Ben Dreith

OMA converts derelict Detroit bakery into Lantern arts space

May 21, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Dutch studio OMA has converted an early-1900s bakery and warehouse into an arts centre punctuated by 1,000 windows as part of the Little Village development. Called the Lantern, the building contains 22,300 square feet (2,072 square metres) of space for two arts non-profits with retail and studio spaces as well as an expansive courtyard. The

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Forge Craft uses “hammock” approach to create outdoor space for transitional apartments

May 16, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Local studio Forge Craft Architecture + Design has created affordable apartments for people transitioning out of homelessness in Austin that feature a breezeway to encourage rest and preserve heritage trees on the site. Called Zilker Studios, the structure includes 110 affordable apartments operated by local housing organisation Foundation Communities. The mid-rise housing complex consists of

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Eight interiors with pyramidal ceilings that create dramatic depth

May 11, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

For our latest lookbook, we’ve brought together eight houses from Mexico to Norway featuring pyramidal ceilings that reveal their structure and create a sense of depth. Similar to domed and vaulted ceilings, pyramidal ceilings have four panes that angle upwards towards a central point. Because of their depth, they often conform to architectural elements visible

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SO-IL to convert Detroit warehouses into multi-purpose art spaces

May 3, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

New York architecture studios SO-IL and Office of Strategy + Design have announced plans for the adaptive reuse of a series of warehouse buildings at a marina on the Detroit River as part of the Little Village development. The project includes the conversion of four warehouses into an integrated “arts campus”. It is part of

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Cars and hurricanes inform “sail-shape” of Aston Martin’s first residential skyscraper

May 2, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

British automotive manufacturer Aston Martin and Argentinian architecture studio Bodas Mian Anger have completed a skyscraper in Miami with a curved, flat form and a cantilevered pool deck near its top. Located in Downtown Miami, the 66-storey skyscraper was designed through a collaboration between the British car manufacturer and Bodus Mian Anger (BMA) and developed

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Architecture criticism in 2024 defined by “shouting and not a lot of clarity” says Paul Goldberger

May 1, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

The transition from print to online journalism has led to “chaos” within architecture criticism that has upsides as well as downsides, author Paul Goldberger tells Dezeen in this exclusive interview. Pulitzer Prize-winner Goldberger served as the in-house architecture critic for The New York Times in the 1970s and ’80s during the zenith of postmodernism. He

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Eero Saarinen’s Black Rock skyscraper refurbished in New York

April 30, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

The first and only skyscraper designed by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen in New York City has undergone a renovation by Vocon Architects and MdeAS Architects to help it “meet the expectations of today”. At the behest of developer HGI, local architecture studios Vocon Architects and MdeAS Architects renovated and restored the 51W52 skyscraper, also known

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CitizenM aims for “differentiation through massing” at Downtown Austin location

April 26, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Dutch architecture studio Concrete has designed a hotel block for Dutch chain CitizenM in Downtown Austin, which is the brand’s first Texas location and features artwork created in partnership with locals. CitizenM worked with long-time collaborator architecture studio Concrete to purpose-build a 16-storey structure at the top of a slope in the city’s downtown. Working with

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BIG designs all-wood cubic structure as “living curriculum” at University of Kansas

April 22, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Danish architecture studio BIG, alongside faculty at the University of Kansas, has unveiled its design for the mass-timber Makers’ KUbe in Kansas, USA. The structure will serve as an educational building for the University of Kansas (KU) School of Architecture & Design in Lawrence, Kansas. BIG’s design was chosen as part of an open call,

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Ross Barney Architects encloses NASA testing facility in unique copper-concrete panels

April 16, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

US architecture Ross Barney Architects has completed a NASA laboratory for deep-space technology testing in Cleveland, USA, which includes a tower made of pre-cast concrete panels for testing antennas. Ross Barney Architects created the Aerospace Communications Facility at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, which originally opened as the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory in

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