No Image

Campaign launched to save Marcel Breuer’s Cape Cod holiday home from demolition

August 17, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

The Cape Cod Modern House Trust has launched a campaign to raise $1.2 million to purchase modernist architect Marcel Breuer’s holiday home in Cape Cod, USA, to save it from likely demolition. Non-profit Cape Cod Modern House Trust is aiming to raise the money to purchase the house, which was designed by the Hungarian-American architect as

The post Campaign launched to save Marcel Breuer’s Cape Cod holiday home from demolition appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

Architecture groups “alarmed” by UK government ban of gender-neutral toilets

August 17, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

The UK government has introduced regulations “to reverse the rise of gender-neutral toilets” in non-domestic public and private buildings. Announced earlier this week by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, the regulations are designed to restrict the creation of shared toilets in public buildings and “protect single sex spaces”. Following the announcement, the

The post Architecture groups “alarmed” by UK government ban of gender-neutral toilets appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

Six sea pools that provide “safe access to water for all”

August 15, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

As outdoor swimming continues to make a resurgence, architect Chris Romer-Lee picks six of the most intriguing tidal pools from his book Sea Pools. Named Sea Pools: 66 saltwater sanctuaries from around the world, Romer-Lee’s recently published book highlights the most significant tidal pools – seawater pools that are filled by the high tide –

The post Six sea pools that provide “safe access to water for all” appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

Populous set to add hotel to Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium

August 4, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Football club Manchester City has won approval to redevelop a stand at its stadium in Manchester, UK, to increase capacity while adding a museum and hotel. Designed by architecture studio Populous, the redevelopment of the Etihad Stadium’s North Stand will increase the venue’s capacity by more than 5,000. The expansion will also include the creation of a

The post Populous set to add hotel to Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

Marcante-Testa blends “unique characteristics of Venetian identity” for Ca’ Select bar and distillery

July 28, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Italian studio Marcante-Testa has turned an industrial building in Venice into the canal-side Ca’ Select bar, visitor centre and production facility. Set alongside a small canal in the Cannareggio district of Venice, the bar and distillery belong to the company behind Select Aperitivo – the main ingredient of a Venetian Spritz. “The history of Select is

The post Marcante-Testa blends “unique characteristics of Venetian identity” for Ca’ Select bar and distillery appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

Morphogenesis completes world’s largest office building in India

July 26, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Architecture studio Morphogenesis has unveiled the Surat Diamond Bourse in India, which has surpassed the Pentagon to become the world’s largest office building. Set on the outskirts of the city of Surat, the 660,000-square-metre office building was designed as a “city within a city” to house the world’s largest community of diamond traders. It is larger than the

The post Morphogenesis completes world’s largest office building in India appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

Saudi Arabia denies Neom human rights abuses in response to UN report

July 25, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Saudi Arabia has officially responded to a United Nations Human Rights Council report criticising death sentences for three men connected to the Neom mega project. A letter from the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations rejected that three men were sentenced to death for criticising evictions for the Neom project

The post Saudi Arabia denies Neom human rights abuses in response to UN report appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

Shigeru Ban designs timber surgical centre for Ukraine’s war-wounded

July 24, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Japanese studio Shigeru Ban Architects and local studio AMBK have designed a cross-laminated timber expansion for Ukraine’s largest hospital, which is located in Lviv. Designed to increase hospital capacity in the country, the surgical centre was announced by the mayor of Lviv at the end of June at the Lviv Urban Forum. Construction of the extension

The post Shigeru Ban designs timber surgical centre for Ukraine’s war-wounded appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

Shigeru Ban designs timber surgical centre for Ukraine’s war-wounded

July 24, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Japanese studio Shigeru Ban Architects and local studio AMBK have designed a cross-laminated timber expansion for Ukraine’s largest hospital, which is located in Lviv. Designed to increase hospital capacity in the country, the surgical centre was announced by the mayor of Lviv at the end of June at the Lviv Urban Forum. Construction of the extension

The post Shigeru Ban designs timber surgical centre for Ukraine’s war-wounded appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

This week The Line architects explained the thinking behind the megacity

July 22, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

This week on Dezeen, architects designing The Line including Thom Mayne and Peter Cook explained the thinking behind the planned megacity in Saudi Arabia in a documentary. Speaking in a 45-minute-long Discovery Channel broadcast, many of the architects involved in the design of the 170-kilometre-long city talked about the project publicly for the first time. “I can’t think

The post This week The Line architects explained the thinking behind the megacity appeared first on Dezeen.