Ben Dreith
REX creates "holy grail" combination of performance spaces in Providence
New York architecture studio REX has completed the "most automated" performance building in the world at Brown University's campus in Providence, Rhode Island. More
Concrete-based urban areas "will fail due to their non-resilience" says Kongjian Yu
Landscape architects must prioritise creating "sponge cities" in the face of increased flooding, Oberlander Prize-winner Kongjian Yu tells Dezeen in this interview. More
Skyscrapers planned for Indigenous land "look like the future of Vancouver"
Revery Architecture has designed the Sen̓áḵw residential skyscrapers for the Squamish Nation's land in Vancouver, which will aid economic development and "benefit all Canadians", according to the Indigenous group. More
-
Kongjian Yu wins 2023 Cornelia Hahn Oberlander award
Chinese landscape architect Kongjian Yu has been awarded the 2023 Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize for his contributions to the field. More
Field Operations' Gansevoort Peninsula designed to "help prepare" New York for climate change
Manhattan's first "public beachfront" and a salt marsh feature at Gansevoort Peninsula on the Hudson River, which was designed by local landscape studio Field Operations to serve as a buffer against rising tides. More
LMN Architects connects learning centre with aluminium walkways
Seattle-based studio LMN Architects has created a university building in Santa Barbara, California, with two separate volumes connected by a series of walkways clad in perforated aluminium. More
Circular Economy Manufacturing creates solar-powered recyling "microfactory" in New York
Design group Circular Economy Manufacturing has created a small factory that uses solar energy to convert plastic waste into household items and city infrastructure on Governors Island. More
Productora converts Mexico City textile factory into green-trimmed artist studios
Mexican architecture studio Productora has restored a concrete industrial complex in Mexico City into a series of studios including its own office. More
Esrawe + Cadena installs spinning chairs at FORMAT Festival in Arkansas
Woven spinning chairs by Héctor Esrawe and Ignacio Cadena, and a hidden stage with entrances made from portable toilets were some of the highlights of FORMAT Festival in Arkansas. More
PAU places vaulted glass structure in shell of Brooklyn's Domino Sugar Refinery
Local architecture studio Practice for Architecture and Urbanism has installed a glass office building with a vaulted roof inside the shell of the 19th-century Domino Sugar Refinery on the waterfront in Brooklyn. More
Studio Libeskind creates social housing block for first New York project
A sculptural facade defines the Allan & Geraldine Rosenberg Residences, a housing block with affordable senior apartments in Freeport, New York, designed by architecture firm Studio Libeskind. More
Dellekamp Schleich uses trusses for "Mexico's largest mass-timber building"
Local architecture studio Dellekamp Schleich has created an office building in Mexico City that it says is the country's largest and tallest mass-timber structure to "set an example for innovative construction methods". More
World's tallest skyscraper restarts construction in Saudi Arabia
Construction work has resumed on Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia, a skyscraper designed by Chicago-based studio Adrian Smith + Gill Gordon Architecture, which is expected to become the world's tallest building. More
Tatiana Bilbao Estudio completes ruin-like aquarium in Mexico
Architecture studio Tatiana Bilbao Estudio has completed an aquarium in Mazatlán, Mexico, with a labyrinthine structure that "merges marine and terrestrial elements in its architectural design". More
Detroit Month of Design highlights initiatives and reuse projects "for a better Detroit"
This year's edition of Detroit Month of Design features a number of adaptive reuse projects, including furniture made from recycled bulletproof glass and religious buildings converted into art spaces. More
Zeller & Moye and Katie Paterson align hundreds of glass cylinders for Apple campus sculpture
Architecture studio Zeller & Moye has collaborated with artist Katie Paterson to create Mirage, a massive sculpture made from glass cylinders for technology company Apple's campus in California. More
MoMA exhibition examines "how far we've come" in environmental architecture
The Museum of Modern Art in New York has opened an exhibition focused on the relationship between environmentalism and architecture in the 20th century. More
Rex clads "mystery box" World Trade Center performance arts center in translucent marble
Architecture studio Rex has revealed the translucent-marble-clad Perelman Performing Arts Center at New York's World Trade Center site. More
Photos show Diller Scofidio + Renfro's "surreal and magical" Blue Dream house in the Hamptons
A sloping fibreglass roof and a glass facade characterise New York studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro's first completed single-family residential project, which has been photographed officially for the first time by Iwan Baan. More
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects creates low-energy school expansion in California
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects has designed a school building that prioritises low-carbon solutions and water retention on restored woodlands outside of San Francisco. More