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Heatherwick's Vessel closes again after fourth suicide
The Vessel viewpoint at New York's Hudson Yards has temporarily closed after a fourth person died by suicide after jumping from the Heatherwick Studio-designed structure. More
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Amanda Levete designs world's first magnetised fusion power station for the UK
A prototype power plant designed by architect Amanda Levete's firm AL_A with a nuclear fusion reactor is set to be built in Oxfordshire, England. More
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This week MVRDV's fake hill opened, and then closed again, in London
This week on Dezeen, the Marble Arch Mound designed by Dutch studio MVRDV was forced to partially close shortly after opening in central London. More
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The Cube will be "world's first building made of carbon concrete"
Researchers at the Technical University of Dresden have been working with German architecture firm Henn to create the first concrete building to be reinforced with carbon fibres instead of steel. More
Architecture
Architecture
Marble Arch Mound has a "serious message" says MVRDV in defence of attraction
Dutch studio MVRDV has responded to the criticism of its fake hill in central London and accepts that it opened before it was ready. More
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IKEA Sundvik furniture allegedly made from illegal Russian wood
Investigative research organisation Earthsight has released a report that claims the pine found in IKEA's Sundvik children's furniture range comes from trees illegally felled in protected Russian forests. More
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MVDRV's Marble Arch Mound "going down like a turd" as council suspends bookings
Dutch studio MVRDV's £2 million fake hill in central London has been ridiculed by critics and forced to temporarily close, with refunds issued to disgruntled visitors. More
Architecture
Architecture
Marc Thorpe designs off-grid cabin retreat in the Romanian mountains
Architect Marc Thorpe has revealed designs for a cabin hotel in Romania, featuring off-grid wooden lodges informed by rural vernacular architecture. More
Redesign the World
Redesign the World
Dezeen launches £15,000 Redesign the World competition with Epic Games
Dezeen has teamed up with Epic Games to launch Redesign the World, the ultimate design competition that calls for new ideas to rethink planet Earth. More
Architecture
Architecture
Heatherwick "isn't involved" in designing national Covid-19 memorial
British designer Thomas Heatherwick has rejected claims that he is working on creating a coronavirus memorial following a meeting with representatives of the UK government. More
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Ex-students hire lawyer to pursue "breaches of a serious nature" at Bartlett architecture school
A group of former students and staff members from the Bartlett School of Architecture in London have hired a solicitor to examine claims of sexual and racial discrimination at the school. More
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Jony Ive and Prince Charles launch Terra Carta Design Lab to encourage "truly powerful solutions" to climate change
Former Apple designer Jony Ive has teamed up with The Prince of Wales to launch an initiative that will encourage Royal College of Art students to propose designs that tackle climate change. More
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Dezeen 15 festival
Neri Oxman, Winy Maas and Es Devlin to present manifestos for the future as part of Dezeen 15 festival
Fifteen trailblazing creatives including Natsai Audrey Chieza, Space Popular and Jalila Essaïdi will present ideas for making the world a better place over the next 15 years as part of Dezeen's 15th birthday celebrations. More
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This week the Olympics were accused of "greenwashing"
This week on Dezeen, we reported on the sustainable aims of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, which were questioned in a peer-reviewed study. More
Technology
Technology
Digital twins will act as "foundations of the metaverse" and allow people to move between real and virtual spaces
Digital replicas of buildings and cities will one day link together to form a parallel world where people work, play and socialise, according to David Weir-McCall of gaming company Epic Games. More
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RIBA announces winners of International Awards for Excellence 2021
Buildings by David Chipperfield Architects and Herzog & de Meuron have been named among the 16 winners of the RIBA International Award for Excellence. More
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Liverpool stripped of World Heritage status due to waterfront developments
UNESCO has stripped Liverpool of its prestigious World Heritage status after a UN committee found recent developments caused an "irreversible loss of attributes" in the city. More
Carbon revolution
Carbon revolution
Norway begins work on "absolutely necessary" project to bury up to 1.25 billion tonnes of CO2 under the North Sea
Norway has started work on Project Longship, a €1.7 billion project that could bury vast amounts of captured carbon under the North Sea in an effort to slow climate change. More
Carbon revolution
Carbon revolution
UK industry group calls for new rules to force architects to calculate embodied carbon emissions
A group of UK architects, developers and contractors have called for compulsory whole-life carbon assessments of buildings in a bid to tackle "hidden" emissions caused by construction supply chains. More
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Salone del Mobile appoints Maria Porro as new president
Italian furniture fair Salone del Mobile has named former Assarredo president Maria Porro its new president, making her the first woman appointed to the role. More