Park Hill student housing | Light-up plants | Tom Dixon’s hackable IKEA bed

Latest architecture and design news from Dezeen. [Architecture]( [Interiors]( [Design]( [News]( [Jobs]( [Watch Store]( [Park Hill estate to be converted into student housing]( The final wave of regeneration at brutalist [Park Hill]( estate will see 350 [student homes](, designed by British practice Whittam Cox Architects, built within the iconic concrete framework of the social housing complex in Sheffield, England. [More ›]( [IKEA and Tom Dixon launch modular bed with collection of "authorised hacks"]( [Tom Dixon'](s [Delaktig bed]( has launched at [IKEA]( stores, alongside a furry fabric cover and a collection of modular elements that allow users to customise and "[hack](" the furniture. [More ›]( [MIT engineers transform plants into lights]( [MIT]( has taken the first steps towards turning plants into functional [lighting]( by embedding the firefly enzyme in the leaves of a watercress [plant](. [More ›]( [MVRDV reveals renderings of mirrored "crystal rock" office block in Germany]( [The Milestone by MVRDV]( Dutch firm [MVRDV]( has unveiled plans for an [office]( block with an interactive [mirrored facade]( in the city of Esslingen in southern [Germany](. [More ›]( [Decorative and moody NoMad Los Angeles hotel opens in former bank headquarters]( French architect Jacques Garcia has designed an outpost for [hotel]( brand NoMad in [LA]('s old Bank of Italy, pairing its ornate ceilings, columns and marble flooring with floral furnishings and planting. [More ›]( [Atlanta stadium by HOK hosts American football games under retractable "petals"]( [Mercedes-Benz Stadium by HOK]( Giant triangular panels overlap to surround this [American football]( stadium in Atlanta by architecture firm [HOK](, which has a roof that "opens and closes like a camera aperture". [More ›]( [10 game-changing ideas and innovations from IKEA]( Following the [death of IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad]( this week, here's a look at some of the company's biggest design milestones, from the [birth of flat-pack furniture]( to the [launch of augmented-reality shopping](. [More ›]( [First foreign Serpentine Pavilion will be built in China this year]( The [Serpentine Pavilion]( programme is launching in Beijing, with an inaugural commission by Chinese studio Jiakun Architects to open in May this year. [More ›]( [Sasaki creates two landmark buildings for Monterrey Tec campus in Mexico]( [Monterrey Tec library and pavilion by Sasaki]( Design studio Sasaki has completed a minimalist white pavilion and a glazed [library]( for a growing university in [Monterrey](, with terraces that offer generous views of the city. [More ›]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Follow us [Dezeen on Pinterest]( [Dezeen Feed]( [Dezeen Feed]( [Dezeen Feed]( [Forward this newsletter to a friend]( You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. [Unsubscribe]( [Contact us]( | [Submit a story]( | [Advertise](