Norman Foster/Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners, headed by Norman Foster, is one of the most prolific architecture offices that we write about, with readers visiting 178 stories about the firm over the past year. Among architects, only Zaha Hadid topped this, with 249.
Bernardo Bader
Assemble
Architecture collective Assemble made history last year when it became the first non-artist to win the Turner Prize. This led to a huge surge of interest in the previously somewhat obscure London-based group, which has made it into the top 50 of our inaugural Hot List.
Mecanoo
TDO Architecture
Daniel Libeskind
Polish-American architect Daniel Libeskind is particularly known for buildings that memorialise tragedies, including the haunting Jewish Museum in Berlin and recent commissions for holocaust museums in Ohio and Ottawa, and a museum of Kurdish culture in Iraq.
Universal Design Studio
Rafael Viñoly
This year Rafael Viñoly Architects was primarily in spotlight for building-related debacles.
Features
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Can data centres ever be well-designed?
With AI driving demand, vast data centres are increasingly in the news as people question the impact on local environments. Can architects help to make these buildings look and function better?
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Why stadium design is getting more outlandish
Stadiums are becoming more distinctive with clubs and countries using them to attract attention. As part of our Future Stadium series, we look at why stadium design is becoming more icon-focused.
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How a Facebook post led to the resurrection of a space-age architectural icon
A Matti Suuronen Futuro House has been manufactured for the first time in decades and decked out by Finnish design brand Marimekko for Helsinki Design Week.
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How craft conquered design
Craft has become cool, while industrial design has lost its sparkle. What's driving the trend? And are they really so different? Debika Ray reports.
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Big-name studios encouraging architects to use AI
The world's most prominent architecture studios are embracing AI for everything from coming up with designs to project analyses and reports, Dezeen research has found.
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How stadiums are turning into entertainment districts
As developmental models for sports venues shift, architects and planners are being tasked with designing vast districts to support year-round activity. For our Future Stadium series, we look at the rise of the sports district and some factors driving the change.
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Richard Meier
Establishing his eponymous New York-based practice more than 50 years ago, Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Meier is famed for his white and glass palette – as seen in his private museum and library in New Jersey and his firm's proposal for a 163-metre-high skyscraper under construction in Taichung. The American continued this theme with
Scott & Scott Architects
Le Corbusier
It's over half a century since Modernist icon Le Corbusier passed away, yet he is the 27th most popular architect on Dezeen.
Opinions
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SelgasCano
PLP Architecture
Alvar Aalto
Steven Holl
Last year American Steven Holl was finally given planning permission for a pair of skyscrapers linked by a vertiginous cycle path in Copenhagen.
Shigeru Ban
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban has made headlines twice in the last year for his designs for disaster-relief housing.
Duggan Morris Architects
David Adjaye
David Adjaye has had a lot to shout about in the last year. With a host of new projects, competition wins and building completions, the London-based architect emerged as a genuine global superstar.