Architecture

Squish Studio by
Saunders Architecture

Slideshow: here’s another of the six artists’ studios that Norwegian firm Saunders Architecture designed for an island off the coast of Canada, this time a white angular cabin (photographs by Bent René Synnevåg). More »

SIP Panel House by Alejandro Soffia
and Gabriel Rudolphy

SIP Panel House by Alejandro Soffia and Gabriel Rudolphy

Chilean architects Alejandro Soffia and Gabriel Rudolphy designed this house in Santo Domingo as a cluster of prefabricated modules. More »

Movie: Rem Koolhaas on Garage Centre
for Contemporary Culture by OMA

Movie: Rem Koolhaas was at the ICA in London this morning to launch OMA’s design for the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture in Moscow. He gave Dezeen a quick introduction to the new gallery, which will be built in Gorky Park in the Russian capital for gallerist Dasha Zukhova. More »

Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture
by OMA

Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture by OMA

In the second announcement from Rem Koolhaas’ office today, OMA have unveiled their designs to convert a 5400 square metre 1960s pavilion in Stalinist-era Gorky Park in Moscow into a new venue for the Garage Centre for Contemporary CultureUpdate: watch Rem Koolhaas give a quick introduction to the gallery in Dezeen’s movie here. More »

Tower Studio by
Saunders Architecture

Slideshow: this small twisted tower is one of the six artists’ studios that Saunders Architecture of Norway are constructing on Fogo Island off the coast of Canada (photographs by Bent René Synnevåg). More »

Critics trash Grimshaw’s
Cutty Sark restoration


Dezeen Wire:
 the restoration of historic tea clipper the Cutty Sark in London by Grimshaw architects has been derided by architecture critics and conservation experts after being officially reopened by the Queen yesterday. Here’s a round up of what people are saying. More »

New Institute for Contemporary Art
by Steven Holl Architects

New Institute for Contemporary Art by Steven Holl Architects

New York architect Steven Holl has unveiled designs for a new institute for contemporary art at the Virginia Commonwealth University campus in Richmond. More »