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Dezeen School Shows: the reimagining of a former seaside thermal power plant north of Barcelona set out in painterly visualisations is among projects by Elisava students. Also included is a series of furniture characterised by the use of taut cables and a modular system of ceramic and wood objects designed for use in urban micro apartments.

A one-kilometer-long series of terraces and planted staircases wraps around a trio of interconnected buildings in Shenzhen, China, for tech company TP-Link. Designed by architecture studio KPF, TP-Link LXD contains 124,600-square-metres of offices, research and development spaces and housing in three towers.

Our latest lookbook features eight living rooms in cottages united by their peaceful interiors, from the Scottish Highlands to Czechia's Bohemian Forest. As summer rolls on in the northern hemisphere, we've rounded up enviable cottages that blend contemporary touches with more traditional architecture to inspire a restorative country getaway. This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive.

This week on Dezeen, we revealed tech company HMD's retro Nokia brick phones that have an AI assistant button in the centre of the keypad. The four dumbphones were created for people seeking the nostalgic simplicity of a 4G feature phone that is also capable of assisting with the demands of modern life.

Dezeen School Shows: a winery and cultural hub in a former South Downs cement factory is among the projects from the University of Portsmouth. Also featured is an observation deck made from discarded maritime materials and a community-driven architecture complex for marginalised people in Berlin.

Continuing our Future Stadiums series, we look forward by looking back at some of the milestones in the stadium's long road from ancient structures to monumental giants seating thousands. From Ancient Greece to the modern Gulf States, the stadium's evolution over millennia has relied on numerous innovations, many of them first tested at the buildings on this list.

Products by Australian design brand Fold Studio, including freestanding room dividers.

Local practice Note Design Studio has completed Villa Österlen, a holiday home in southern Sweden designed as a contemporary take on the traditional rural dwellings of Skåne county. Capable of hosting large family gatherings, the holiday retreat sits within a rolling green landscape close to Hanö Bay, overlooking fields, woodland and a nearby village.

Architecture studio ZHA, formerly Zaha Hadid Architects, has worked with Spanish brand Nagami to launch the 3D-printed Echo Chair made from recycled plastic. The sculptural chair, envisioned using parametric design software, features an arching backrest that extends to the ground in one plane and a seat that scoops up at the sides to hug the sitter.

Giovanni Castellucci, former head of Italy's motorway operator Autostrade per l'Italia, and 31 other people have been convicted over the 2018 collapse of the Ponte Morandi bridge in Genoa, which killed 43 people. Castellucci was sentenced to 12 years in prison, the highest of those convicted in the case, for complicity in multiple counts of manslaughter through negligence, reported The Guardian. He is currently serving a six-year jail term for a road disaster in 2013.