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This week Zaha Hadid Architects became ZHA

This week on Dezeen, Zaha Hadid Architects principal Patrik Schumacher revealed that the studio was being renamed ZHA, in a move he described as a "natural brand evolution".

The rebranding comes after the studio won a legal battle with the Zaha Hadid Foundation over the use of Zaha Hadid's name, which concluded that Schumacher could renegotiate the licensing contract or change the studio's name.

Gustaf Westman designed a stadium-shaped snack bowl

Also this week, Swedish designer Gustaf Westman unveiled a pink-glazed ceramic snack bowl designed to be enjoyed during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Drawing upon the shape of a football stadium, the bowl has 10 spaces for ingredients and a removable green tray at the centre.

James Turrell opened a Skyspace in Aarhus

American artist James Turrell opened his latest Skyspace installation named As Seen Below, created for the ARoS Aarhus Art Museum in Aarhus, Denmark.

The subterranean extension, designed with Danish studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen, features a six-metre-wide central opening in the domed roof and walls flooded with monochromatic colours.

Thierry Lechanteur created AI images of a hotel skyscraper designed by Antoni Gaudí

Continuing our Gaudí Centenary series, Nat Barker looked into why Antoni Gaudí did not have a bigger impact on global architecture.

We also revealed renders created by AI artist Thierry Lechanteur, who reimagined Gaudí's speculative design for a supertall hotel in New York.

Inspired by Backrooms, Edwin Heathcote wrote that abandoned malls are "the new American horror archetype"

Edwin Heathcote wrote about where our morbid fascination with endless corporate spaces comes from, prompted by the hit horror movie Backrooms.

"Now, after online retail shifted habits, the abandoned mall has become the new American horror archetype," he said. "This is the new psychogeography, the traces of places that could be anywhere."

A one-storey home in London caught readers' attention this week

Popular projects this week include a compact London house concealed behind brick garden walls, an Indian home informed by anthills and the weathering steel-clad Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music.

Listen to our journalists talk about the key design and architecture stories of the past seven days on our Dezeen Weekly podcast, which this week discussed highlights from this year's 3 Days of Design.


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