Architecture
Architecture
Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Gottfried Böhm dies aged 101
German architect Gottfried Böhm, designer of the brutalist Church of the Pilgrimage, has passed away aged 101. More
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Architecture
Architecture
Memorial to Sandy Hook shooting set to be "space to celebrate and remember"
SWA Group's design for a permanent memorial to those killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut has been given the go-ahead to be built. More
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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
Architecture
Architecture
OMA designs first North American outpost for Centre Pompidou
Architect OMA has revealed its plans to transform a former transport hub in Jersey City into The Centre Pompidou Jersey City. More
Architecture
Architecture
Elon Musk is "the biggest architect of our time" says Jan Boelen
Tesla and SpaceX entrepreneur Elon Musk is the world's greatest living architect, according to design curator and educator Jan Boelen. More
Architecture
Architecture
Artificial island Lynetteholm to be built in Copenhagen harbour
The Danish parliament has approved the building of Lynetteholm, an artificial island off the coast of Copenhagen that will house 35,000 people and protect the city's harbour from rising water. More
Architecture
Architecture
French architects face wood shortage with "prices going up every week"
A timber shortage in France has forced prices up as architects struggle to comply with a new environmental law that requires public buildings to be 50 per cent wood. More
Architecture
Architecture
This week temporary forests were installed in London and Vienna
This week on Dezeen, Es Devlin created the Forest for Change at the London Design Biennale and Superflux installed fire-blackened pine trees at the Vienna Biennale for Change 2021. More
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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
Architecture
Architecture
Bartlett launches investigation after racism and sexism allegations
University College London has launched a review into the Bartlett School of Architecture after ex-students came forward with allegations of sexist and racist treatment. More
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Design
Design
Es Devlin designs Forest for Change at London Design Biennale as "a place of transformation"
British designer Es Devlin has filled the courtyard of Somerset House with trees for her Forest for Change installation as part of this year's London Design Biennale. More
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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
This week on Dezeen
This week on Dezeen
This week Stefano Boeri unveiled his plans for Supersalone in Milan
This week on Dezeen, Salone del Mobile revealed its plans for an "unmissable" edition of the furniture fair called Supersalone curated by architect Stefano Boeri. More
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News
Obama and Bono praise David Adjaye's "genius" at star-studded Royal Gold Medal virtual event
David Adjaye received the RIBA Royal Gold Medal last night in a virtual ceremony featuring video messages from luminaries including Bono and Barack Obama, who said the architect creates spaces "unlike any the world has ever seen". More
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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
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Thomas Heatherwick's Vessel to reopen in New York on Friday with buddy system to prevent suicides
Individual visitors will be banned from Thomas Heatherwick's Vessel attraction in New York when it reopens on Friday, four months after a third suicide forced it to close. More
Architecture
Architecture
Gansevoort Peninsula by James Corner Field Operations will feature Manhattan's first beach
New York's Hudson River Park Trust has begun construction on Gansevoort Peninsula, a riverfront park by landscape architects James Corner Field Operations that will be home to Manhattan's first public beach. More
Architecture
Architecture
Kettle Collective plans to build world's second tallest tower in Russia
Scottish architecture practice Kettle Collective has unveiled designs for a 703-metre-high supertall skyscraper in St Petersburg, Russia, which would be the second tallest building in the world. More
Architecture
Architecture
HTA Design builds "world's tallest modular housing scheme" in Croydon
British architecture studio HTA Design has completed a two-tower housing scheme in Croydon, south London, which the studio says is the world’s tallest residential modular building. More