Students "let down by their architectural education" says climate action group
Climate activist group Architects Climate Action Network has launched a student-focused arm in response to its recent survey, which revealed that UK architecture students feel unprepared to tackle the climate crisis. More
Lina Bo Bardi wins Venice Architecture Biennale's Special Golden Lion award
The late modernist architect Lina Bo Bardi has been named the winner of the Special Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement award at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale. More
Man-made rock pools at San Diego Bay waterfront double as coastal defences
A group of geometric concrete blocks that mimic rock pools have been installed at San Diego Bay in California by eco-engineering company Econcrete to prevent flooding while providing habitats for marine life. More
Jason deCaires Taylor creates Underwater Museum of Cannes "to draw more people underwater"
Six large sculptures of fractured human faces form an underwater museum that British sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor has created off the coast of Cannes, France. More
Outdoor space has "equal importance" to interiors in Villa Fifty-Fifty
Studioninedots has created a house in the Netherlands that is arranged as a patchwork of alternating courtyards and industrial low-lying pavilions. More
Foster + Partners to transform abandoned gas plant in Madrid into offices
A vacant natural-gas plant in Madrid, Spain is set to be overhauled by Foster + Partners to create the plant-filled and timber-lined Acciona Ombú offices. More
Nicholas Burns nestles concrete chapel within grounds of Portuguese estate
Architect Nicholas Burns has hidden a chapel made from concrete amongst trees and granite boulders on a large private estate in northern Portugal. More
Mecanoo cloaks palatial Tainan Public Library with decorative aluminium cladding
Patterned aluminium panels wrap the stepped exterior of the Tainan Public Library, which Dutch studio Mecanoo and local office MAYU Architects have completed in southern Taiwan. More
KPF designs trio of interconnected skyscrapers for London
Kohn Pedersen Fox has unveiled its design for a trio of skyscrapers linked by vertical planters, which is set to be built at 70 Gracechurch Street in the City of London. More
Snøhetta wraps Polestar car factory in Chengdu in wavy black facade
A curving facade of black steel and glass fronts this factory for electric car brand Polestar in Chengdu, China designed by Snøhetta. More
Boris Johnson proposes roundabout beneath Isle of Man as part of tunnel system under Irish Sea
UK prime minister Boris Johnson has proposed connecting England, Scotland and Northern Ireland via tunnels connected to a giant underground roundabout beneath the Isle of Man. More
Cheng Chung Design creates restaurant within brick art installation in China
Hong Kong architecture studio Cheng Chung Design has created a restaurant and exhibition space within the cavernous interiors of a brick art installation in Mile City, China. More
Plans for Barbican concert hall by Diller Scofidio & Renfro axed
Plans for the pyramidal Centre for Music by Diller Scofidio & Renfro in London have been scrapped, with a "major renewal" of the nearby Barbican estate set to take place instead. More
Dorte Mandrup to turn former home of Nazi architect into design academy
Dorte Mandrup has announced its plans to convert the Saalecker Workshops, the former home of German architect Paul Schultze-Naumburg, into an international design academy. More
MVRDV to build artificial hill alongside London's Marble Arch
MVRDV has revealed visuals of Marble Arch Mound, a temporary landscaped viewpoint that will be built in central London to attract people back to the Oxford Street shopping district following the coronavirus pandemic. More
Life Meets Art book offers glimpse inside homes of leading creatives
Norman Foster's lofty dining room and the tactile living space of Faye Toogood are among the home interiors revealed in author Sam Lubell's new book, Life Meets Art. More
Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Woods Bagot design Aboriginal Art and Cultures Centre for Adelaide
Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Woods Bagot have revealed visuals of the Aboriginal Art and Cultures Centre in Adelaide, which will take cues from traditional Indigenous shelters. More
Kéré Architecture models Benin's parliament on African palaver tree
Kéré Architecture has released visuals of the National Assembly of Benin, which has been designed to "express the democratic values and identity" of the country. More
Wormhole Library by MAD nears completion in China
Chinese architecture studio MAD has released construction photos of its sinuous Wormhole Library after the building topped out on Haikou Bay in Hainan. More
Zaha Hadid Architects models expansion of Beijing exhibition centre on traditional Chinese architecture
A striped roofscape that takes cues from tiled roofs in traditional Chinese architecture will characterise Zaha Hadid Architects' expansion of the International Exhibition Centre in Beijing. More