Tampa Bay Rays releases early renderings of proposed stadium

The Tampa Bay Rays professional baseball franchise has released renderings for a proposed stadium and mixed-use district with design by Gensler and Populous for Tampa in Florida, USA.

American architecture studio Populous is listed as a design partner in the design of the new ballpark, which would be realised as the league's smallest with a seating capacity of just 31,000, if it is approved for a proposed 2029 completion.

Gensler is the architect of the master plan, a comprehensive scheme that integrates parts of the local Hillsborough College's campus into a new neighbourhood called the "Champions Quarter".

Details of the plan include a...

From Switzerland, a Glass Fence that Turns Into a Glass Wall

Here we see a lovely view in Switzerland, which the residents can enjoy from their balcony.

However, valley and mountain locations can also become unpleasantly windy. Thus the glass railing system you see can extend upwards:

Called SlideGlass, it's not motorized, as you might guess. Instead deploying the extensions requires a little (but not much) elbow grease. There are gas-pressure springs concealed within the posts.

The company says it can withstand 57 mph winds.

Paired with an awning, you can make a porch nearly rainproof.

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Core77 Design Awards 2026: Jon Marshall on Design's Material Reality

For Jon Marshall, the thrill of design has never left the physical act of creation. "I'm always excited about the act of making things, whether it's simple cardboard models for design process, finalizing designs in our workshop or visiting factories and seeing products enter mass production," he says. It's a grounding principle that runs through a practice defined by its range—from product design to strategy, packaging to digital experiences.

As a partner at Pentagram since 2018, Jon works at intersections that many designers treat as boundaries. His portfolio includes hardware design for Graphcore and Yoto (Ed. note: The Yoto...

A Trick for Extra Storage Space: Plumbing Cutout Drawers

With vanities and kitchen counters, the space directly beneath a sink is typically wasted.

DIY'ers, however, have found ways to utilize that space:

So have some manufacturers.

There's no official name for them that I could find, but "plumbing cutout drawer" seems to be a common term.

For those that prefer to half-DIY it, Häfele sells this insert.

It's made out of flexible plastic that can follow different radii, and you can cut the back ends of it to make it fit your application.

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DARPA's Towable Anti-Piracy Measure

Pirates have it rough. In order to board a cargo ship, they need to get within range using a pirate "mothership," typically a hijacked fishing vessel. Once close enough, the mothership launches several small, high-powered skiffs. These skiffs close the distance with the cargo ships, typically traveling through the cargo ship's tumultuous wake to avoid detection. Once alongside the ship, the pirates then have to use grappling hooks or ladders to climb to the deck; not so easy when you've got an AK-47 slung across your back and the cargo ship's crew is desperately trying to douse you with...

WT Architecture carries out "purposefully simple" revamp of Scottish boathouse

Scottish studio WT Architecture has overhauled a Victorian boathouse in East Lothian, restoring its original storage area and adding a wood-lined studio accessed by a footbridge.

The project also involved the addition of a compact bothy to the woodland site, providing the client with guest accommodation and additional storage space.

Unified by ash cladding and timber framing, the two structures were designed by WT Architecture to offer a tranquil space for the owner "to enjoy being close to the water" with their friends and family.

"The client's ambition was to both renovate the Victorian...

Nothing's first India store echoes how nation will become "a design hub gradually"

British consumer technology brand Nothing has unveiled its second-ever store, a two-storey space in Bengaluru, India, that draws on factory assembly lines.

Nothing makes its debut in India on a busy street in the city's Indiranagar neighbourhood, known for its roster of global labels, independent eateries and nightlife.

The 5,032-square-feet (467-square-metre) open-plan store is lined with glazing on three sides and spread over two storeys, with the first floor overlooking the lower one.

It was designed in-house, with the Nothing team taking cues from factory assembly lines and workshops of the 1970s to create an "active, participatory"...

"Big Tech is using design philosophy as a smokescreen"

"Calm technology" is all the rage but big tech companies are leveraging the concept to distract from the ways their business models cause us harm, writes Rima Sabina Aouf.

What do Meta's Ray-Ban Display glasses, an AI dream journal and a smart-home status display made from a plank of timber have in common? Add to that an AI compass, all these dumbphones and an omniscient lapel badge?

Apart from inspiring a sort of consumerist vertigo when viewed in quick succession, they are all devices marketed with promises to bring calm or presence to our digitally cluttered lives.

If almost any device can be spun...

Nik Bentel crafts gridded Trolley Bag for supermarket Lidl from stainless steel

Designer Nik Bentel used the humble shopping trolley as his inspiration for the Trolley Bag, designed for supermarket Lidl as a "twist on the everyday food shop experience".

The playful handbag, which was made from industrial stainless steel, has a gridded rectangular shape and a handle in Lidl's yellow-and-blue hues.

Like the original supermarket trolley handles, the bag handle is tubular and stamped with the Lidl logo at its centre and on the sides.

A coin keychain fob can be used to connect the Trolley Bag to Lidl's actual supermarket trolleys, letting people use it to accessorise...

Snøhetta tops Saudi metro station with mirrored bowl-shaped canopy

Architecture studio Snøhetta has exclusively revealed Qasr AlHokm Metro Station in Riyadh, which features a curving mirrored canopy that reflects a subterranean planted atrium.

Surrounded by a public plaza, the Qasr AlHokm Metro Station is one of four main hubs in Riyadh's metro system, which commenced full operation in January 2025 and has a capacity of 3.6 million daily passengers.

The station's defining feature is a mirrored bowl-shaped canopy that extends over the plaza and dips into the interior, reflecting views of the inside of the building as well as its surroundings.

Sloped floors in the plaza guide...