James Parkes
Venice Architecture Biennale
Venice Architecture Biennale
Studio Other Spaces installation at Venice Architecture Biennale features fungi and trees
Studio Other Spaces, the office founded by artist Olafur Eliasson and architect Sebastian Behmann, has created an installation with contributions from 50 participants of the Venice Architecture Biennale. More
Paris' Bourse de Commerce reopens after Tadao Ando redesign
The historic Bourse de Commerce building in Paris is reopening after a restoration and redesign by Japanese architect Tadao Ando that includes a nine-metre-tall cylindrical concrete wall placed within its rotunda. More
Venice Architecture Biennale
Venice Architecture Biennale
Shahed Saleem designs replicas of London mosques for Venice Architecture Biennale
Architect and researcher Shahed Saleem has created life-size case studies of three London mosques for the Applied Arts Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. More
Venice Architecture Biennale
Venice Architecture Biennale
Rainwater flows in and out of Danish Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale
Flowing streams, footbridges, leaks and water pipes all lead visitors through the Danish Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale in an exhibition that explores the circularity of water. More
Henning Larsen begins construction on sustainable school with walkable roof
Danish architecture studio Henning Larsen has broken ground on The New School, a primary school in Sundby that will be the first in Denmark to be given a Nordic Ecolabel. More
Tautem and Bmc2 Architectes use monolithic forms to create concrete school in Marseille
French architecture studios Tautem and Bmc2 Architectes have built a concrete school in Marseille with sculptural features, skewed-geometric windows and colourful interiors. More
Diana Kellogg Architects creates oval-shaped school in India's Thar Desert
New York-based studio Diana Kellogg Architects looked to symbols of femininity for its design of an oval-shaped all-girls' school in India made from local sandstone. More
Seven 3D-printed houses that have been built around the world
A Dutch couple recently became the first people in Europe to move into a 3D-printed home, so we have rounded up seven examples of 3D-printed houses from around the world. More
Clap Studio designs modular studio that takes cues from the Mediterranean Sea
As part of Valencia's programme as World Design Capital 2022, local firm Clap Studio has created a modular installation for a television studio that was informed by the ocean and made from gridded mesh boxes and illuminated spheres. More
MAD tops Jiaxing Civic Center with roof shaped like a "tarp blown by the wind"
Architecture studio MAD has designed a three-venue civic centre in the city of Jiaxing, China, that will be topped with a continuous roof that has the form of a tarpaulin being blown in the wind, according to the studio. More
Lilli Hollein appointed director of Vienna's MAK – Museum of Applied Arts
Lilli Hollein, the former director and co-founder of Vienna Design Week, has been named the head of the MAK – Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna. More
World's "longest pedestrian suspension" bridge opens in Portugal
A pedestrian suspension bridge that claims to be the longest in the world, named 516 Arouca and measuring 516 metres in length, has opened in northern Portugal. More
First tenants move into 3D-printed home in Eindhoven
A boulder-shaped concrete house in the Netherlands has become the first lived-in 3D-printed home in the country after its tenants received the key on April 30. More
AL_A wraps University of Oxford buildings in etched glass and anodised aluminium
London-based architecture studio AL_A has designed two buildings for the University of Oxford that are wrapped in aluminium and etched glass to mimic stone and reflect the site's historic setting. More
Southern hemisphere's tallest residential skyscraper punctuated by cantilevered golden star
Architecture studio Fender Katsalidis has completed the Australia 108 skyscraper in Melbourne, which at 319 metres tall is the tallest residential building in the southern hemisphere. More
Environmentalism is replacing formalism in architecture says Joseph Grima
Young architects are rejecting "cookie-cutter modernism" in favour of approaches that prioritise conserving the earth's resources according to Joseph Grima, who has written a manifesto calling for a new type of non-extractive architecture. More
Twelve contemporary bathrooms with a spa-like feel
For our latest lookbook, we have selected 12 spa-like bathrooms created by architects and designers to relax and unwind in. More
Marià Castelló creates geometric three-volume home on Formentera
Spanish architecture studio Marià Castelló has built a three-volume home with ceramic vaulted ceilings on the Mediterranean island of Formentera. More
SANAA designs cloud-like structure for Shenzhen Maritime Museum
Japanese architecture studio SANAA has revealed its design for a museum in Shenzhen, which will be enclosed by a collection of hemispherical forms blanketed by a mesh louvred roof. More
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners designs Shenzhen airport terminal with "natural environment at its heart"
Architecture studio Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has designed a terminal for an airport in Shenzhen, China, that will be arranged around a large covered garden. More