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Dezeen Agenda newsletter features fifty architects and designers who are championing sustainability

April 26, 2022 Kate McCusker 0

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features architects and designers who are pushing the boundaries of sustainable design. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! Architects and designers have a key role to play in reducing carbon emissions, pollution and waste. In celebration of Earth Day, which falls on 22 April every year, we

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The world’s tallest timber building features in today’s Dezeen Agenda newsletter

April 19, 2022 Kate McCusker 0

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s design for the world’s tallest timber building. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! Danish studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen revealed its design for a 100-metre-tall housing block in Switzerland, which will become the world’s tallest building with a load-bearing timber structure when it completes. Rocket&Tigerli will

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Populous’ spherical music venue features in today’s Dezeen Agenda newsletter

April 5, 2022 Kate McCusker 0

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Populous’ MSG Sphere arena, which is set to become London’s largest indoor venue. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! Architecture studio Populous has been given the green light to build a 90-metre-high spherical music venue near the Olympic Park in east London for the organisation that

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The world’s longest suspension bridge features in today’s Dezeen Agenda newsletter

March 29, 2022 Kate McCusker 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge in Turkey, which has become the world’s longest suspension bridge. With a span of 2,023 metres, the bridge has reached completion and is now open to traffic over the Dardanelles waterway, connecting Turkey’s European and Asian shores. Created by consulting group COWI

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Zaha Hadid Architects’ metaverse city features in today’s Dezeen Agenda newsletter

March 15, 2022 Kate McCusker 0

Zaha Hadid Architects' Liberland Metaverse city

The latest edition of our Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Zaha Hadid Architects’ design for a “cyber-urban” city in the metaverse, which allows people to buy plots of land with cryptocurrency and enter digital buildings as an avatar. Named Liberland Metaverse, the British architecture studio based the virtual city on the Free Republic of Liberland –

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An interview with Marina Tabassum features in today’s Dezeen Agenda newsletter

March 8, 2022 Kate McCusker 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Agenda newsletter features an exclusive interview with Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum, who told Dezeen why she only works in her home country. Tabassum is known for designing buildings that use local materials and aim to improve the lives of low-income people in Bangladesh. “The reason I’ve never really worked outside

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Designers react to the Ukraine invasion in today’s Dezeen Agenda newsletter

March 1, 2022 Kate McCusker 0

Red swing set in front of a Kyiv building damaged during the Russian invasion of Ukraine

The latest edition of our Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Ukrainian architects and designers, who told Dezeen how they had shut studios, paused projects and sought shelter in the wake of Russia’s invasion. Among the people that spoke to Dezeen was interior designer Katerina Kovalenko who said “every Ukrainian soul is fighting now”. Kovalenko, who is

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Millennium Dome storm damage features in today’s Dezeen Agenda newsletter

February 22, 2022 Kate McCusker 0

Richard Rogers' Millennium Dome roof damage

The latest edition of our Dezeen Agenda newsletter features London’s Millennium Dome, which was severely damaged during Storm Eunice. A large section of the fabric roof of the 20,000-capacity venue, which was originally designed by British architect Richard Rogers, was pulled off by the storm, exposing its interior. Videos and images shared on social media show

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Renovation of Oxford college features in today’s Dezeen Weekly

January 13, 2022 Kate McCusker 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features the redevelopment of St Hilda’s College at the University of Oxford. London studio Gort Scott amazed readers with its revamp of the university campus, which saw two buildings added in a bid to reconnect the college with its riverfront setting. The redevelopment provides new accommodation, teaching

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Balenciaga’s Berlin store features in today’s Dezeen Weekly newsletter

December 23, 2021 Kate McCusker 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features Balenciaga’s first Berlin retail space, which pays tribute to the city’s modernist architecture. Continuing the brand’s raw architecture aesthetic, the store’s monolithic concrete interior contrasts with the grade II-listed neoclassical building in which it is housed. Commenters are divided over the design, with one likening it to

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