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La Bagnole: A Funky French Utility EV

This La Bagnole is an adorable electric runabout by French EV brand Kilow. 

Designed by transportation designer Léo Choisel, La Bagnole is part buggy, part pickup truck, designed for both recreation and utility.

The vehicle is lightweight, tipping the scales at just 357 kg (787 lbs). It can carry up to 150 kg (331 lbs). It's technically not a car, and is classified as a quadricycle under French law.

The standard model has a 70 km (43 mile) range and runs...

Piódão Plaza and Tourist Office / Branco-DelRio Arquitectos

The village of Piódão, nestled on a steep slope, forms an amphitheater of schist houses traversed by steep, narrow streets, also made of schist. The Largo Cónego Manuel Fernandes Nogueira, in the lowest part, is the only open, flat, and unobstructed space, serving as the main entrance to the village. Through this square pass the residents, many tourists throughout the year, and the necessary deliveries to supply this isolated spot in the Serra de Açor.

An Electric Screwdriver That Identifies Which Bit You Need

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/arrowmax/the-worlds-first-ai-screwdriver-with-eyes-and-brain/widget/video.html

We think of the task of undoing a fastener as simple: You insert the bit into the fastener head, then turn. But in reality, there's always a few steps before that: You identify the fastener type and size, then select the appropriate bit. Sometimes a poor fit reveals you've selected the wrong bit, so you try again.

Chinese tool company Arrowmax wants to do away with those extra steps. Their Arrowspace S1 is a rechargeable electric screwdriver with a camera and (of course) AI in the butt end.

You pull out a thin silver probe...

Cottage / Archicraft

The site already had a cottage on it, but the existing structure was beyond saving and had to come down. Local regulations set the terms for what could replace it: the new building had to sit on the same footprint as the original, keep to one above-ground floor plus a residential attic, and any sheds or verandas added on top of that could not exceed 10 percent of the existing built-up area, and none of it was allowed to face the forest side of the property. Rather than treat those rules as a constraint to work around, we used them...

Minimalist House in Japan by FORM/Kouichi Kimura is "reduced to the essentials"

A monochrome palette and pared-back, open interiors define the aptly named Minimalist House, a home in Japan designed by local studio FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects.

Located in Shiga prefecture, the 73-square-metre home is formed of cubic volumes clad in corrugated metal and black render, perched on a hill overlooking the nearby Lake Biwa.

Grey House / Adam Kane Architects

The Grey House is a testament to the power of simplicity and harmony. Grey, symbolizing neutrality and introspection, dominates every surface, creating a sense of calm and clarity. The mottled grey surfaces are complemented with monolithic stainless steel elements softened with a cloudy finish, adding a touch of modern sophistication.

"If AI can do most of what we think an architect does, maybe we have defined the profession too narrowly"

Architects are increasingly, and existentially, anxious about AI. It can already produce images, generate endless options, manipulate form, draft text, analyse information and take on increasing amounts of technical production. The predictable professional response is to become defensive: to identify the bits of architectural work that machines cannot yet do, protect them, regulate them and insist ever more loudly on the special status of the architect.

This is absolutely the wrong response. Architecture has always had a tendency to retreat when it feels threatened: as its actual control over the production of buildings has diminished, it has clung ever...

RSHP designs Hetao Alpha skyscraper in Shenzhen with "striking butterfly layout"

British studio RSHP has completed a 45-storey office skyscraper in Shenzhen, China, featuring two angled wings connected by a central core.

Called Hetao Alpha, the 212-metre-tall office building comprises a 37-storey east wing and a 44-storey west wing connected by a central core. The building sits on top of a mixed-use podium.

"The naturally ventilated office tower features a striking butterfly layout with fully glazed east and west wings," the studio said. 

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