Architecture
Architecture
Studio Gang completes twisting Mira tower in San Francisco
The interiors of Studio Gang's Mira residential building have been revealed in these new photographs, as the project is finished in San Francisco. More
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Architecture
Architecture
Architecture workers are being exploited during pandemic, warns union
UK architecture studios have been cutting pay and illegally making staff work while furloughed during the coronavirus pandemic, the Section of Architectural Workers union alleges. More
Technology
Technology
Apple commits to being carbon neutral by 2030
Apple has released a 10-year roadmap to ensure that every device it produces has a net-zero climate impact by 2030, as part of its plans to become carbon neutral. More
Architecture
Architecture
Law allowing conversion of shops to homes without planning permission "truly disgraceful" says RIBA
The UK government's plans to extend permitted development rights will produce tiny "sub-standard homes" warns the Royal Institute of British Architects. More
Comments
Comments
"Foster + Partners withdrawing will not solve climate change" say commenters
In this week's comments update, readers are debating whether Foster + Partners should pull out of designing a controversial new private airport in Saudi Arabia and sharing their views on other top stories. More
Architecture
Architecture
SHoP Architects reveals Botswana Innovation Hub nearing completion in Gaborone
US studio SHoP Architects and local studio Nutall Smith have released a set of photos showing their innovation hub and HIV research laboratory almost complete in Gaborone, Botswana. More
Architecture
Architecture
US House of Representatives passes bill for bird-friendly public buildings
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to reduce the amount of glass used for federal buildings in a bid to protect birds from death by collision. More
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Architecture
Architecture
ACAN calls on Foster + Partners to withdraw from Amaala airport project over climate concerns
Climate activist group Architects Climate Action Network has called on Foster + Partners to pull out of a controversial new private airport in Saudi Arabia – or resign as a signatory of the Architects Declare movement. More
This week on Dezeen
This week on Dezeen
This week, Eva Franch i Gilabert was dismissed as AA director
This week on Dezeen, we broke the news that Eva Franch i Gilabert had been fired as the director of London's Architectural Association. More
News
News
Notre-Dame cathedral features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter includes an update on the future of Notre-Dame cathedral after it was damaged in a devastating fire last year. More
Virtual Design Festival
Virtual Design Festival
Eight ways Virtual Design Festival has set the agenda for architecture and design
After three months, two million video plays, over 600 posts and more than 50 live interviews, Virtual Design Festival has come to an end. From defining a new design movement to imagining new planets and urban wildernesses, here are a few of the agenda-setting ideas it raised. More
Architecture
Architecture
Marc Quinn replaces statue of slaver Edward Colston with Black Lives Matter protestor
Artist Marc Quinn has erected a sculpture of Black Lives Matter protester Jen Reid on the plinth in Bristol where the statue of a slave trader stood before it was torn down. More
Architecture
Architecture
Trump administration drops threat to deport foreign students studying online
The Trump administration has reversed its decision to strip international students taking online-only courses of their visas, which prompted a lawsuit from MIT and Harvard University. More
News
News
Abrupt dismissal of AA director Eva Franch i Gilabert leaves "a cloud over the school"
The failure to investigate allegations of bullying and sexism at the Architectural Association have damaged both the school and the architecture profession, according to tutors and alumni. More
Architecture
Architecture
CallisonRTKL unveils Guadalajara airport terminal informed by Mexico's canyons
US firm CallisonRTKL has designed a terminal building for the airport in Guadalajara topped with a perforated wooden ceiling to filter sunlight. More
Architecture
Architecture
PILA unveils plan to rejuvenate Greece's long-abandoned Piraeus Tower
Architecture studio PILA has designed new facades for Greece's second tallest building, which has never been occupied in the 45 years since it was completed. More
Comments
Comments
Commenters think Kanye West's low-cost housing "doesn't look affordable"
In this week's comments update, readers are critiquing Kanye West's latest prototype for his low-cost housing for the homeless and sharing their views on other top stories. More
Architecture
Architecture
San Francisco building lifted 10 feet in preparation of rising sea levels
A historic waterfront building in San Francisco that weighs 2,075 tons, the equivalent of 20 space shuttles, will be hoisted up over three metres above ground to protect it from flooding caused by climate change. More
Architecture
Architecture
Architects Declare refuses to "name and shame" following Foster + Partners airport plans
Climate change network Architects Declare has stated that it will not denounce founding signatory Foster + Partners, which has come under fire for designing a new airport in Saudi Arabia. More
Interiors
Interiors
United in Design aims to provide a "road map" to make the interiors industry more diverse
Interior designers Sophie Ashby and Alexandria Dauley have set up United in Design, an organisation that aims to increase racial diversity within the interiors industry. More