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Stallan-Brand and LDA Design revitalise Victorian garden in Aberdeen

November 14, 2025 Starr Charles 0

The renovated Union Terrace Gardens in Aberdeen by architecture studios Stallan-Brand and LDA Design, which are shortlisted for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award, feature in this video by Jim Stephenson. The film forms part of a series being published by Dezeen in collaboration with the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) to

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MVRDV designs giant sphere for sports arena in Tirana

November 11, 2025 Starr Charles 0

Dutch studio MVRDV has unveiled plans for The Grand Ballroom, a sports arena in Tirana, Albania, held within a 100-metre-wide sphere modelled on a sports ball. Replacing the existing Asllan Rusi Sports Palace currently on the site, the mixed-use venue is set to include a 6,000-seat arena crowned by a glass oculus, alongside retail space,

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Simpson & Brown revives 16th-century Fairburn Tower in Scottish Highlands

November 7, 2025 Starr Charles 0

A 16th-century tower house by architecture studio Simpson & Brown that has been shortlisted for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award is featured in this video by Stephenson&. The film forms part of a series being published by Dezeen in collaboration with the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) to highlight the annual award’s

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Santiago Calatrava adds angular office block to Zurich station

November 6, 2025 Starr Charles 0

Architect Santiago Calatrava has added a stone and glass office building beside the Stadelhofen Station in Zurich, which includes a multi-level bicycle parking facility. Named the Haus zum Falken, the eight-storey building sits on a narrow, triangular plot at the eastern end of the Stadelhofen railway station, which was previously updated and expanded by Calatrava in

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Ten projects that illustrate Piers Taylor’s call for “deeper and messier” architecture

November 3, 2025 Starr Charles 0

British architect Piers Taylor advocates a radically local approach to contemporary architecture in his book, Learning from the Local. In this roundup, he picks 10 featured projects that embody the idea. Published with the Royal Institute of British Architects, the book by Invisible Studio founder Taylor encourages the design of more contextual architectural design that

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Eight isolated modernist-style homes that belong in thrillers

November 2, 2025 Starr Charles 0

In our latest roundup, we explore eight homes in the UK and North America that look like they could feature in a modern-day thriller. In recent years, the film and tv industry has seen horror-style architecture shift away from gothic and Victorian homes, with modernist-style dwellings becoming a new staple for villain lairs and sinister

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Timber museum to be Kéré Architecture’s first cultural project in Germany

October 28, 2025 Starr Charles 0

Berlin-based studio Kéré Architecture has unveiled plans for an art and photography museum in Germany, which will feature an 80-metre-long rammed-earth wall and a timber pergola. Set to be located in Plüschow, a village in northern Germany, Museum Ehrhardt will encompass 1,400 square metres of exhibition and public space alongside a 3,900-square-metre garden. The new

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Santiago Calatrava arranges Belgian station around “monumental bridge”

October 28, 2025 Starr Charles 0

Swathes of glass and steel make up the sinuous exterior of the new Gare de Mons station in Belgium, which has been designed by Swiss-Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. Located along the international Paris to Brussels train line in Mons, the station’s sculptural structure is organised around a raised gallery volume that stretches 165 metres across

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Hawkins/Brown and East to lead pedestrianisation of London’s Oxford Street

October 24, 2025 Starr Charles 0

Architecture studios Hawkins/Brown and East have been selected to lead the pedestrianisation plans for Oxford Street, initiated by London mayor Sadiq Khan. The news, revealed by the Greater London Authority (GLA) this morning, follows Khan’s announcement in June that plans for the redevelopment would move ahead “as quickly as possible”. More than 1.1 kilometres of the

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Photos reveal James Turrell’s “largest and most ambitious Skyspace” ahead of opening

October 23, 2025 Starr Charles 0

Images have been released of James Turrell’s soon-to-be-completed Skyspace at the ARoS Aarhus Art Museum in Denmark, which will be the American artist’s largest yet. Set to open to the public on 19 June 2026, the As Seen Below installation is housed in a 40-metre-wide domed extension beside the ARoS Aarhus Art Museum. It completes

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