Milan Design Week Highlights, Jeddah Tower Progress, and UK Gender Pay Gap in Architecture

This week's highlights feature installations from Milan Design Week, including a carousel by Laila Gohar for Arket, a prefabricated Eames house at Triennale Milano, Aesop lamps, and a pink labyrinth designed by Lina Ghotmeh. IKEA presented an inflatable chair and a transforming lamp by Lex Pott as part of its PS Collection. In Saudi Arabia, the Jeddah Tower, crafted by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, has reached its 100th floor and is on track to become the tallest building globally at over 1,000 meters, with Gordon Gill asserting its strong potential to meet deadlines. In the UK, Zaha Hadid Architects saw a significant increase in the gender pay gap, while slight improvements were noted at Foster + Partners and Allford Hall Monaghan Morris. Additionally, Foster + Partners unveiled the final design for the Queen Elizabeth II memorial near Buckingham Palace, which Norman Foster described as serene and contemplative. Other notable projects include a restaurant in mud-coated shipping containers in India by Wallmakers, an off-grid cabin in Tasmania, and Kéré Architecture's Goethe-Institut in Dakar.