Lizzie Crook
Herzog & de Meuron begins San Francisco power plant transformation
Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has broken ground on its transformation and extension of a decommissioned power plant on the waterfront of San Francisco, USA. More
Emerging designers brighten London's streets with playful City Benches
A stone courting bench and a giant teacup are among nine imaginative seating designs that architects and designers have created for the London Festival of Architecture. More
Dorte Mandrup designs IKEA Copenhagen store with rooftop park
Danish studio Dorte Mandrup has designed a city-centre IKEA store with a public rooftop park that will act as a "green lounge" for Copenhagen, Denmark. More
Venice Architecture Biennale
Venice Architecture Biennale
Curators Collective overcomes "barriers of borders and politics" at Venice Architecture Biennale
Curators of fifty national pavilions at the Venice Architecture Biennale have come together to collaborate and share resources as part of the Curators Collective. More
Former gasworks chosen as site for Eden Project Dundee
The Eden Project charity has announced its plans for its first ecological attraction in Scotland, which is set to be built on a disused industrial site in Dundee. More
Wright & Wright completes overhaul of Museum of the Home in London
Architecture studio Wright & Wright has completed a renovation and extension of the 18th-century Museum of the Home in London, UK. More
The House Recast by Studio Ben Allen wins Don't Move, Improve! 2021
A "rich and interesting" refurbishment of a Victorian house by Studio Ben Allen has been named London's best new home improvement project in the Don't Move, Improve! awards. More
Swedish university develops lightweight structural battery using carbon fibre
Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have claimed a "big breakthrough" in the development of a battery that can function structurally as well as a power source. More
Foster + Partners unveils masterplan for forested neighbourhood in Bangkok
Foster + Partners has released visuals for The Forestias, a multi-generational residential neighbourhood on the edge of Bangkok, Thailand, which will have a large forest at the centre. More
Venice Architecture Biennale
Venice Architecture Biennale
Nordic Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale is a full-scale co-housing model
Norwegian architecture studio Helen & Hard has built a 1:1 cross-section of a co-housing project made from spruce wood in the Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. More
Venice Architecture Biennale
Venice Architecture Biennale
British Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale examines threats to public space
London studio Unscene Architecture explores how pubs, high streets and green spaces in the UK can be made more inclusive in the British Pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale. More
Studio Libeskind designs geometric Jewish Museum for Lisbon
Tilted walls covered in blue ceramic tiles will break up the white geometric exterior of Tikva, a Jewish museum that New York office Studio Libeskind is designing in the district of Belém in Lisbon. More
Perkins&Will develops sustainable materials database for interior fit-outs
The London office of architecture and design firm Perkins&Will is developing a searchable directory of sustainable and circular products to help minimise the carbon footprint of its interior design projects. More
Destroyed Al-Nouri Mosque complex to be rebuilt in Mosul
UNESCO has unveiled plans to reconstruct the ruined Al-Nouri Mosque complex in Mosul, Iraq, with enclosed gardens, perforated brick buildings and more facilities for women. More
Sou Fujimoto designs Shenzhen exhibition complex with transparent facade
A transparent facade will offer glimpses inside the Shenzhen Reform and Opening-up Exhibition Hall in China, which is being designed by Sou Fujimoto Architects and Donghua Chen Studio. More
Foster + Partners' City Hall among top ten under-threat buildings in the UK
City Hall in London, the brutalist Derby Assembly Rooms and Swindon's Oasis Leisure Centre are among the UK's top 10 buildings under threat according to architectural campaigning charity Twentieth Century Society. More
Diller Scofidio + Renfro completes riverside Tianjin Juilliard School in China
Four steel and concrete pavilions linked by glass bridges make up the Tianjin Juilliard School, which New York studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro has completed in northeastern China. More
Avala House is a steel-framed residence on a mountainside in Serbia
Glass walls and a gridded steel frame define Avala House, which architecture studio Ten has created in a sloping orchard on the Avala mountain in Belgrade, Serbia. More
David Chipperfield completes "surgical" overhaul of Mies van der Rohe's Neue Nationalgalerie
The renovation of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, Germany, has been completed by British practice David Chipperfield Architects. More
Rafael Moneo awarded Venice Architecture Biennale Golden Lion award
Spanish architect, educator, critic and theoretician Rafael Moneo has been revealed as the recipient of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement by the Venice Architecture Biennale. More