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This week on Dezeen

This week on Dezeen

We've been in Singapore this week for the World Architecture Festival and Inside Festival, where the Auckland Art Gallery (pictured) was revealed as World Building of the Year earlier today. More of this week's best architecture and design content follows, plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week.

We used this experimental electronica track by Man Oeuvre on our first Dezeen and MINI World Tour movie from Singapore.

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Tiled Barcelona apartment wins World Interior of the Year 2013
Tiled Barcelona apartment wins World Interior of the Year 2013

World Interior of the Year was awarded to a tiled apartment in Barcelona, a theme we've been keeping a close eye on, and in our first Dezeen and MINI World Tour movie from the city Colin Seah tells us how a recent cultural shift is transforming attitudes towards design in Singapore.

Steven Holl begins construction of second arts building at the University of Iowa
Steven Holl begins construction of second arts building at the University of Iowa

Away from Singapore, Steven Holl's second building for the University of Iowa began construction and we featured a fly-through animation of the scheme.

Innovation Tower by Zaha Hadid photographed by Edmon Leong
Innovation Tower by Zaha Hadid photographed by Edmon Leong

We also posted an animation showing Zaha Hadid's Library and Learning Centre in Vienna, plus interior shots of her new tower in Hong Kong and images of her Milan shoe boutique designed for Stuart Weitzman.

Animation shows completion of Antoni Gaudí's Sagrada Família
2026 completion of Gaudi's Sagrada Familia

The third animation of the week shows what Gaudí's Sagrada Família basilica in Barcelona will look like when it completes in 2026.

From the Knees of my Nose to the Belly of my Toes by Alex Chinneck
From the Knees of my Nose to the Belly of my Toes by Alex Chinneck

Our most-clicked story this week was a house with a facade the looks like it's slumped into the front garden.

Centro Roberto Garza Sada de Arte Arquitectura y Diseño by Tadao Ando
Centro Roberto Garza Sada de Arte Arquitectura y Diseño by Tadao Ando

Other popular buildings from the past seven days include a concrete arts school by Tadao Ando and a stable in Uruguay with perforated walls.

Caballeriza la Solana by Nicolas Pinto da Mota
Caballeriza la Solana by Nicolas Pinto da Mota

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