than expected have occurred in the US so far in 2020. Only two-thirds of these “excess deaths” are attributed to COVID-19, suggesting the toll of the pandemic is higher than the confirmed mortality numbers.

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Lego Braille and social housing among 2020 design awards hopefuls

A total of 74 projects have been selected for the 2020 Beazley Designs of the Year shortlist. The variety is genuinely impressive, encompassing everything from Braille Lego to an uncensored library in a Minecraft server and a social housing project.

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Offtrax camper trailer packs base camp (with bathroom!) in a box

The latest ultra-rugged Australian camper trailer, the Offtrax trailer, tows to camp as a simple, compact box. Upon arrival, it slides, rises and drops into a complete base camp for two people, with outdoor wet bathroom and two grills.

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Fun-filled Union House is child’s play

A slide, nets, a climbing wall, and a hidden entrance: it sounds like the description of a kid's playground, but it's actually the latest residential project by Austin Maynard Architects, a family home in Melbourne, Australia, called Union House.

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Kibus automatically serves up hot meals … for dogs

While some dog owners feed their pooches raw food instead of kibble, others have switched to dehydrated dog food. The Spanish-designed Kibus device works with the latter, automatically rehydrating it with hot water and serving it at meal times.

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Atari Hotels line gets 1UP with new Las Vegas building

It's a tough time to launch a new hotel and you could be forgiven for wondering if the Atari Hotels line would be quietly dropped. Instead it continues to build momentum, with Gensler now involved and some renders of a hotel in Las Vegas revealed.

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Compact French tiny house goes big on light and views

French tiny houses are a tough sell for all but the most dedicated downsizers, but this one by Baluchon is one of the more practical examples. It fits a home for two into 6-m-long proportions and has generous glazing, including a large skylight.

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