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Retrofitted Sydney skyscraper named Best Tall Building Worldwide

October 30, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

The Quay Quarter Tower in Sydney by Danish studio 3XN and Australian studio BVN has won the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s award for best new tall building. The 206-metre-high skyscraper, which is a refurbishment of the modernist 1970s AMP Center, was named the winner at the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s (CTBUH)

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Oshinowo Studio wraps Adidas Lagos store in perforated aluminium sheets

October 25, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Nigerian architecture practice Oshinowo Studio has completed a store for Adidas in Lagos, Nigeria, which is the sportswear brand’s first flagship store in West Africa. Located in the Victoria Island business district of Lagos, the store was created by Oshinowo Studio – formerly known as CmDesign Atelier – to be a blend of Nigerian aesthetics

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Pyramid of Tirana officially reopens as “monument for the people”

October 23, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has added a stepped roof and bright-coloured boxes to a former museum dedicated to Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha in the centre of Tirana, Albania. Working in collaboration with IRI Architecture, MVRDV carried out the alterations to transform the pyramid-shaped concrete structure from the 1980s into a cultural hub. The studios opened up the internal

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Converted radio station by Van Heyningen & Haward Architects wins first-ever RIBA Reinvention Award

October 20, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

The conversion of an abandoned radio station into Houlton School near Rugby, UK, has won RIBA’s inaugural Reinvention Award. The school occupies the grade II-listed former transmitter building of Rugby Radio Station, which was at one time the largest radio transmitting station in the world. The jury praised London studio Van Heyningen & Haward Architects

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John Morden Centre by Mae Architects wins 2023 Stirling Prize

October 19, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

The John Morden Centre in London by UK studio Mae Architects has been named the winner of this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize. Described as “a place of joy and inspiration” by the Stirling Prize jury, the building is a daycare centre for the residents of the Morden College retirement community. It is the first time

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Heatherwick’s Humanise campaign launched to “spark public conversation about the way buildings make us feel”

October 19, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

UK designer Thomas Heatherwick is launching his Humanise campaign today. In this interview, the director of the team leading the research project, Matt Bell, explains what it aims to achieve. Named Humanise, the campaign aims to put into action the ideas outlined in Heatherwick’s book Humanise, a Maker’s Guide to Building Our World – including

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Zaha Hadid Architects’ sinuous metro station nears completion in Riyadh

October 18, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

The King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which was designed by UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects, has been revealed nearing completion. Set to open early next year, the 45,000-square-metre metro station was built to serve the nearby King Abdullah Financial District, which is one of 14 giga projects under development in

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A simple guide to 15-minute cities

October 16, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

The 15-minute city concept has repeatedly made the news this year. Here, we explain what the urbanism concept is and why it has become so controversial. What are 15-minute cities? The 15-minute city is an urban planning concept that, as its name suggests, aims to create communities where people can access key amenities by travelling no

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This week we unveiled the Dezeen Awards 2023 shortlists

October 14, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

This week on Dezeen, we announced the architecture, interiors, design and sustainability shortlists along with the designers of the year for the 2023 Dezeen Awards. We revealed the 85 buildings shortlisted in the architecture categories, which included Studio House by William Samuels Architects (above) along with buildings by Zaha Hadid Architects, Olson Kundig and Open Architecture.

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Twelve examples of Disney architecture that border on make-believe

October 13, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Over the past 100 years, Disney has created postmodern hotels, art-deco cinemas, futuristic monorails, fairytale castles and a deconstructivist concert hall. To mark the brand’s centenary on 16 October, we round up its 12 most interesting buildings. The castle created by imaginer Herbert Dickens Ryman remains the enduring symbol of Disney, incorporated into its logo

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