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“Unsettling yet splendid” says commenter

September 28, 2022 Serena Lawrance 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are dissecting a pair of inclined skyscrapers in Paris, designed by Ateliers Jean Nouvel. French studio Ateliers Jean Nouvel unveiled a pair of angled skyscrapers in the French capital that lean away from a central plaza, which is making readers feel “at best, uneasy”. The landmark towers were designed to be

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Dezeen Debate newsletter features 10 proposals for futuristic cities

August 4, 2022 Serena Lawrance 0

The latest edition of Dezeen Debate features 10 proposals for futuristic cities. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Following the announcement of a 170-kilometre-long megacity set to be built in the Saudi desert, we’ve rounded up 10 futuristic cities currently being planned around the world. Architecture studios such as BIG, Foster + Partners and OMA are masterplanning

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Dezeen Debate newsletter features Australia’s first Pride Centre

July 28, 2022 Serena Lawrance 0

The latest edition of Dezeen Debate features Australia’s first purpose-built Pride Centre. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Australia’s first purpose-built pride centre was unveiled in Melbourne. The Victorian Pride Centre is a five-story building dedicated to offering LGBTQ+ communities a number of services and safe spaces. L-shaped in plan, the centre incorporates tubular openings across its facade,

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Dezeen Debate newsletter features Frank Gehry’s The Grand skyscrapers

July 21, 2022 Serena Lawrance 0

The latest edition of Dezeen Debate features a pair of skyscrapers designed by Frank Gehry. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Gehry’s The Grand skyscrapers have opened across the street from the architect’s famous Walt Disney Concert Hall. The complex in downtown Los Angeles features residences, retail spaces and a hotel. Both of the towers feature unique L-shaped

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Dezeen Debate newsletter features a ribbon-like bridge

July 14, 2022 Serena Lawrance 0

The latest edition of Dezeen Debate features a ribbon-like bridge in Los Angeles. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Michael Maltzan Architecture has completed the Ribbon of Light in Los Angeles, a concrete and steel bridge that connects two LA neighbourhoods. The Ribbon of Light is the largest bridge project in the city’s history. It replaces

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Dezeen Debate newsletter features tributes to Marcus Fairs

July 7, 2022 Serena Lawrance 0
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The latest edition of Dezeen Debate features tributes to Dezeen’s founder Marcus Fairs, who passed away last week. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Readers are mourning the sudden and unexpected loss of Dezeen’s founder, CEO and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs at the age of 54. Marcus was a pioneer who changed the architecture and design journalism landscape.

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Dezeen Debate newsletter features a treehouse hotel room by BIG

June 30, 2022 Serena Lawrance 0

The latest edition of Dezeen Debate features a treehouse hotel room by BIG. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now! Danish architecture studio BIG revealed its design for the Treehotel in Swedish Lapland. Named the Biosphere treehouse, the suspended hotel room is covered with 350 birdhouses in a bid to increase local bird populations. The hotel room features large

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Dezeen Debate features eleven supertall skyscrapers

June 23, 2022 Serena Lawrance 0

The latest edition of Dezeen Debate features a roundup of eleven supertall skyscrapers. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now! Stefan Al, author of the book Supertall, has highlighted 11 tall buildings that have changed the way we think about cities over the past decade. Al argues that supertalls can positively contribute to cities with growing populations by

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Dezeen Debate features a plant-covered hotel by Philippe Starck

June 16, 2022 Serena Lawrance 0

The latest edition of Dezeen Debate features a plant-covered hotel in Paris by Philippe Starck. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now! Designer Philippe Starck, French-Brazilian studio Triptyque and landscape studio Coloco designed a Parisian hotel with a steel exoskeleton framework and a vertical garden across its facade. Spanning 8,000-square-metres, the hotel’s exterior was planted with trailing plants to

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Dezeen Debate features Theaster Gates’ Serpentine Pavilion

June 9, 2022 Serena Lawrance 0
Serpentine Pavilion

The latest edition of Dezeen Debate features the 2022 Serpentine Pavilion, which was designed by Chicago artist Theaster Gates. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now! Gates’ cylindrical Black Chapel Serpentine Pavilion was unveiled this week in London’s Kensington Gardens. The chapel-like wooden structure is topped with an oculus to encapsulate the “performative and meditative quality of a

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