Articles by Tom Ravenscroft

This week on Dezeen, we revealed pictures of architecture studio BIG’s new headquarters as it nears completion in Copenhagen harbour. Named BIG HQ, the seven-storey office block is located at the tip of a pier in Copenhagen’s Nordhavn port district and will become the studio’s fourth office in the city. The founder of BIG, Danish architect Bjarke Ingels,

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Architectural photographer Jim Stephenson explains how The Architect Has Left The Building exhibition at RIBA aims to draw attention to how people use buildings, in this interview. Despite taking place at the Architecture Gallery at the Royal Institute of British Architects’ central London HQ, Stephenson told Dezeen that the exhibition is not focused on buildings. “The

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The MSG Sphere in Las Vegas drew global attention when it was unveiled last week. Here are 10 recent examples of spherical architecture from around the world. Billed as the world’s largest spherical structure, the MSG Sphere’s 54,000-square-metre LED screen was illuminated last week ahead of its official opening in September. The building is the latest example of a building that

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Danish architecture studio BIG has revealed images of its own offices nearing completion in Copenhagen harbour. Set to open later this year, the seven-storey office block named BIG HQ is located at the tip of the Sundmolen Pier in Copenhagen’s Nordhavn port district. The 4,880-square-metre building will become the fourth office of architecture studio BIG since it was

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Writer Lindsey Bro has collected 50 saunas, hot springs and baths that represent global bathing culture in the book Thermal. Here, she picks eight of the most intriguing. Named Thermal: Saunas, Hot Springs & Baths, the book aims to demonstrate the variety of warm spaces that people use to bathe. “Craving heat and warm spaces

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