Dezeen Agenda features the stadiums hosting the 2030 World Cup

As part of our Future Stadium series, the latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a roundup of all 23 stadiums set to host the 2030 World Cup. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now.

The next World Cup will mark a centenary since the inaugural event, which was held in Uruguay in 1930. It will have more stadiums on show than ever before, with venues spread across six countries and three continents.

This week's newsletter also included the news that the US federal government has approved the launch of a...

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Manica unveils Kansas City Chiefs stadium topped with transparent dome

US studio Manica has unveiled the design for a 70,000-seat stadium for the Kansas City Chiefs NFL team, which will be topped with a transparent dome.

The fully enclosed venue, which will replace the team's iconic Arrowhead Stadium, is set to cost $3 billion and open in 2031. According to Kansas City Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt, the stadium will be a modern venue that aims to replicate the feeling, noise and tailgating experience of the existing stadium.

"It's spectacular," said Hunt. "It honors the rich legacy of this franchise while setting a bold course for...

Patrick Dougherty’s ‘Stickwork’ Installations Conjure Connections with Nature

For more than four decades, environmental artist Patrick Dougherty has reimagined the technical and sculptural capabilities of one simple material: twigs. Over the years, the North Carolina-based artist completed well over 300 large-scale, site-specific installations in a series he calls Stickworks, using literal truckloads of willow saplings from specialized farms in Canada that grow them for applications like fencing, basketmaking, and more. Where possible, Dougherty has also incorporated materials the local area had to offer.

I first stumbled upon the artist’s whimsical constructions in Door County, Wisconsin, where “Happy Go Lucky” sits at Horseshoe Bay Farms near Egg Harbor. By the...

Waterfront repair and craft hub among projects from University of Plymouth

Dezeen School Shows: a proposal for a waterside repair and reuse hub exploring craft, material reuse and environmental stewardship is among projects from the University of Plymouth.

Also featured is a regenerative laboratory restoring Plymouth Sound's seabed and a proposal to transform polluted harbour water into a resource for marine research, industry and public engagement.

Institution: University of Plymouth
School: School of Art, Design and Architecture
Course: BA (Hons) Architecture and Master of Architecture
Tutors: Alessandro Aurigi, Nikolina Bobic, Ricky Burke, Graham Devine, Mathew Emmett, Andy Humphreys and Sana Murrani

School statement:

"Architecture at the University of Plymouth is explored as a civic, environmental and...

Leatherman's Experimental Ratcheting Bit Driver

Leatherman's Garage line is where the company test-markets experimental tools, producing them in small batches. Their latest is the Garage Batch #009, a ratcheting bit driver that doesn't resemble anything else in their line-up. In fact, if you told me it was someone's ID school project, I'd believe you.

It's essentially a folding ratchet driver with some goodies hidden in the handle, which is accessed via a knurled cap. The green plastic bit is a small ballpoint pen, the blue plastic thingy, an eyeglass screwdriver. 

It comes with two double-sided bits, Torx...

Bernabéu renovation shows how stadiums can be future proofed

Continuing our Future Stadium series, we look at the revamp of the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid, Spain, which shows how an existing stadium can be future-proofed.

Although numerous stadiums are built from the ground up every year, the reality is that many of the world's future stadiums already exist. Modern stadiums are some of the world's largest and most carbon-intensive buildings, and renovating them to extend their life is becoming increasingly important.

The extensive renovation of the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, by GMP Architekten with L35 and Ribas & Ribas, demonstrates how an almost 80-year-old structure can be transformed to meet the 24/7 commercial...

Light is Bringing Back the Flip Phone

In a sign that consumer technology has gone too far, for the first time in modern history we're seeing a younger generation pushing back. In the early 20th century, all teenagers dreamt of owning a radio; in the latter half, a (landline) telephone, a TV, a Walkman, a cell phone. In the 2000s, an iDevice.

But Gen Z is different, embracing objects they never got to grow up with. They prize vinyl records, CD players and even flip phones. Now Light, the Brooklyn-based manufacturer of stripped-down, distraction-reducing phones, is leaning into this trend with their forthcoming Flip.

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Humanscale Revives a Niels Diffrient Design for a Hybrid Work/Lounge Chair

The Diffrient Lounge is a new type of chair that's been decades in the making. As the name suggests, it was conceived of by industrial designer Niels Diffrient, who passed away in 2013; more recently Humanscale decided to advance the design and put it into production, as the chair's conceit—a lounge chair that could be used both for relaxing, and for work—is newly relevant.

The most obvious way the chair can transition between work/relaxation modes is that the backrest and headrest are motorized, and can recline. It is, the company says, "engineered for the full spectrum of...

HYAN renovates 70s home in Japan around "single, continuous" living space

Local architecture studio HYAN has renovated Green Sandwich House, a 1970s home in Japan, using a palette of timber, plaster and tiles to bring "warmth and texture" to a flexible, open living space.

Named after its setting enveloped by wooded hills in Hayama, south of Tokyo, Green Sandwich House was renovated for HYAN's founders, architect Anna Naganuma and designer Shohei Hasegawa.

Originally constructed in the late 1970s, the home required significant structural reinforcement to meet modern seismic codes, which the studio took as an opportunity to create airy, flexible interiors around the grid of the retained structural frame.