2023 review
2023 review
The top 10 architecture and design controversies of 2023
Continuing our review of the year, Dezeen looks back at the most controversial stories to hit the world of architecture and design in 2023. More
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Renovations
Renovations
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios restores and refurbishes historic Brighton Dome venues
UK practice Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has restored four heritage-listed buildings within the Brighton Dome cultural complex, upgrading its performance spaces and uncovering 19th-century structures. More
Features
Features
Does London need the Sphere?
Following recent controversy over proposals for an MSG Sphere in London similar to Las Vegas's new light-up venue, Dezeen examines the arguments on both sides of the debate. More
Comments
Comments
"A metastasized Sydney Opera House" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Zaha Hadid Architects' Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Centre on an artificial lake in China. More
Theatres
Theatres
ARM Architecture covers Geelong Arts Centre in swooping concrete curtains
Australian studio ARM Architecture has completed the renovation of the Geelong Arts Centre in Victoria, Australia, adding a theatrical draping facade to its exterior. More
Cafes
Cafes
Sukchulmok wraps Seoul bakery with stainless-steel facade
South Korean architecture studio Sukchulmok has renovated a bakery and cafe in Seoul and added a reflective facade made of stainless steel. More
Residential architecture and interiors
Residential architecture and interiors
WMR Arquitectos runs wood-framed house down a Chilean cliffside
Chilean studio WMR Arquitectos has balanced a slanted wooden house with open interiors on a hillside overlooking the sea in Matanzas, Chile. More
Residential architecture and interiors
Residential architecture and interiors
Will Gamble Architects draws on desert modernism for London extension
British studio Will Gamble Architects used natural materials throughout Palm Springs, a glazed extension to the back of a Grade II-listed house in north London. More
Residential extensions
Residential extensions
Unemori Architects envelops existing building with Father & Son House
Japanese studio Unemori Architects has used cypress wood to create Father & Son House, an extension constructed above and around a self-built annexe in Saitama. More
News
News
MSG seeks to create "K-pop Sphere" for Hanam
The company behind MSG Sphere Las Vegas is reportedly planning to build a 120-metre-high spherical music venue that would host performances by K-pop artists in Hanam, South Korea. More
3D printing
3D printing
Barry Wark uses sand to make "most intricate 3D-printed wall ever"
The Museum of the Future in Dubai has unveiled a six-metre-long 3D-printed wall made from sand by architect and researcher Barry Wark. More
Universities
Universities
Robotically woven fibres wrap university building for textiles in Germany
A web of glass and carbon fibres envelops Texoversum, a university building for textiles that architecture studios Allmannwappner and Menges Scheffler Architekten have created in Germany. More
Pinterest
Pinterest
Dezeen's Pinterest roundup features nine daring skateparks
Over the past year, Pinterest users have had a keen interest in skateparks. We've rounded up nine projects from our skateboarding board. More
Renovations
Renovations
Neuhäusl Hunal divides Sculptor's Apartment in Prague using curved glass partitions
Czech architecture studio Neuhäusl Hunal has renovated a prefabricated apartment in Prague, turning it into an open-plan home and workspace for sculptor and glassworker Vladimír Bachorík. More
Hotels
Hotels
Skinny hotel in Vietnam offers guests a feeling of "protection and intimacy"
Timber balconies project from the corner of this skinny concrete hotel in Nah Trang, Vietnam, designed by local studio 324Praxis. More
London house extensions
London house extensions
Proctor & Shaw tops London home extension with serrated zinc roof
Architecture studio Proctor & Shaw has topped a home extension with a steeply-angled roof clad with red pigmented zinc in East Dulwich, London. More
Pool houses
Pool houses
Baldó Arquitectura references Japanese design for Spanish pool house
Bamboo and an overhanging roof characterise Godai Pavilion, a pool house that Spanish studio Baldó Arquitectura has created for a home in rural Cantabria. More
This week on Dezeen
This week on Dezeen
This week we revealed the UK's best new house
This week on Dezeen, a polycarbonate London home modelled on a riad was named the Royal Institute of British Architects' House of the Year for 2023. More
Residential architecture and interiors
Residential architecture and interiors
Neil Dusheiko Architects revamps London terrace to bring owner "closer to nature"
A green wall and a charred-timber extension define House of the Elements, a Victorian home in London renovated by local studio Neil Dusheiko Architects. More
News
News
Zaha Hadid Architects references migratory birds for Zhuhai art centre
Four angular wings with steel canopies form Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Centre, which British studio Zaha Hadid Architects has completed on an artificial lake in China. More