This week we looked at the future of data-centre design
This week on Dezeen, we considered how the architecture of data centres is changing in the face of rapid development of hyperscale facilities.
As AI drives the demand for data centres, vast facilities are being built across the US, prompting people to question the impact on local environments.
With the increasing public discussion over data centre development in the US, we asked how the architecture of data centres could be improved.
"Data centers are, in general, an example of poor design," Spanish academic Marina Otero Verzier, who won the 2022 Wheelwright Prize for her theories on data centres, told Dezeen.
In the UK, it was revealed that the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) paid £150,000 to former president Alan Jones to settle a legal dispute.
The payment concluded a long-running dispute between Jones and RIBA over the organisation's handling of personal information and allegations about Jones being leaked to the press in 2020.
In Vietnam, we revealed the design for a 70,000-seat national stadium that is set to be built on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City.
Designed by architecture studio Populous, the Rach Chiec Stadium will be almost double the size of any existing stadium in the country.
As the month ended, we also looked back at the most interesting houses of September.
These included a 30-metre-long, skinny house in Kyoto (pictured) and a lime-rendered house in Mexico.
The most popular projects on Dezeen this week include a pod hotel in London, the Skywalker Grill at the Lucas Museum in LA and the renovation of a 1970s townhouse in Hampstead.
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 focused on Apple's folding phone.
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