Three weeks left to nominate your favourite studios for Designers of the Year at Dezeen Awards 2024
Last week we launched our public nomination for the Designers of the Year awards at Dezeen Awards 2024. Here, we round up last year's winners. More
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Sumayya Vally named emerging architect of the year at Dezeen Awards 2023
South African architect Sumayya Vally has been named emerging architect of the year at this week's Dezeen Awards 2023 ceremony. More
Sumayya Vally unveils design for sculptural pedestrian bridge in Belgium
A series of boat-like forms will be tied together to create the Asiat-Darse pedestrian bridge, which South African architect Sumayya Vally is designing for Vilvoorde in Belgium. More
"Recipes are important archives of where we come from and how we've evolved" says Sumayya Vally
In the final instalment of our exclusive video series with Counterspace founder Sumayya Vally, the South African architect discusses the role of recipes in her Material Histories project for the Istanbul Design Biennial. More
Counterspace's Children's Courtroom installation "teaches children about the justice system"
In the third of our series of exclusive video interviews with Sumayya Vally, the architect discusses how her studio Counterspace's Children's Courtroom project aimed to teach kids about the law, rights and equality. More
Counterspace's Folded Skies installation aims to explore "the complexities of land"
In the second part of our exclusive video series with Sumayya Vally, the architect discusses how her studio Counterspace's project Folded Skies addresses the complex geographies of Johannesburg. More
"Counterspace was born out of a desire to create a different canon" says Sumayya Vally
In the first of a series of exclusive video interviews with Sumayya Vally, the Serpentine Pavillion 2021 architect says her studio Counterspace was founded out of a desire to create the kind of architecture she felt was missing from her formal education. More
Serpentine Pavilion's use of biomaterials "more than compensates" for concrete emissions, says Aecom
The construction of this year's Serpentine Pavilion removed 31 tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere, according to a report by construction consultant AECOM. More
Watch a live talk with Serpentine Pavilion architect Sumayya Vally
Dezeen teamed up with the Serpentine Gallery to live stream a conversation between Hans Ulrich Obrist and architect Sumayya Vally of Counterspace about this year's Serpentine Pavilion. More
Serpentine Pavilion celebrates "places with a history significant to migration" says Sumayya Vally
In this exclusive video produced by Dezeen, Sumayya Vally of Counterspace explains how her design for this year's Serpentine Pavilion references the architecture of London's migrant communities. More
Counterspace combines abstracted fragments of London for carbon-negative Serpentine Pavilion
South African studio Counterspace led by architect Sumayya Vally has unveiled a pink and grey structure built from elements informed by buildings in London as this year's Serpentine Pavilion. More
Sumayya Vally named one of Time magazine's 100 leaders of the future
Sumayya Vally, the founder of South African architecture studio Counterspace, has been named on the Time100 Next list of people "poised to make history". More
Panelists discussed land in part two of The World Around summit
The second instalment of The World Around's three-part summit included conversations with architects Francis Kéré, Counterspace, Cave Bureau and more. Watch the event above. More
Serpentine Pavilion 2020 postponed until next year due to coronavirus
The opening of this year's Serpentine Pavilion, designed by South African architecture studio Counterspace, has been postponed until 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. More
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Counterspace designs Serpentine Pavilion 2020 to be built with recycled bricks
South African architecture studio Counterspace will use cork and bricks made of recycled construction waste to build this year's Serpentine Pavilion, which refers to the experiences of London's migrant communities in its design. More
Folded Skies installation mimics the light created by Johannesburg's mine dust
Large-scale coloured mirrors recreate the iridescent beauty of Johannesburg's toxic sunsets in this installation by architecture studio Counterspace. More