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This week on Dezeen, Ghanaian-British architect David Adjaye unveiled the 130 William skyscraper in New York.

Informed by the history of the city’s skyline and industrial waterfront, the 244-metre-high building is the first skyscraper completed by Adjaye Associates.

The 66-storey residential tower was clad in concrete panels that were hand-troweled to create an appearance similar to volcanic stone.

A full-sized Barbie dollhouse was unveiled in Malibu

Also in architecture news, rental website Airbnb unveiled a full-sized Barbie dollhouse ahead of the Barbie film release later this year.

The all-pink mansion on the coast in Malibu, which will be rented out via the website, features an outdoor disco, infinity pool and Western-themed bedroom.

An AI tool can turn crumpled paper into architectural renderings

We continued our AItopia series by looking at artificial intelligence tool LookX, which designer Tim Fu used to turn crumpled paper into renders of buildings designed by starchitects including Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid.

Also as part of the series, MIT scientists Fábio Duarte and Washington Fajardo wrote that “AI tools are rapidly changing how we imagine the urban environment”.

Researchers examined how transport would work in The Line

Saudi mega project The Line was also back in the news this week, as researchers from the Complexity Science Hub Vienna examined how transport would work in the city.

The researchers argued that a line was an inefficient shape for a city and proposed creating The Circle instead of The Line.

Allbirds unveiled the “world’s first net-zero carbon shoe”

In design news, footwear brand Allbirds unveiled the “world’s first net-zero carbon shoe” made using regenerative wool.

Named Moonshot, the all-grey trainer has a bioplastic sole and a woolly sock-style upper made using wool from a regenerative farm in New Zealand.

A sculptural concrete bridge was one of this week’s most-read projects

Popular projects this week included a sculptural concrete bridge over a Swiss river, a dusty pink extension to a Victorian townhouse in London and MVRDV’s The Canyon tower in San Francisco.

Our latest lookbooks featured homes with statement wardrobes and bedrooms with seye-catching headboards.

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