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Olympic Ice Rink of Liège by L'Escaut
Shimmering aluminium skin and a gaping mouth give this ice rink in Belgium by architects L'Escaut the look of a whale (+ slideshow). More about Olympic Ice Rink of Liège by L'Escaut
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Featured architect: Steven Holl
Our featured architect this week is Steven Holl, whose recent buildings in China include the completed Sliced Porosity Block cluster of towers in Chengdu and designs for a pair of museums in a new city quarter of Tianjin. See all our stories about architecture by Steven Holl »
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Italcementi i.lab by Richard Meier & Partners
A tapered concrete roof oversails glazed laboratories at this research and innovation centre that American firm Richard Meier & Partners has completed for Italian cement manufacturer Italcementi. More about Italcementi i.lab by Richard Meier & Partners
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New course fast-tracks architectural education in USA
News: the University of Minnesota has launched a new programme that could halve the time it takes for students to gain a licence to practise architecture in the United States. More about New course fast-tracks architectural education in USA
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Top ten tallest skyscrapers completing in 2013
As 2013 gets underway, here's a look at the ten tallest skyscrapers set to complete around the globe this year (+ interactive image). More about Top ten tallest skyscrapers completing in 2013
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America's first bookless library to open in Texas
News: America's first fully digital public library without a single book is set to open this autumn in San Antonio, Texas, and will be based on the design of an Apple store. More about America's first bookless library to open in Texas
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Book Tower House by Platform 5 Architects
Walls of books fold around a wooden staircase in this renovation and extension to a north London home by Hackney studio Platform 5 Architects. More about Book Tower House by Platform 5 Architects
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Dailai Conference Hall by Vo Trong Nghia Architects
Vietnamese studio Vo Trong Nghia Architects has hidden a bamboo-framed conference centre behind a fortified stone wall in the countryside outside Hanoi (+ slideshow). More about Dailai Conference Hall by Vo Trong Nghia Architects
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Dutch architects to use 3D printer to build a house
News: Dutch architecture studio Universe Architecture is planning to construct a house with a 3D printer for the first time. More about Dutch architects to use 3D printer to build a house
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The Light Pavilion by Lebbeus Woods with Christoph a. Kumpusch
The first and only built project by the late experimental architect Lebbeus Woods is the Light Pavilion, one of of three large-scale installations at Steven Holl's recently completed Sliced Porosity Block in Chengdu, China (+ slideshow). More about The Light Pavilion by Lebbeus Woods with Christoph a. Kumpusch
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Tianjin Ecocity Ecology and Planning Museums by Steven Holl Architects
One building is the inverse of another at this pair of museums that architect Steven Holl has designed for a new city quarter of Tianjin, China. More about Tianjin Ecocity Ecology and Planning Museums by Steven Holl Architects
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"A lot of what we do is about testing public space"– Suzanne O'Connell of The Decorators
Suzanne O'Connell of Hackney studio The Decorators introduces a temporary restaurant in a local market and a community event on top of a multi-storey car park in this movie filmed by Dezeen at our Designed in Hackney Day. More about "A lot of what we do is about testing public space"– Suzanne O'Connell of The Decorators
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Wall of skateboard offcuts wins MoMA/PS1 Young Architects Program 2013
News: American studio CODA has won this year's MoMA/PS1 Young Architects Program competition and will insert a wall made from skateboard offcuts into the courtyard of the PS1 Contemporary Art Centre in New York. More about Wall of skateboard offcuts wins MoMA/PS1 Young Architects Program 2013
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House H by Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects
Y-shaped wooden columns support rooms and lofts at different levels inside this family house in Matsudo, Japan, by Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects (+ slideshow). More about House H by Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects
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Glass Farm by MVRDV
This shop and office complex by Dutch architects MVRDV is disguised as an old farmhouse, but its walls and roof are actually made from glass. More about Glass Farm by MVRDV
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Excrescent Utopia by Milo Ayden De Luca
Parasitic dwellings for homeless people would cling to the sides of lamp posts in this concept by British architecture graduate Milo Ayden De Luca (+ slideshow + movie). More about Excrescent Utopia by Milo Ayden De Luca
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Bridge House by 123DV
The lower floor of this long narrow house by Dutch studio 123DV is mostly buried beneath two grassy mounds (+ slideshow). More about Bridge House by 123DV
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Meme Meadows Experimental House by Kengo Kuma and Associates
This translucent cabin by architects Kengo Kuma and Associates is an experimental house in Hokkaidō, Japan, designed to test the limits of architecture in cold climates (+ slideshow). More about Meme Meadows Experimental House by Kengo Kuma and Associates
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Iraqi Parliament architect attacks "failure" of iconic buildings
News: the architect behind the competition-winning design for a new parliament in Baghdad has spoken out against "fashionable icon building" amid rumours that the Iraqi authorities are in discussions with Zaha Hadid, whose own design was placed third. More about Iraqi Parliament architect attacks "failure" of iconic buildings
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Space Habitable Wheel by OFIS, Sadar Vuga, Bevk Perovic and Dekleva Gregoric
A conceptual space station that was conceived in the 1920s inspired the spiralling structure of this culture and technology centre in Slovenia. More about Space Habitable Wheel by OFIS, Sadar Vuga, Bevk Perovic and Dekleva Gregoric