Buildner Announces Winners of the 5th Annual Last Nuclear Bomb Memorial CompetitionSponsored ContentSave this picture!Courtesy of BuildnerBuildner has announced the results of its competition, the In recognition of this treaty, Buildner invites conceptual designs for a memorial to be located on any known decommissioned nuclear weapon testing site. The conceptual memorial is intended to reflect the history and ongoing threat of nuclear weapons, aiming to promote public awareness of nuclear disarmament. The challenge is intended to bring attention to the history and dangers of nuclear weapons. Participants are tasked with designing a space that commemorates nuclear warfare victims and conveys the need for a nuclear-free future. As a 'silent' competition, submissions are not allowed to include any text, titles, or annotations.The next edition of this competition, the , has been launched with an early bird registration deadline of June 12, 2025.The briefThis competition invites designers to conceive a memorial that meaningfully engages the public with the critical issue of nuclear disarmament. Memorials play a crucial role in capturing history and facilitating collective reflection, shaping how future generations understand and respond to global challenges. The proposed memorial will specifically address the legacy of nuclear warfare, emphasizing the urgency of diplomatic solutions and international solidarity in preventing nuclear conflict.Design proposals are encouraged to consider the following core principles: Vision of Peace: Proposals should embody the aspiration for a world free of nuclear threats, incorporating symbolic or abstract representations that inspire unity and harmony. Reflection and Remembrance: Designs must foster a thoughtful and enduring dialogue, offering visitors a contemplative environment where they can reflect upon the consequences of nuclear weaponry. Educational Impact: The memorial should provide visitors with accessible insights into the historical realities and ongoing dangers of nuclear arms, actively promoting public knowledge and awareness. Emotional Engagement: Successful memorials will create a powerful emotional connection, provoking personal and collective introspection on peace, responsibility, and the human cost of nuclear conflict. Sustainable Stewardship: Designs must embrace environmental sustainability, reinforcing the memorial's overarching message of responsible stewardship and enduring peace. Save this picture!Jury PanelThis year's submissions were reviewed by a distinguished jury panel featuring experts from architecture, urbanism, and the arts:  Olha Kleytman, founder of Ukraine-based SBM Studio, brings expertise in architecture and urban design, alongside her humanitarian work through the NGO "Through the War."  Flora Lee, Associate Partner at MAD Architects, has contributed to major international projects including the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.  Peter Newman, a London-based artist, explores humanity's relationship with space and modernity, with exhibitions spanning Trafalgar Square, the Hayward Gallery, and the Guggenheim Museum in Venice.  Vincent Panhuysen, co-founder of KAAN Architecten, integrates contextual sensitivity into large-scale projects, such as the Netherlands American Cemetery Visitor Center.  James Whitaker, founder of Whitaker Studio, is an architect known for his widely published Joshua Tree Residence.  Wu Ziye, co-founder of China's Mix Architecture, has received international acclaim for his studio's exploration of spatial consciousness, materiality, and integration with nature. Buildner's other ongoing competitions include: the 10th edition of MICROHOME competition, in collaboration with Kingspan and Hapi Homes; the Mujassam Watan Urban Sculpture Challenge aimed at finding innovative sculptures reflecting Saudi Arabia's heritage, modern achievements, and future ambitions; and the Howard Waterfall Retreatcompetition, which invites architects to propose designs for a multi-generational family retreat at the scenic and historically significant Howard Falls in Pennsylvania, USA. Each of these competitions aims to build the winning designs.Projects:First Prize Winner + Buildner Student AwardProject title: Urbs AeternaAuthors: Alessia Angela Sanchez, Erminia Cirillo and Adele Maria Saita, from ItalyThe project presents a memorial using sand and metal to depict a post-apocalyptic vision of what appears to be Rome reduced to an archaeological remnant. The design evokes the destruction and preservation paradox, allowing viewers to observe the site from above or navigate its fractured streets leading to a central void. A ghostly wireframe reconstruction of a vanished temple stands as the focal point, symbolizing loss and memory. The restrained material palette reinforces themes of impermanence and time. While conceptually strong and visually compelling, its cost and environmental impact raise questions. The experience unfolds gradually, inviting contemplation.Save this picture!Save this picture!Second Prize WinnerProject title: The Rainbow Of RenewalAuthors: Chen Yang, Ruijing Sun and Chao Li, from the United StatesThe project envisions a memorial for the last nuclear bomb through a landscape intervention that transforms destruction into renewal. A circular water installation generates mist, evoking the image of an explosion while simultaneously creating rainbows, symbolizing hope. The design's ephemeral quality enhances its poetic impact, making it a striking presence on the horizon. The intervention integrates with the natural environment, fostering an evolving atmospheric experience.Save this picture!Save this picture!3rd Prize Winner + Buildner Student AwardProject title: Projected DestructionAuthors: Marco Moreno Donohoe of Washington University in St. Louis , WUSTL, the United StatesThis project envisions a memorial set within a cratered landscape. A striking linear structure cuts through the void, acting as both a bridge and a viewing platform, inviting visitors to experience the vastness of destruction. The interplay of light and shadow within the perforated walls creates dynamic spatial effects, offering different perspectives from above and within. The scale and placement evoke a sense of isolation and reflection.Save this picture!Save this picture!Highlighted ProjectsProject title: Mycelial Rebirth: Fungi Restoring Nuclear Wounds Authors: Shengfeng Gao, Zhuohan Zhou and Shengnan Gao from the United StatesThis project envisions a memorial landscape where fungi serve as agents of ecological healing in a post-nuclear context. A dense forest setting is activated by a grid of ultraviolet lights that stimulate mycelial growth, enhancing the fungi's capacity to absorb and break down radioactive contaminants. As the soil regenerates, the design allows for gradual ecological succession, beginning with mushrooms and pioneering vegetation. The illuminated ground plane forms a quiet, immersive field that marks both decay and recovery. Over time, the site transforms into a living testament to resilience, where nature's unseen networks remediate and renew.Save this picture!Save this picture!Project title: Nuclear Living ForceAuthors: Luis Manuel Carcamo Cura of company LUIS CARCAMO ARQUITECTOS, from MexicoThis project responds to the atomic age by offering a message of harmony over despair, using the human eye as a central metaphor for awareness and reflection. A series of monumental, petal-like structures rise from a crater-shaped void, recalling both the iris and the bomb site in Santa Fe. Surrounding this core, the Flower of Life geometry guides the masterplan, symbolizing universal patterns and organic regeneration. The design emphasizes nature's resilience, referencing ecosystems like Chernobyl where life has returned unaided. Rather than mourning destruction, the project celebrates life, order, and the potential for collective transformation.Save this picture!Project title: The Illusion of ChoicesAuthors: Ruiqi Yao, University of Edinburgh from the United KingdomThis project explores the illusion of choice within the existential tension between nuclear war and peace. Set inside a vast crater, visitors begin their journey in a monumental spherical chamber, where a singular path ends abruptly, symbolizing unreachable goals and the false promise of nuclear power. Descending into a subterranean network, seven red-lit paths depict ruin and inevitability, while one blue-lit path offers a narrow route toward peace and introspection. The final space contrasts confinement with openness, guiding visitors through mirrored walls toward a hopeful exit. Through spatial transitions and stark lighting contrasts, the project stages a powerful moral journey.Save this picture!Save this picture!Project title: Möbius Elegy: Red Warning and Green ReturnAuthors: Daii Shimada, Mai Nakano and Midori Watanabe, from JapanThis project imagines a regenerative forest emerging from the scars of nuclear devastation. Set within a vast desert crater, a radial pattern of multicolored vegetation radiates outward, suggesting seasonal cycles and ecological diversity. The planting strategy appears gradual and deliberate, with craters used as microclimates for reforestation—each acting as a node in a larger ecological system. A lone figure stands before the transformed landscape, underscoring the scale and ambition of the intervention. Through time-lapse-like sequences, the imagery suggests the forest's steady expansion, turning the desert into a sanctuary of life. The memorial becomes a living archive of resilience and renewal.Save this picture!Project title: Soft FalloutAuthors: Louis Bourdages and Cedric Harvey, from the Université Laval School of Architecture, CanadaThis project proposes an immersive memorial defined by a luminous, amorphous structure suspended over a crater. From the outside, the glowing yellow form evokes a captured sun or lingering explosion, radiating both warmth and unease. Inside, visitors enter a soft, undulating landscape of quilted fabric that molds to the human body, allowing for stillness, reflection, or playful interaction. Light filters through the translucent skin, creating a surreal atmosphere suspended between comfort and disquiet. The form's biomorphic geometry contrasts the rationality of war, transforming the site into a sensorial space of pause and presence.Save this picture!Project title: "Used to be there"Authors: Hữu Nhân Hoàng, Hoàng Kỳ Lê and Anh Khoa Huỳnh, VietnamThis project constructs a memorial as a collective reflection on memory, identity, and everyday life disrupted by nuclear war. Set in a radial formation across a barren landscape, semi-transparent glass panels display ghosted historical photographs—scenes of people, architecture, and ordinary moments—layered over the present. Visitors navigate between these life-sized images, encountering echoes of the past embedded in space. The transparent surfaces blend time periods and dissolve boundaries, inviting viewers to see themselves within the continuity of human experience. Rather than focusing on devastation, the project quietly honors what stands to be lost: ordinary lives, familiar places, and shared memories.Save this picture!Visit the website for the recently launched , to take part and learn more, before the early bird registration deadline of June 12, 2025. Image gallerySee allShow less Cite: "Buildner Announces Winners of the 5th Annual Last Nuclear Bomb Memorial Competition" 21 May 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1030195/buildner-announces-winners-of-the-5th-annual-last-nuclear-bomb-memorial-competition&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save世界上最受欢迎的建筑网站现已推出你的母语版本!想浏览ArchDaily中国吗?是否 You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

Mike Kiev - Fotolia News Hacking contest exposes VMware security In what has been described as a historical first, hackers in Berlin have been able to demo successful attacks on the ESXi hypervisor By Cliff Saran, Managing Editor Published: 20 May 2025 16:30 The cyber security team at Broadcom has acknowledged that during the Pwn2Own hacking contest in Berlin in March, there were three successful attacks on the VMware hypervisor.  On March 16, Nguyen Hoang Thach, a security researcher from Star Labs, successfully exploited VMware ESXi. “This is the first time VMware ESXi was exploited in the Pwn2Own hacking event,” Praveen Singh and Monty Ijzerman, from the product security and incident response team in the VMware Cloud Foundation division of Broadcom, wrote on the company’s website.  This is something that has not been achieved before, according to a LinkedIn post by Bob Carver, CEO of Cybersecurity Boardroom. “This was the first time in Pwn2Own’s history, stretching back to 2007, that the hypervisor has been successfully exploited,” he wrote, adding that the hacker was able to deploy a single integer overflow exploit. Singh and Ijzerman also noted that on 17 March, Corentin Bayet, chief technology officer of Reverse Tactics, successfully exploited ESXi by chaining two vulnerabilities. According to Singh and Ijzerman, one of the vulnerabilities used in the exploit was already known. The third successful attack, also on 17 March, was run by Thomas Bouzerar and Etienne Helluy-Lafont, security experts from Synacktiv, who managed to successfully exploit the VMware workstation. Singh and Ijzerman said the team at Broadcom were actively working on the remediation. “We plan to publish a VMware Security Advisory to provide information on updates for the affected products,” they said. Read more VMware stories No workaround leads to more pain for VMware users: There are patches for the latest batch of security alerts from Broadcom, but VMware users on perpetual licences may not have access. VMware patches put spotlight on support: Recent security updates in VMware products have highlighted the challenge IT decision-makers face as they navigate Broadcom licensing changes. While Broadcom has so far committed to providing patches for zero-day exploits, its current strategy to move customers onto VMware Cloud Foundation subscription bundles may leave some VMware users with gaps in their security, especially if their support contract is up for renewal. As Computer Weekly reported earlier this month, Broadcom informed customers it would no longer renew support contracts for VMware products purchased on a perpetual licence basis and that support would only continue for those that moved to a VMware subscription. On 12 May, Broadcom issued a critical security advisory, CVE-2025-22249, which affects the Aria toolset. The Cybersecurity Centre for Belgium said that given the vulnerability requires user interaction, it could be exploited through a phishing attack if a VMware admin clicked on a malicious URL link. “If the user is logged in to their VMware Aria Automation account, the threat actor could gain full control of their account and perform any actions the user has the rights to perform. The vulnerability has a severe impact to the confidentiality and low impact to the integrity of the affected systems,” it warned, urging VMware users to “patch immediately”. Broadcom has issued patches for VMware Aria Automation 8.18.x and version 5.x and 4.x of VMware Cloud Foundation, but it has not provided any workarounds, which means those users running an older version of the tool remain at risk. There are a number of reports that many VMware customers have been sent cease-and-desist emails from Broadcom regarding their perpetual VMware licenses, which demand removal of patches and bug fixes that they may have installed. While details of the successful exploits of the VMware hypervisor have yet to be published, the patches are not yet available, and questions remain as to how widely these will be distributed. In The Current Issue: UK critical systems at risk from ‘digital divide’ created by AI threats UK at risk of Russian cyber and physical attacks as Ukraine seeks peace deal Standard Chartered grounds AI ambitions in data governance Download Current Issue Starburst chews into the fruits of agentic – CW Developer Network Calm settles over digital identity market - for now... (Hark, is that Big Tech on the horizon?) – Computer Weekly Editors Blog View All Blogs

Long before Grab rides and GPS directions, getting around in parts of Southeast Asia meant relying on human muscle and mechanical poetry. In Penang, that poetry rolled down the cobbled streets of George Town in the form of the trishaw, a three-wheeled chariot that was less about speed and more about spectacle. With the driver perched behind the passenger, pedaling like a stagehand moving the lead actor across a set, these vibrant vehicles blurred the lines between transport, craft, and theater. Their lineage traces back to 19th-century Japan, where the jinrikisha – literally “human-powered vehicle” – first emerged. Designed by Izumi Yosuke around 1869, it was a utilitarian marvel born out of necessity and swiftly adopted across Asia. When this mode of transport made its way to Malaysia, it evolved with local flair. Penang’s version added canopies, floral decorations, and a peculiar but charming reverse layout where the passenger faces backwards, getting a clear view of the city rather than of the rider. An addition of a third wheel turned the jinrikisha into a trike, replacing the hand-pulling operation with simple pedalling. As cars and scooters took over, trishaws faded from daily life, becoming nostalgic footnotes or tourist novelties… but now, a LEGO builder is turning them into a gorgeous brick-based collectible. Designer: WYCreation The trishaw’s gradual descent into obsolescence is precisely why WYCreation’s LEGO Penang Trishaw build feels so necessary. It doesn’t just document a cultural icon – it reconstructs it in 1,000 meticulously selected bricks, scaled to a commanding 1:8 model measuring 42cm long, 24cm wide, and 27cm tall. It’s bulky in all the right ways, capturing the vehicle’s ornamental charm and structural oddities with uncanny finesse. The curved canopy is especially arresting, made even more expressive by a bold reinterpretation: a LEGO flower used as its umbrella that acts as decor, a symbol of the trishaw, as well as a sun and rain-guard for the rider. Technically, this wasn’t an easy one. Trishaws, with their sloping profiles and offset balance, aren’t friendly to LEGO’s rectangular system. WYCreation spent weeks iterating designs, especially the wheel assembly, a notoriously difficult challenge due to its thin profile and structural integrity. Drawing inspiration from LEGO designer Đặng Hoàng, who previously used similar techniques in his own MOCs, the wheels here strike a rare balance between fragility and fidelity. What makes the build special isn’t just the execution, though. It’s the way it preserves atmosphere. From the flared fenders to the slightly tilted passenger seat, every element echoes a larger story, the kind you can almost hear through the rhythmic ring of a brass bell and the creak of aging pedals on asphalt. You’re not looking at a LEGO model. You’re seeing a street scene from 1970s Penang, filtered through brickwork. The Penang Trishaw is currently a submission on the LEGO Ideas forum – an online community where LEGO builders make and share their own creations, as well as vote for their favorites. Top-voted designs get vetted by LEGO’s internal team and then turned into box sets that anyone can buy. You can vote for WYCreation’s MOC (My Own Creation) on the LEGO Ideas website here.The post Penang’s Iconic Backward Trishaw Gets a Brilliant LEGO Makeover first appeared on Yanko Design.

The world could use a little more Flower Block right now. Beautifully illustrated by Ho Chi Minh City-based artist Hoang Giang, Lanisha Butterfield's story is about a little boy called Jeremiah, whose sunflower seeds grow out of control all the way up through the apartment block where he lives. But instead of chaos and discord, the magical plant brings the community together. In a gentle, organic palette, with jaunty little characters full of wonder at the incredible stalk, Giang's artwork strikes the perfect tone alongside the narrative. Her illustrations in Flower Block have won the Derby Children's Picture Book Award 2025 and have been longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration. The book has also been shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize and has been added to Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. Flower Block is like a new telling of Jack and the Beanstalk. Despite the growing recognition for her work, Giang is as humble as can be. "I think the success of Flower Block comes largely from Lanisha Butterfield's story," she says. "It captures the harmony of community – something deeply important and relevant in today's world, especially at a time when we're witnessing so much division and polarisation across the globe." Originally from Dalat in the highlands of Vietnam, Giang moved to Ho Chi Minh City to study economics but found her way into illustration driven by a life-long love of art. For years, she taught herself the tools and techniques of the trade, illustrating stories, drawing comic zines, and freelancing. Then, she moved to the UK to study for an MA in Illustration and Book Arts at Angela Ruskin University in Cambridge. Doctor Fairytale is one of Giang's favourite recent projects. Now back in Vietnam, she's represented by the agency Illo and is busy with the brushwork on a variety of projects with UK publishers. September will see the release of Bear Heart by Louise Greig, published by Flying Eye Books. We can't show you pictures just yet, but keep an eye out for them. "I'm most drawn to stories I can personally relate to – where I can feel the truth of the author's experience behind the words," says Giang. "And when both the author and publisher share the same vision with me for how the story should be visualised, that's the perfect collaboration." One of the interesting things about Giang's journey in children's illustration so far is the variety and flexibility in her artwork. Rather than establishing a strong, individual style, she adapts the look and feel of the images to each narrative she tackles. "I used to criticise myself for not having a single, recognisable style," she explains. "But over time, I've come to realise that what matters most to me is the story. Depending on the tone or feeling a story requires, I choose the visual approach – whether in style or medium – that feels right." My Father's Dragon artwork. Personal artworks. If AI ruins the illustration scene, Giang's backup plan is to make and sell onigiri rice balls as breakfast takeaway food in Vietnam. She'll also always draw comics and picture books on the side. Her self-initiated comic series Xóm Om Xòm has reached five volumes in Vietnam, and she's busy with the next instalment. It's her creative commentary on traditional life in Vietnam and what happens when that collides with the country's rapid modernisation in recent decades. "It's a collection of humorous stories about a group of animals living in a rural Southern Vietnamese village," says Giang. "While the characters reflect the thoughts and behaviours of modern people, it's set years ago – before technology became such a dominant force in daily life. The series blends nostalgia with satire, and it's my personal way of observing and commenting on society through a playful lens. The Xóm Om Xòm series. Creature/character sketches. Personal artworks.