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RSHP transforms “Sydney’s back door into a new front door” with Barangaroo masterplan

October 31, 2025 Amy Peacock 0

British studio RSHP has completed the Barangaroo South masterplan in Sydney, transforming an abandoned container port into a harbourside commercial and residential district. Working with developer Lendlease, RSHP designed Barangaroo South as an extension of Sydney’s central business district, aiming to connect the surrounding city with the disused waterfront location. “With the greatest respect for all people

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Foster + Partners converts Parisian building into “hospitality-driven” gallery and restaurant

October 30, 2025 Amy Peacock 0

British studio Foster + Partners has transformed a 1970s building on the Champs-Élysées in Paris into a gallery and studio for US furniture brand RH, topped with a rooftop restaurant. Foster + Partners worked with RH on the building conversion, aiming to create what it described as a “hospitality-driven gallery space” that brings together retail and

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Tadao Ando unveils twisting design for Dubai Museum of Art

October 28, 2025 Amy Peacock 0

Japanese architect Tadao Ando has unveiled the design for an art museum in Dubai, which will be housed in a rounded, twisting building overlooking the emirate’s natural saltwater creek. Renders of the five-storey Dubai Museum of Art reveal a curving building finished with white walls, punctuated by triangular windows as they swoop and twist upwards. Designed by

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Carlo Ratti Associati designs Alpine bivouac for Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games

October 28, 2025 Amy Peacock 0

Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati has collaborated with furniture fair Salone del Mobile to design a cross-laminated timber Alpine bivouac, which will be exhibited at the 2026 Winter Olympics. The bivouac will be unveiled as a pavilion at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics in February next year before being airlifted by helicopter to the Alps, where

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Photos reveal Danjiang Bridge by Zaha Hadid Architects nearing completion in Taiwan

October 27, 2025 Amy Peacock 0

UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled photos of Danjiang Bridge under construction in Taiwan, which is set to become the world’s longest single-tower, cable-stayed bridge. Set to open on 12 May 2026, the bridge’s main structure was recently completed with the installation of the final segment of steel decking, fully connecting the two sides of

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Eight closed-off homes concealed behind windowless facades

October 25, 2025 Amy Peacock 0

In our latest roundup, we look at houses where solid, windowless walls create privacy and intrigue by hiding interior spaces from the outside world. While these homes may have austere street-facing exteriors that give little away, their windowless facades block out distractions from outside and help create a feeling of sanctuary inside. Read on for eight

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Stacked culinary hub by BIG and Bat Architecture “liberates the ground”

October 23, 2025 Amy Peacock 0

Sloping walkable roof terraces stretch over GOE, a food research centre that Danish architecture studio BIG and Spanish studio Bat Architecture designed as a continuation of the landscape at San Sebastián, Spain. GOE, which stands for Gastronomy Open Ecosystem, was designed by BIG and Bat Architecture for the Basque Culinary Centre as a hub for

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Itten+Brechbühl creates demountable timber sports hall for University of Zurich

November 11, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Swiss architecture studio Itten+Brechbühl has created a temporary timber university sports hall in Zurich, with aspirations for its demountable construction to be “the new standard in architecture”. Shortlisted in the sustainable building category of Dezeen Awards 2024, Sporthallenprovisorium Gloriarank replaces four sports halls at the University of Zurich with its glued laminated timber (glulam) structure clad in

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This week we revealed Kengo Kuma’s Saint-Denis Pleyel Station in Paris

November 9, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

This week on Dezeen, Japanese studio Kengo Kuma and Associates completed a Parisian interchange station wrapped in vertical wooden louvres. Built as part of the Grand Paris Express transport system, Saint-Denis Pleyel Station has an angular form made up of wedge-shaped tiers wrapped in external ramps. It acts as an interchange between four metro lines and connects

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LLDS Architects tops self-designed home in Melbourne with curved plywood roof

November 4, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

A curved roof and textured concrete walls characterise Northcote House in Melbourne, designed by local studio LLDS Architects for its founder partners. Slotted into the site of a former car park measuring 4.6 metres in width and 22 metres in length, the project by LLDS Architects aims to showcase how narrow urban plots can be

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