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German studio Sauerbruch Hutton and US practice Studio Gang have been selected to redesign German House to reflect the nation's values and create a "civic landmark" just north of the United Nations complex in Manhattan. Selected by a jury, the redesign will see the recladding and interior redesign of the 325-foot-tall (99-metre-tall) skyscraper, which was The post Sauerbruch Hutton and Studio Gang to revamp German House skyscraper in New York appeared first on Dezeen.
New York architecture studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro has spliced an 1894 brick warehouse building with several glazed volumes to create a home for MIT's School of Architecture and Planning. The Metropolitan Storage Warehouse building (MET) is located on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts and will house several architecture and The post Diller Scofidio + Renfro renovates Boston storage warehouse for MIT architecture school appeared first on Dezeen.
Indian studio AKSH Architects has completed The Earthen Retreat, a cluster of guesthouses in Pune created by repurposing several small abandoned buildings and coating them with mud and lime plaster. The 557-square-metre plot was previously occupied by four site offices and storage units that had outlived their original purpose. While maintaining the existing timber and The post AKSH Architects transforms disused buildings in India into "timeless and earthy" retreat appeared first on Dezeen.
Texas architecture studio Clayton Korte has completed a Corten steel-clad structure for storing vineyard equipment at a winery on the Central Coast of California. The 4,315-square-foot (400-square-metre) barn serves a 150-acre vineyard in Cayucos, a town in California's Santa Lucia Range. The barn sits between a working Syrah vineyard to the west and an oak The post Clayton Korte creates weathering-steel barn for California winery appeared first on Dezeen.
Architecture studio HNTB has unveiled the design of an 18,000-seat arena in Plano, Texas, for the Dallas Stars NHL team. Set to be built as part of a wider "year-round district", the arena will be the permanent home for the Dallas Stars National Hockey League (NHL) team. The area will be located alongside the Dallas The post HNTB designs Dallas Stars arena to "capture the passion and intensity of hockey" appeared first on Dezeen.
US-based studio Pelli Clarke & Partners has created a museum, with a futuristic bridge and tower embedded with wind turbines, dedicated to artist Lola Mora in Argentina. Sited on a forested hillside on the edge of a suburban development in San Salvador de Jujuy in northwestern Argentina, the Lola Mora Cultural Centre was purpose-built to house The post Museum for Lola Mora is César Pelli's final building appeared first on Dezeen.
Belgium studio OYO Architects has built a steel-framed office above a warehouse in Ostend, Belgium, to create an operations centre for energy company Elia. Designed to evoke the offshore platforms used by Elia for electricity generation, the service centre in Ostend port has two distinct elements for its two functions – warehouse and offices. OYO The post OYO Architects perches steel-framed office on harbourside warehouse appeared first on Dezeen.
A campaign has been launched to turn the V&A Dundee by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma into Lego's first Scottish building set. The campaign follows the creation of a 2,900-piece model replica of the local landmark by founder of web studio 532 Design Brian McNicoll. The small-scale replica, which is currently on show within the museum, has The post Kengo Kuma backs campaign to turn V&A Dundee into Lego set appeared first on Dezeen.
UK practice Heatherwick Studio has unveiled updated designs for a park along the waterfront in Louisville, Kentucky, USA, with aspects set to be built on top of a large highway overpass. The Belvedere park and event space connects Downtown Louisville to a section of the Ohio River waterfront. Originally developed in the 1970's, the area The post Heatherwick Studio adjusts design of Louisville waterfront park to "restore buzz" appeared first on Dezeen.
The Canadian government's plan to restore the prime minister's residence in Ottawa highlights the chronic under-appreciation of Canadian design and its potential as a source of national pride, writes Thom Fougere. Canadians tend to look outward for cultural validation before recognizing excellence at home. Our actors are embraced only after succeeding in Hollywood. Our musicians The post "In Canada, design still receives remarkably little recognition" appeared first on Dezeen.
Thousands of mirrors line the gently undulating ceilings of the VISTA Science Experience Centre in Austria, completed by Dutch architecture practice Studio Maks with engineering firm Bollinger + Grohmann. The glazed pavilion was designed as a public visitor centre to highlight the work of the Institute of Technology Austria (ISTA), providing a reception, exhibition space The post Studio Maks tops science pavilion in Austria with undulating mirrored roof appeared first on Dezeen.
Stained cedar planks wrap a small building in the Pacific Northwest that Seattle architecture studio GO'C created for arts foundation Iolair as a gallery and live-work space for an artist-in-residence. The building is located in Eastsound, the main village on Orcas Island – the largest of the San Juan Islands in the Salish Sea. The The post GO'C creates multi-use artist building for secluded Washington island appeared first on Dezeen.
A triple-height skylit atrium with a sandpit at its base sits at the heart of New Horizon, a school in Vadodara, India, designed by local architecture studio Habitat Collaborative. Commissioned by a local chapter of non-profit Round Table India, the 1,442-square-metre building provides additional space for middle and secondary pupils at the Dr Shyama Prasad The post Habitat Collaborative threads curved school in India through tree-filled site appeared first on Dezeen.
Elon Musk's companies SpaceX and Tesla have announced plans to collaborate on a chip-building factory in Texas named Terafab, which will measure over 100 million square feet and is expected to become the largest building in the world. Terafab is set to be built in Grimes County and span over 100 million square feet (9.3 The post Elon Musk reveals plans for world's largest building appeared first on Dezeen.
Artists and companies publishing realistic AI-generated architectural renderings in the European Union without labelling risk being fined under provisions in the EU AI Act that came into force last week. The EU Artificial Intelligence Act Article 50, which came into force on 2 August, requires creators of realistic-looking images, audio or video to disclose if The post Realistic AI architectural renderings must be labelled under EU AI Act appeared first on Dezeen.
Local architecture firm RTA Studio has completed a curve-edged office building in Auckland, New Zealand, built from a diagrid structure of locally grown timber. Situated within a regenerated wetland, the expansive, 11,500-square-metre campus serves as a global headquarters for appliance brands Fisher & Paykel and Haier Australasia, combining their offices and research facilities into a The post RTA Studio designs mass-timber groundscraper in Auckland as "continuous ribbon" appeared first on Dezeen.
Stockholm-based artist duo Bigert & Bergström has created a pink crystal-shaped sauna on a remediated industrial site in Skellefteå, northern Sweden. Named Lithium Crystal Sauna, it is the first permanent structure completed for WasteLand Climate Action Park – a project transforming one of Västerbotten's most polluted industrial sites into public space. After more than a century The post Crystal-shaped sauna rises from former industrial site in Sweden appeared first on Dezeen.
Finnish studio AOR Architects has completed a community centre on Helsinki's waterfront, using a palette of timber and corrugated metal informed by maritime warehouses and coastal shelters. Named Talas after a type of traditional Finnish coastal shelter, the 1,200-square-metre centre is located in Kalasatama, a former commercial port in Helsinki that is currently being developed The post AOR Architects draws on harbour warehouses for Talas community centre in Helsinki appeared first on Dezeen.
For our latest roundup, we look at seven homes and apartments, spanning India, Australia and the UK, designed to accommodate multiple generations under one roof. LJ House, India, by Studio Saransh and Iksoi Studio Asymmetrical forms define this multi-generational home in Ahmedabad, completed by local practices Studio Saransh and Iksoi Studio. Designed for a family The post Seven versatile homes that facilitate multi-generational living appeared first on Dezeen.
This week on Dezeen, we reported on the demolition of a never-opened concert hall by Studio Fuksas, which is now underway in Tbilisi, Georgia. Footage shared by local news organisation TV Pirveli captured scale-like cladding being removed from the tube-shaped Rike Concert Hall, which has sat unopened since 2012. Demolition commenced less than two weeks The post This week on Dezeen we reported on the demolition of Rike Concert Hall appeared first on Dezeen.
US studio Olson Kundig Architects has completed a house in the mountains of Idaho with large spans of concrete, steel and glass, topped with a retractable roof. Known as Sky View, the 7,190-square-foot (667-square-metre) house looks out on the surrounding slopes and up to the clouds and stars over Sun Valley, Idaho. "Sky View is The post Olson Kundig crowns Sky View house with retractable roof appeared first on Dezeen.
Architecture studio Kuryłowicz + Architects has revealed photos of the timber Arctowski Station nearing completion on King George Island in Antarctica. Currently under construction, the three-pronged research station has a prefabricated timber structure clad in insulated golden panels. Kuryłowicz + Architects designed the base to be a home away from home for the 28 researchers The post Kuryłowicz + Architects designs Antarctic research station as "home at the end of the world" appeared first on Dezeen.
British architecture studio Foster + Partners has been cleared over the death of a man killed by a window that fell from one of its buildings in London, following a five-week criminal trial. The case concerned the Corniche, a tower block of luxury flats standing close to the south side of the Thames on Albert The post Foster + Partners found not guilty over window fall death appeared first on Dezeen.
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing The Linhay, a family house in the Somerset countryside designed by studio Charles Gillespie Architecture. Wrapped by a concrete colonnade, the house draws on the traditional linhay – a type of agricultural barn that is local to the region, characterised by its open-fronted form. "Love, love, love The post "A hodgepodge of ideas" says commenter appeared first on Dezeen.
The Royal Institute of British Architects has announced its shortlist for the Neave Brown Award for Housing 2026, which includes the expansion of a 1970s housing estate with 46 homes for social rent in London. Also in London, a landscape-led residential development spanning five brick buildings and a 100 per cent affordable housing block bordering The post RIBA reveals four-strong shortlist for UK's best affordable housing for 2026 appeared first on Dezeen.
Canadian practice Leckie Studio has completed Twin Peaks House, which features an asymmetrical roof and silvery wood cladding that helps the building "recede among the trees". Located in North Vancouver and designed for a young family, the Twin Peaks House sits on a sloped property dotted with trees. Local practice Leckie Studio set out to The post Leckie Studio tucks house clad in "silvered wood" into forested Vancouver site appeared first on Dezeen.
Gently curving rooflines and an asymmetrical heart-shaped stairwell characterise this multi-generational home in Ahmedabad, designed by local practices Studio Saransh and Iksoi Studio. Named LJ House, the four-storey, 585-square-metre home was completed for a family of six on a compact urban plot, with the brief calling for an adaptable layout to accommodate changing needs. Studio The post Multi-generational LJ House in Ahmedabad prioritises shared living appeared first on Dezeen.
Dutch studio MVRDV has revealed designs for the Bihailou Art Village, a cultural development in Shenzhen, China, set to comprise a stack of colourful volumes. Currently under construction in the Shatoujiao neighbourhood near the Hong Kong border, the 6,500-square-metre complex will contain cultural and retail spaces, including a museum and a double-height theatre, within its The post MVRDV designs colourful stacked volumes for Shenzhen cultural complex appeared first on Dezeen.
With the recent release of plans to build on top of Eero Saarinen's terminal building at Dulles International Airport, we take a look at old and new controversies surrounding significant works of architecture and their preservation across the US. Preserving historic architecture is no easy task given ageing buildings, lack of funding and the lucrative The post Eleven architecture preservation battles across the US appeared first on Dezeen.
International architecture studio SOM has released designs of the 20-storey 934 Central Street data centre in Kansas City, USA, with a facade configured to "feel at home within its downtown context". The 20-storey skyscraper will be built in the heart of Kansas City on a 0.23-acre site that is currently occupied by the Western Newspaper The post SOM designs "vertical data center" for Downtown Kansas City appeared first on Dezeen.
A vast grid of red scaffolding surrounds The Reclaimed Pavilion, a temporary events space in India designed by local studio Kanan Modi Associates using materials that were salvaged from local construction sites. Commissioned by real estate firm Jayabheri Group for a rapidly developing neighbourhood in Hyderabad, the 1,500-square-metre pavilion contains work and events spaces alongside The post Red scaffolding surrounds temporary pavilion in India appeared first on Dezeen.
Architecture studio MAD has unveiled Shenzhen Bay Culture Square in China, a design museum formed of stone-like volumes perched atop an undulating green roof. Situated in Houhai in Shenzhen's Nanshan District, MAD designed the museum to be a hub for design and culture as well as a coastal public space for city residents to enjoy. The post MAD scatters boulder-like galleries across green-roofed museum in Shenzhen appeared first on Dezeen.
The latest Dezeen Debate newsletter features the Donald Trump-backed plans to extend Eero Saarinen's terminal at Dulles airport. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. The US Department of Transportation announced the plan in partnership with The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority and United Airlines, after dozens of architecture studios submitted proposals to an RFI from the government The post Dezeen Debate features "shameless" proposal for Dulles airport appeared first on Dezeen.
Local studio River Architects has designed a wood-clad structure to Passive House standards, orienting gabled volumes around a pond in New York's Hudson Valley. Known as the China Pond Passive House, the 4,318-square-foot (400-square-metre) home sits on a wooded 2.2-acre property in Carmel, New York. River Architects, which is based in nearby Cold Spring, completed The post River Architects replaces Hudson Valley structure with gabled Passive House appeared first on Dezeen.
New York studios Schlaich Bergermann Partner and Snøhetta have replaced an ageing bridge in Upstate New York with a steel half-arch span that is mounted on one side of a gorge and cantilevers across to the other side. The Sentry Bridge replaces a decaying structure of the same name located in Watkins Glen State Park The post SBP and Snøhetta cantilever bridge between rock faces in Upstate New York appeared first on Dezeen.
Agricultural barns and sheds informed the corrugated metal-clad volumes of House in a Clearing, a house in East Sussex completed by UK studio TaylorHare Architects. When the clients purchased the site nestled in a woodland clearing near Uckfield, it was occupied by a small structure but already had planning permission for a much larger, two-storey The post Farmsteads inform corrugated metal-clad home in Sussex appeared first on Dezeen.
A glass-walled pavilion sandwiched between historic buildings is the leading feature of an Oregon art museum revamp, which was designed by US studios Hennebery Eddy Architects and Vinci Hamp Architects to improve the visitor experience. Spanning two urban blocks, the Portland Art Museum is located in the city's downtown district. It primarily consists of two The post Glazed pavilion with "distinctly modernist character" added to Portland Art Museum appeared first on Dezeen.
Plans unveiled by architecture studio Buckley Gray Yeoman for offices, homes and a data centre near Brick Lane in London have been approved. Planned for three sites in the east London neighbourhood, the Truman Brewery masterplan will comprise eight buildings designed by Buckley Gray Yeoman (BGY), alongside London-based studios Carmody Groarke, Morris+Company and Henley Halebrown. The post Data centre approved as part of Truman Brewery masterplan in east London appeared first on Dezeen.
Irregularly placed and mismatched openings puncture the terracotta-toned, double-layered exterior of 100 Windows, a multigenerational home in Vietnam designed by local architecture practice Inrestudio. Designed for two generations and three households – a couple, their two sons and the sons' families – the 639-square-metre home is located close to the Red River in the suburbs The post Inrestudio uses double-layered envelope to create "in-between spaces" for Vietnamese home appeared first on Dezeen.
Work has begun on the demolition of the never-opened Rike Concert Hall in Tbilisi, which was designed by Italian practice Studio Fuksas. Local news organisation TV Pirveli filmed the cladding being removed from the Rike Concert Hall in central Tbilisi last week. The work began less than two weeks after the Tbilisi city hall architecture The post Demolition of Studio Fuksas concert hall underway in Tbilisi appeared first on Dezeen.
Scottish architect Ruairidh Moir has launched a campaign to rebuild the fire-torn Mackintosh Building at the Glasgow School of Art, calling on "an independent body to own and take forward the project". The campaign calls for the building's ownership to be transferred to an independent organisation to deliver a "faithful restoration and reinstatement". It also The post Scottish architect launches campaign to rebuild Mackintosh Building appeared first on Dezeen.
Plans for a large new building in Rotterdam intended to encourage people to lead more environmentally friendly lifestyles are wrong-headed and should be scrapped in a blaze of publicity, writes Barnabas Calder. Putting plants on a building doesn't make it sustainable, any more than dropping a basil leaf on a steak makes it vegan. Yet The post "Plants on a building doesn't make it sustainable, any more than a basil leaf on a steak makes it vegan" appeared first on Dezeen.
Exhibitions Architecture's Inscriptions, Maggie's: Architecture That Cares and Wellbeing in the City are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this August. Other events taking place during the month include Helsinki Design Week, Jia Curated and The Art-Marotte Masterclass Series. Maggie's: Architecture That Cares 6 March to 1 November, UK Presented at The post Six architecture and design events in August from Dezeen Events Guide appeared first on Dezeen.
The UK government has announced the arrival of plug-in solar panels that can be fitted onto balconies to reduce household energy costs. Expected to be sold in UK stores before the end of summer, the low-cost panels, which are already widely used across Europe, connect directly to a mains socket and can be placed on The post Plug-in solar panels to be available in UK by end of summer appeared first on Dezeen.
French studio PCA-Stream has completed La Source Vive, a domed copper-clad concert hall in Évian, France, designed "as a musical instrument". Nestled into a sloping woodland site overlooking Lake Geneva, La Source Vive is a 490-seat chamber music hall situated next to Patrick Bouchain's existing 1993 concert hall La Grange au Lac. Designed to complement The post Acoustics shape design of copper-clad concert hall in Evian appeared first on Dezeen.
Spanish studio NUA Arquitectures has completed Casa Juià, a farmhouse in Catalonia that draws on the craftsmanship of the surrounding region. Located in the village of Juià, at the foot of the Gavarres mountain range in Spain, the 283-square-metre home comprises three parallel wings wrapped in porches and galleries. Casa Juià reinterprets the region's traditional farmhouse The post Catalan farmhouse designed as "a passage through the land" appeared first on Dezeen.
A large multi-generational home in India and a low-lying stone farmhouse in rural Scotland are among the mix of residences in this eclectic edition of Dezeen's houses of the month. Also on the list of the five most popular houses featured on Dezeen in July are a gridded forest dwelling in the Netherlands, a rammed-earth The post Dezeen's top five houses of July 2026 appeared first on Dezeen.
New York City studio Martin Hopp Architect has completed a building with a mass-timber structure for a school in Hempstead, New York, prioritising healthy living spaces and materials on a tight budget. Evergreen Charter School opened in 2025 on a suburban site on Long Island in New York state. The K-12 school comprises 89,000 square The post Martin Hopp Architect puts generosity over spectacle at mass-timber school in New York appeared first on Dezeen.
A horizontal glass skybridge connects residential and office skyscrapers at this project by Königsberger Vannucchi Arquitetos Associados in São Paulo to preserve the "individual reading of each tower while simultaneously reinforcing their unity". Located in São Paulo as part of the larger Eixo Platina mixed-use development by developer Porte Engenharia e Urbanism, the Almagah 227 The post São Paulo skyscrapers by Königsberger Vannucchi linked by glass skybridge appeared first on Dezeen.
British studio Charles Gillespie Architecture has completed The Linhay, a family house in rural Somerset wrapped by a deep concrete colonnade that provides sheltered nesting spaces for birds. Designed by the studio's founder Charles Gillespie for himself and his young family, the house draws on the traditional linhay – an agricultural barn found across Somerset The post Charles Gillespie Architecture completes Somerset house with wildlife-friendly colonnade appeared first on Dezeen.
Certification company Bureau Veritas has launched the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard, a voluntary verification scheme that determines a building's carbon performance. Now open for submissions, the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard assesses net-zero claims of buildings against an industry-agreed definition, aiming to minimise greenwashing. New buildings, existing buildings and retrofit projects can The post Net zero verification scheme launched for UK buildings appeared first on Dezeen.
Is building tall with timber more than an architectural gimmick? Why is a new robotic hand a big step towards sci-fi becoming reality? And what's special about Dezeen's editor's new tattoo? Listen to the latest episode of Dezeen Weekly now. In this episode, Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscroft and features editor Nat Barker discuss the world's tallest hybrid The post Are timber skyscrapers the future? appeared first on Dezeen.
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Yano Aoyama Architecture Design's public toilet for the Tobe Zoological Park in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. Comprising a pair of sculpted concrete blocks topped by a naturally curved cedar roof, the design of the public bathroom cubicles draws from the zoo's wooded surroundings. "Simple, beautiful forms" Commenters were The post "Japan takes this seriously" says commenter appeared first on Dezeen.
The husband-and-wife founders of California studio SPF Architects have renovated their octagonal house in the Santa Monica Mountains and added elements to protect it against wildfire. Called the Mountain Residence, the project involved the renovation and redesign of a 1980s house that sits on a 17-acre (6.9-hectare) site in Los Angeles County. When Zoltan Pali The post SPF Architects wraps Los Angeles house in asphalt shingles for fire protection appeared first on Dezeen.
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features news that the much-anticipated Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, designed by the late architect Frank Gehry, is set to open in December. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Abu Dhabi's department of culture and tourism released a statement which stated that the museum, located on Saadiyat Island, will The post Dezeen Agenda features Guggenheim Abu Dhabi opening date appeared first on Dezeen.
Architecture studio HOK has released designs for Bank of America Stadium in North Carolina featuring a new facade treatment and luxurious amenity spaces to "meet the expectations of fans and athletes for decades to come". Tepper Sports & Entertainment, owner of the stadium, commissioned HOK to revamp the 75,000-seat Bank of America Stadium. It was The post HOK to revamp Carolina Panthers NFL stadium in Charlotte appeared first on Dezeen.
US president Donald Trump has unveiled conceptual renderings for an overhaul of Dulles International Airport in Washington DC, with a design that builds on top of architect Eero Saarinen's famous terminal building. Yesterday, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) announced the plan in partnership with The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority and United Airlines, after dozens The post Saarinen's Dulles terminal set to be enveloped by Trump-backed airport appeared first on Dezeen.
Local architecture studio DoDesign has completed the Nanhai Buddha Pavilion in Chongqing, China, creating a shelter with gridded metal walls that are filled with thousands of loose cedar logs. The origins of the pavilion lay in the discovery of a Ming-dynasty Buddhist shrine on the site – a wooded hill near Nanhai Village – which The post Rearrangeable cedar logs fill walls of Nanhai Buddha Pavilion in China by DoDesign appeared first on Dezeen.
Stadiums are often vying to be record-breaking structures. To conclude our Future Stadium series, we look at those that top the lists, from the biggest and tallest to the most expensive. Biggest by capacity and size: Rungrado 1st of May Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea Claiming the title for largest in both size and capacity is The post Eight record-breaking stadiums from the biggest to the most expensive appeared first on Dezeen.
Plans have been announced for a technology and innovation museum in Bengaluru, India, designed by a consortium of architects led by Dublin-based Heneghan Peng Architects. Designed by Heneghan Peng Architects in collaboration with London-based DROO and local studio Cadence Architects, the Museum of Innovation, Startup & Technology will house an innovation hub and exhibition hall The post Industrial-style technology museum set to be built in Bengaluru appeared first on Dezeen.
Montreal-based studio ACDF Architecture has rounded select corners of an apartment building in Quebec, Canada, and used a two-tone brick cladding system to create an interesting optical effect. Known as Mellem Manoir-des-Trembles, the building contains nearly 200 rental units in Gatineau, just north of Ottawa. ACDF Architecture teamed up with developer Maître Carré to explore how The post Two colours of brick give Quebec apartment building "painterly dimension" appeared first on Dezeen.
Next up in our Future Stadium series, we take a look at Hangzhou Sports Center in China, a flower-like stadium designed by American studio NBBJ to use less steel and complement the surrounding city's growth. Completed in 2019, nearly 10 years after the groundbreaking, Hangzhou Sports Center was designed to anchor Qianjiang Century City in The post Desire to "make the stadium lighter" drove design of Hangzhou Sports Center appeared first on Dezeen.
London studio Bricolage has self-built Castlands Road, a house in Lewisham defined by a budget-friendly palette of salvaged bricks and clay blocks. The three-bedroom home was designed and built by Bricolage founder Will Howard and his wife, Sogand Howard, for their own family on a back-garden site at the rear of a Victorian terrace. Informed The post Bricolage uses salvaged bricks for self-build home in London appeared first on Dezeen.
Handmade bricks, wooden shakes and a cob wall enclose a trio of buildings at this community garden in London, which has been designed by local studio Jan Kattein Architects. Nestled on a triangular plot in King's Cross, the garden serves as an educational space for the local community and permanent home for educational charity Global The post Bio-based community garden by Jan Kattein Architects opens in London appeared first on Dezeen.
A bridge with towers informed by a hockey slapshot has opened to public traffic between the United States and Canada after more than seven years of construction, decades of planning and a contentious back-and-forth with the federal government. Named after Canadian-born Detroit Red Wings hockey player Gordie Howe, the bridge stretches over the Detroit River The post "Gently curving" Gordie Howe International Bridge opens between US and Canada appeared first on Dezeen.
The latest Dezeen Debate newsletter features MVRDV's winning proposal to design a "new world wonder" in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. The architectural studio's proposal, dubbed Rotterdam Rocks!, was the winner of social enterprise Shift's competition to design a €240 million landmark in the city. Commenters are unsure about the choice, with The post Dezeen Debate features "bad acid trip" building proposal appeared first on Dezeen.
Stadiums are becoming more distinctive with clubs and countries using them to attract attention. As part of our Future Stadium series, we look at why stadium design is becoming more icon-focused. UK-based Heatherwick Studio had never designed a stadium before, so its recent win in the competition to design Birmingham City's stadium – along with The post Why stadium design is getting more outlandish appeared first on Dezeen.
Granite cloaks the sweeping form of Shenzhen Natural History Museum, completed in China by architecture studios 3XN, B+H Architects and Zhubo Design. Now officially open in the Pingshan District, the 100,000-square-metre building was planned as a new cultural landmark for Shenzhen. It is distinguished by its fluid form that rises from the ground, designed by The post Sinuous form of Shenzhen Natural History Museum emulates "a piece of landscape" appeared first on Dezeen.
The long-awaited Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, designed by the late architect Frank Gehry, is set to open its doors in December. In a statement released today, Abu Dhabi's department of culture and tourism said the museum will open on Saadiyat Island on 11 December 2026, officially becoming the largest of the four Guggenheim outposts. It is The post Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Abu Dhabi set to open in December appeared first on Dezeen.
UNESCO has updated its World Heritage List with 13 modernist buildings in Finland designed by architects Aino, Elissa, and Alvar Aalto. Collectively known as Aalto Works, the group of buildings is one of 25 sites added to this year's World Heritage List, which also included a collection of 10 significant modernist buildings in Tashkent. The The post UNESCO adds works of Aino, Elissa and Alvar Aalto to World Heritage List appeared first on Dezeen.
If the Glasgow School of Art cannot afford to rebuild the twice-destroyed Mackintosh Building it should transfer ownership to a trust that would enable a faithful restoration, writes Rory Olcayto. For a brief moment, before the second fire in 2018, Glasgow School of Art's Mackintosh Building was reborn. Johnny Rodger captured it beautifully in his The post "The Mackintosh Building should be rebuilt without the Glasgow School of Art" appeared first on Dezeen.
Tashkent's key modernist buildings from the 1960s, 70s and 80s have been listed by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites. Here, we round up the 10 buildings in Uzbekistan's capital that are now protected. The collection of 10 buildings was recognised following the multi-year Tashkent Modernism XX/XXI research and preservation project led by the Uzbekistan Art and The post Ten UNESCO-listed Soviet modernist buildings in Tashkent appeared first on Dezeen.
German architecture studio GMP Architekten is part of a team renovating the Olympic Stadium in Montreal. The work includes replacing a membrane roof that caused problems for decades with a steel deck to protect the structure from falling icicles. GMP Architekten was approached in 2018 for the project after several iterations of the roof had The post Renovation of problematic Montreal Olympic Stadium roof keeps "original intention" in mind appeared first on Dezeen.
American studio Elizabeth Herrmann Architecture + Design has used burnt-cedar cladding to help the Milo House blend with the wooded terrain in rural Vermont. Located in the town of Cornwall, the house was designed for a couple and their dog, Milo, who were relocating from Boston. The verdant area offers orchards, woods and distant views The post Charred wood gives Vermont house a "bark-like exterior" appeared first on Dezeen.
Scale-shaped shingles cover the sweeping, canopy-like roof of Casa Mac, an annexe in Vietnam designed by local architecture studio CTA. Serving as an annexe to the client's existing home in Phu My near Ho Chi Minh City, Casa Mac was conceived as a large, singular living space. It is open to the elements and flanked The post CTA shelters annexe in Vietnam beneath curved roof to "evoke the sensation of being in a cave" appeared first on Dezeen.
An office campus in central Manchester, designed by infrastructure company AtkinsRéalis, is tipped to become the future home of No 10 North – the northern outpost of 10 Downing Street. Named the Manchester Digital Campus (MDC), the building is being built on brownfield land in the vibrant suburb of Ancoats, which was once the heart of The post Manchester Digital Campus slated to become No 10 North appeared first on Dezeen.
British architecture studio RSHP has completed One Shanghai, an 186-metre mixed-use skyscraper in central Shanghai, China, informed by the city's historical laneway network. Located on Shimen First Road in Jing'an District, adjacent to the Zhang Garden retail quarter, the 38-storey skyscraper is comprised of three volumes that contain office, retail and public spaces. According to The post RSHP unveils tripartite Shanghai skyscraper informed by historical laneways appeared first on Dezeen.
Local studio Lenka Milerová Architektka has converted a former pigsty in the Czech Republic into Panoší Újezd Summer House, complementing its rough stone walls with additions in exposed concrete. The holiday home, which is named after the nearby village, was created within the former pigsty for the owner of the adjacent home. Despite the poor The post Lenka Milerová Architektka transforms stone pigsty in Czech Republic into holiday home appeared first on Dezeen.
Japanese practice Yano Aoyama Architecture Design has completed a public toilet for the Tobe Zoological Park in Ehime Prefecture, creating two chiselled concrete blocks that are topped by a thin roof of naturally curved cedar. Located alongside the entrance gates of Tobe Zoo, the two public bathroom cubicles replace outdated toilets with fully accessible facilities The post Yano Aoyama Architecture Design tops public toilet in Japan with sweeping timber canopy appeared first on Dezeen.
For our latest roundup, we've collected seven dormer extensions, from a design that takes cues from Italian palazzos and paintings to an extension clad in recycled plastic tiles designed to look like slate. Dormer extensions are common in London, where they're often added to the city's many terraced houses, but can be found all over The post Seven British dormer extensions that take design to another level appeared first on Dezeen.
This week on Dezeen, we revealed all 23 stadiums that are set to host the 2030 World Cup, which will be played across three continents. The venues will be spread across six countries, with eleven venues in Spain expected to host matches at the tournament, six in Morocco three in Portugal and one each in The post This week we looked ahead to the 2030 World Cup stadiums appeared first on Dezeen.
Uruguay architecture studio Gómez Platero has proposed "four irregularly shaped towers" as part of mixed-use development on the Miami waterfront at the former site of the city's historic Miami Herald building. The Miami Bay Towers scheme by Gómez Platero is designed to fit into the rectangular waterfront site between Highway A1A and the Venetian Causeway, The post Gómez Platero proposes four skyscrapers at former site of the Miami Herald appeared first on Dezeen.
A series of cascading terraces outline the North Tower skyscraper by architecture studio SOM, which has topped out on a waterfront site in Chicago. Rising 261 metres at the confluence of Lake Michigan and the Chicago River, the North Tower's recently-completed concrete and steel structure features a stepped silhouette cloaked in glass and topped with The post Tiered skyscraper by SOM tops out on Chicago lakefront appeared first on Dezeen.
Slovakian studio Cechvala Architects has completed RDH, a contemporary family home in Bratislava composed of three stacked volumes clad in corrugated aluminium. Situated next to a horticultural centre in Bratislava's Sihot district, the three-storey house sits between a branch of the Danube River and the foothills of the Carpathian mountains. RDH's three stacked volumes include a The post Cechvala Architects cloaks Bratislava home with corrugated raw aluminium appeared first on Dezeen.
Is this year's Stirling Prize shortlist the least interesting ever? And why are astronomers up in arms about a plan to launch a giant mirror into space? Listen to the latest episode of Dezeen Weekly now. This episode begins with Dezeen features editor Nat Barker and design editor Jennifer Hahn discussing the plans by a US The post Has architecture become too boring? appeared first on Dezeen.
A curved brick structure by architecture studio SANAA has been selected as the new design for the National Museum of Ecuador in Quito, following reports that locals had criticised the original winning design. Set to be built along the border of La Carolina Park in Quito near projects by studios such as BIG, Kengo Kuma The post SANAA proposal for National Museum of Ecuador selected after public backlash appeared first on Dezeen.
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing MVRDV's winning proposal for social enterprise Shift's competition to design a €240 million landmark in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Named Rotterdam Rocks!, the project, which was designed to resemble stacked rocks with terraces and greenery, was the most radical of the five submissions. "Actual nature does it better" The post "Is this the death certificate of architecture?" says commenter appeared first on Dezeen.
As part of our Future Stadium series, the latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a roundup of all 23 stadiums set to host the 2030 World Cup. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. The next World Cup will mark a centenary since the inaugural event, which was held in Uruguay in 1930. It The post Dezeen Agenda features the stadiums hosting the 2030 World Cup appeared first on Dezeen.
US studio Manica has unveiled the design for a 70,000-seat stadium for the Kansas City Chiefs NFL team, which will be topped with a transparent dome. The fully enclosed venue, which will replace the team's iconic Arrowhead Stadium, is set to cost $3 billion and open in 2031. According to Kansas City Chiefs CEO Clark The post Manica unveils Kansas City Chiefs stadium topped with transparent dome appeared first on Dezeen.
Continuing our Future Stadium series, we look at the revamp of the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid, Spain, which shows how an existing stadium can be future-proofed. Although numerous stadiums are built from the ground up every year, the reality is that many of the world's future stadiums already exist. Modern stadiums are some of The post GMP Architekten renovated the Bernabéu for "full-time use" appeared first on Dezeen.
Local architecture studio HYAN has renovated Green Sandwich House, a 1970s home in Japan, using a palette of timber, plaster and tiles to bring "warmth and texture" to a flexible, open living space. Named after its setting enveloped by wooded hills in Hayama, south of Tokyo, Green Sandwich House was renovated for HYAN's founders, architect The post HYAN renovates 70s home in Japan around "single, continuous" living space appeared first on Dezeen.
The Atlassian Central skyscraper, designed by SHoP Architects and BVN Architecture, in Sydney, Australia, has become the world's tallest hybrid timber tower. Designed as the Sydney headquarters for technology company Atlassian, the 180-metre-high office tower topped out earlier this week. With a hybrid structure of timber, steel and concrete it overtakes the 86.6 -metre-high Ascent The post World's tallest timber tower tops out in Sydney appeared first on Dezeen.
The Glasgow School of Art has announced that it cannot afford to rebuild the iconic Mackintosh Building without external funding, following the second fire that tore through the building in 2018. According to an announcement made by the school yesterday, it has insufficient funds to reinstate the 1910 building by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and it The post Glasgow School of Art "cannot rebuild" Mackintosh Building appeared first on Dezeen.
Our cities are full of apartment blocks dotted with pathetically sized balconies too small to be of any actual use, writes Jessica Furseth. If no one ever sits there, is a balcony still a balcony? I found myself pondering this question as I was walking the perimeter of the Isle of Dogs in East London, The post "If no one ever sits there, is a balcony still a balcony?" appeared first on Dezeen.
For our Future Stadium series, we asked nine of the world's top stadium architects to predict the biggest shift in stadium design over the next 10 years. To determine how stadium design will shift over the next decade, we asked each of the nine architects: "what will stadiums look like in the next 10 years The post What will the future stadium look like? appeared first on Dezeen.
An external skin of timber louvres filters light and air into the double-height interiors of Waankarn, a restaurant and events space in Thailand designed by local architecture practice Studio Locomotive. Located in the coastal village of Khao Lak, the space was designed to combine a bar and restaurant for the area's increasing number of tourists, The post Breezy louvre walls enclose restaurant in Thailand by Studio Locomotive appeared first on Dezeen.
Architect Kenta Hirayama has designed an "unpretentious house" in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward, which features a metal facade and deliberately simple gabled roof. Called House in Kinuta, the detached home's pared-back design aims to maximise natural light while still providing enough privacy for the young family living in the densely populated area. "Located in a residential The post Kenta Hirayama clads House in Kinuta in steel-sheet facade appeared first on Dezeen.
Architecture studio MVRDV has designed a flagship store for Chinese fashion brand Urban Revivo in Beijing, China, with a dramatic facade informed by the roof tiles on the city's traditional houses. Located within Beijing's Sanlitun shopping district, the store sits along the main pedestrian route of the district that connects the south section, known for The post MVRDV wraps Beijing roof tiles around Chinese moon gates for fashion flagship store appeared first on Dezeen.
Local architecture practice Rerucha Studio has arranged a cedar-clad house with detached elements around a central courtyard to function like a park in Seattle, Washington, USA. Aptly named Park House, the 2,500-square-foot (232-square-metre) residence spreads into three distinct structures connected by a steel trellis across its site. Rerucha Studio drew from the progressive scale of The post Rerucha Studio organises Seattle house as "small village of connected spaces" appeared first on Dezeen.
As developmental models for sports venues shift, architects and planners are being tasked with designing vast districts to support year-round activity. For our Future Stadium series, we look at the rise of the sports district and some factors driving the change. According to a study by sports agency Klutch Sports Group and Royal Bank of The post How stadiums are turning into entertainment districts appeared first on Dezeen.