Articles by Tom Ravenscroft

Satellite photography has revealed the numerous settlements containing thousands of identical housing blocks that have been built for those working on Neom in the northwest of Saudi Arabia. Taken from Google Maps, the satellite images show a series of large camps surrounded by desert that have been built alongside Neom’s major construction sites. The images

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Albania’s prime minister Edi Rama explains why he is paying so much attention to architecture in this exclusive interview. The small Balkan nation is currently an unlikely hotbed of statement architecture – with major projects being delivered by big-name international studios including MVRDV, BIG and Bofill Taller de Arquitectura. “An architecture festival is more important than

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Austrian studio Delugan Meissl Associated Architects and global studio Gensler have been named as the architects for phase one of The Line megacity, which is being built as part of the controversial Neom project in Saudi Arabia. Neom announced that Delugan Meissl Associated Architects (DMAA) is the urban planner for phase one of the project,

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This week on Dezeen, work started on the 400-metre-high cube-shaped Mukaab skyscraper in Riyadh, which is set to be the world’s largest building. Designed by architecture studio AtkinsRéalis, the cuboid skyscraper is being built as part of a new downtown district in the northwest of the Saudi capital. When completed, it will overtake the Boeing Everett Factory

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Following the news that construction has begun on the world’s largest building in Saudi Arabia, we have rounded up 10 record-breaking structures, including the tallest, the narrowest and the heaviest. Largest building: Boeing Everett Factory (1967) Although the Mukaab in Saudi Arabia is set to become the world’s largest building, the current record-holder is the

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Turkish studio Melike Altınışık Architects has unveiled the Seoul Robot & AI Museum in South Korea, where visitors can “explore the endless possibilities of robotics and AI”. Located in the north of the city, the 7,400-square-metre museum dedicated to robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) opened to the public earlier this month. The Seoul Robot &

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This week on Dezeen, the Elizabeth Line in London designed by architecture studios Grimshaw, Maynard, Equation and AtkinsRéalis won the RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK’s best new building. The largest expansion to London’s underground railway network for more than a century was described as “a flawless, efficient, beautifully choreographed solution”, by the award jury. Also

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