Lizzie Crook
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
Emergency housing block in Washington DC has four "uniquely different" facades
Staggered apartments and semi-enclosed play areas animate the exterior of The Aya, a short-term housing block in Washington DC by US firms Studio Twenty Seven Architecture and Leo A Daly. More
ZJJZ Atelier references Chinese folktale to create The Mushroom guesthouse
A conical roof covered in shingles caps The Mushroom guesthouse, which ZJJZ Atelier has built in a pine forest in Jiangxi, China to draw visitors away from a "mundane ordinary life". More
MAD completes amorphous concrete library in China
Chinese architecture studio MAD has completed the Cloudscape of Haikou, a sinuous library and waystation that is cast in seamless white concrete on the coast of the Chinese island of Hainan. More
Ten ways in which architecture is addressing climate change
To honour Earth Day, we've rounded up 10 ways architects are reshaping the built environment to benefit both people and the planet. More
Grimshaw models Shenzhen airport transport hub on mangrove trees
Mangrove trees informed the design of the Shenzhen Airport East Integrated Transport Hub, which architecture firm Grimshaw has won a competition to build at an airport in China. More
Wooden partitions add flexibility to Fruit Box house extension in London
Nimtim Architects has added an extension called Fruit Box to a 1970s townhouse in Forest Hill, London, which is loosely divided by adaptable, semi-open partitions. More
Three designs to improve remote working named as Davidson Prize finalists
Office pods that could replace parked cars and a conceptual technology that brings nature into the home are among the three finalists of the inaugural Davidson Prize. More
Niall McLaughlin Architects models castle entrance tower on siege engine
Siege engines and market halls informed the design of the Auckland Tower, a larch entrance building and viewpoint that Niall McLaughlin Architects has created for a castle in England. More
Outdoor classrooms to play key role in "pandemic-proof" school in Peru
Architecture firms Rosan Bosch Studio and IDOM have developed a school for a campus in Lima, Peru, in which teaching will take place in both indoor and outdoor classrooms. More