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Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano

Famous for their collaboration on the iconic Pompidou Centre in Paris in 1977 (pictured), Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano both feature as the letter R in our A-Zdvent calendar of architects. Italian architect Piano recently completed an extension to Louis Khan's Kimbell Art Museum in Texas, while Rogers' London firm has just won a competition to design a new centre for social sciences at the London School of Economics.

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Grace Quah | 18 December 2013 | Leave a comment
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House with a hair salon hidden at the back by Apollo Architects & Associates

A high-end hair salon and family home are separated by a courtyard planted with a single tree in this building designed by Tokyo firm Apollo Architects & Associates in the Japanese city of Hamamatsu (+ slideshow). More about House with a hair salon hidden at the back by Apollo Architects & Associates

Alyn Griffiths | 17 December 2013 | Leave a comment
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Stonehenge Visitor Centre by Denton Corker Marshall opens tomorrow

News: here are the first photographs of Denton Corker Marshall's visitor centre at Stonehenge - a prehistoric stone circle in England - which finally opens to the public tomorrow (+ slideshow). More about Stonehenge Visitor Centre by Denton Corker Marshall opens tomorrow

Amy Frearson | 17 December 2013 | 26 comments
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Wooden sheds by Rever & Drage with sliding doors and a retractable roof

This cluster of wooden cabins in Norway by architecture studio Rever & Drage features a hut with a retractable roof and a pair of sheds that slide open to frame views of a nearby fjord (+ slideshow). More about Wooden sheds by Rever & Drage with sliding doors and a retractable roof

Amy Frearson | 17 December 2013 | 3 comments
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Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Arne Quinze

There aren't many architects whose names begin with Q, so our seventeenth A-Zdvent calendar entry is Belgian artist Arne Quinze, who built this 20 metre-high installation in Germany in 2009. Other architectural structures by Quinze include The Sequence, a canopy of tree-like forms installed outside the Flemish Parliament in Brussels, Belgium.

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Grace Quah | 17 December 2013 | 3 comments
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José Carlos Cruz completes "world's first cork-clad hotel"

Portuguese architect José Carlos Cruz claims to have built the world's first cork-clad hotel, located amongst the olive and cork trees of Portugal's Alentejo region (+ slideshow). More about José Carlos Cruz completes "world's first cork-clad hotel"

Amy Frearson | 16 December 2013 | 1 comment
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FAT architects announce studio closure

News: London architecture office FAT has announced that it will shut down its studio next summer, after "exploring the potential of the projects as much as possible". More about FAT architects announce studio closure

Amy Frearson | 16 December 2013 | 17 comments
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House by Kazuhiko Kishimoto has a public seating deck and gallery underneath

Japanese architect Kazuhiko Kishimoto designed the ground floor of this house in Yokohama with barely any walls so it can function as a gallery and seating area for members of the local community (+ slideshow). More about House by Kazuhiko Kishimoto has a public seating deck and gallery underneath

Amy Frearson | 16 December 2013 | 2 comments
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OMA and Foster to work alongside Hollywood duo on Miami Beach

Design Miami 2013: architects OMA and Foster + Partners will work alongside Hollywood power-couple Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin to create a new ocean-side cultural quarter at Miami Beach in Florida, it was unveiled during Design Miami earlier this month (+ slideshow). More about OMA and Foster to work alongside Hollywood duo on Miami Beach

Marcus Fairs | 16 December 2013 | 5 comments
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Dutch studio Inbo hides a transparent house behind a grove of trees

Dutch architecture studio Inbo has completed a transparent house in the Netherlands and has hidden it behind a grove of trees to protect the privacy of its residents (+ slideshow). More about Dutch studio Inbo hides a transparent house behind a grove of trees

Amy Frearson | 16 December 2013 | 4 comments
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Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Peter Zumthor

P is for Peter Zumthor in today's A-Zdvent calendar window. The Swiss architect designed a Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in London in 2011, and was also responsible for the Brother Klaus Field Chapel in Germany (pictured) and a memorial to commemorate suspected witches in Norway.

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Grace Quah | 16 December 2013 | 1 comment
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Ateliereen Architecten's concrete observation tower features a climbing wall and zip line

Visitors to this lakeside concrete tower in the Netherlands can scale its walls, jog up to an observation deck on its roof, or sail a zip wire across the water from a balcony (+ slideshow). More about Ateliereen Architecten's concrete observation tower features a climbing wall and zip line

Amy Frearson | 15 December 2013 | 4 comments
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New Pinterest board: Herzog & de Meuron

Following our exclusive interview with architect Jacques Herzog of Herzog & de Meuron last week on the studio's recently completed Pérez Art Museum Miami, our new Pinterest board focuses on the Swiss firm. See our new Herzog & de Meuron Pinterest board »

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Grace Quah | 15 December 2013 | Leave a comment
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Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: OMA

Following our exclusive interview with Rem Koolhaas last month, Dutch office OMA is the fifteenth entry to our A-Zdvent calendar of architects. Koolhaas' firm recently completed De Rotterdam, a 44-storey group of interconnected glass towers in the architect's home city, and has also built two skyscrapers in China - the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (pictured) and the CCTV Headquarters building in Beijing.

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Grace Quah | 15 December 2013 | Leave a comment
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Georgia is investing in architecture "like post-war Germany" says Jürgen Mayer H

Georgia is using architecture to rebrand itself and "show that there's a change going on" according to architect Jürgen Mayer H, who has built a range of striking border checkpoints, airports and service stations in the country (+ slideshow). More about Georgia is investing in architecture "like post-war Germany" says Jürgen Mayer H

Rose Etherington | 14 December 2013 | 6 comments
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Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Oscar Niemeyer

N stands for late Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer in our fourteenth festive A-Zdvent calendar. This image by photographer Pedro Kok depicts the entrance to the Ibirapuera Auditorium in Sao Paulo, completed in 2005, while the architect's most famous projects include the National Congress of Brazil and the Cathedral of Brasília.

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Grace Quah | 14 December 2013 | Leave a comment
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COBE and Transform complete the zigzagging Porsgrunn Maritime Museum

Danish architects COBE and Transform have completed an aluminium-clad museum of maritime history in Norway with a zigzagging profile modelled on the shapes of local wooden buildings (+ slideshow). More about COBE and Transform complete the zigzagging Porsgrunn Maritime Museum

Amy Frearson | 13 December 2013 | 2 comments
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Julia Morgan becomes first woman to receive AIA Gold Medal

News: the American Institute of Architects has named Californian architect Julia Morgan as the first female recipient of the AIA Gold Medal, 56 years after her death. More about Julia Morgan becomes first woman to receive AIA Gold Medal

Amy Frearson | 13 December 2013 | 1 comment
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House N by Tomohiro Hata is based on a traditional Japanese vernacular

Japanese architect Tomohiro Hata planned this suburban house in Hyogo Prefecture as a cluster of three buildings around a courtyard, based on the traditional city residences of farmers, artisans and merchants. More about House N by Tomohiro Hata is based on a traditional Japanese vernacular

Amy Frearson | 13 December 2013 | Leave a comment
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Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Winy Maas

Dutch architect and MVRDV co-founder Winy Maas is the letter M in our daily A-Zdvent calendar. The firm's projects include the Balancing Barn (pictured), a house with a 15-metre cantilever, and a shop and office complex disguised as an old farmhouse, but which actually features walls made from glass.

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Grace Quah | 13 December 2013 | Leave a comment

Delavegacanolasso finishes home in Madrid with tactile material palette

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