Architecture
Duplex by Pugh + Scarpa for Make it Right
American architects Pugh + Scarpa have sent images of their duplex home design for actor Brad Pitt's Make it Right charity. More about Duplex by Pugh + Scarpa for Make it Right
American architects Pugh + Scarpa have sent images of their duplex home design for actor Brad Pitt's Make it Right charity. More about Duplex by Pugh + Scarpa for Make it Right
Frank Gehry is one of 14 architects to have designed duplexes for Make it Right, the charity founded by actor Brad Pitt to develop new housing typologies for a hurricane-devastated district of New Orleans. More about Duplex by Frank Gehry for Make it Right
Dutch architects MVRDV have announced plans to extend the city of Almere by creating a series of artificial islands. More about Vision 2030 by MVRDV
Dutch architects LAM have completed a sustainable giraffe enclosure for Rotterdam Zoo, which opens next week. More about Savannehuis by LAM Architects
Italian architects Stefano Boeri Architetti have completed a complex of buildings including a conference centre, exhibition venue and marina in Sardinia. More about Ex Arsenale at Maddalena by Stefano Boeri Architetti
Dezeenwire: Sunday Times architecture critic Hugh Pearman has posted his review of Bernard Tschumi's new Acropolis Museum in Athens on his website - www.hughpearman.com
More about A rock and a hard place: the New Acropolis Museum, Athens - Hugh Pearman
Dezeen promotion: we've teamed up with Greek developer OLIAROS to launch UPTO35, a competition open to architects under the age of 35 to design an affordable student housing complex in Athens. More about International student housing competition for architects UPTO35
Shanghai Expo 2010: British designer Thomas Heatherwick has released images of his updated design for the UK pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010. More about UK Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 by Thomas Heatherwick
DMY Berlin 09: Norwegian designers Fantastic Norway have sent photos of Walking Berlin, a project in which they dressed up as their latest building and walked around Berlin. More about Walking Berlin by Fantastic Norway
Basque architects Vaumm have completed a kindergarten at Eibar in Gipuzkoa, Spain (via yatzer). More about Sansaburu Kindegarten by Vaumm
London architects Yes We Can Architecture have sent images of a project they built last summer out of hula hoops. More about Qui est “in”, Qui est “out” by Yes We Can Architects
Architectural photographer Leonardo Finotti has sent us images of a school in Lisbon, Portugal, recently modernised by Portuguese studio Bak Gordon Arquitectos. More about D. Dinis Secondary School by Bak Gordon
German architects Gerd Priebe have completed a new office situated in the existing complex of medical equipment developers Saegeling Medizintechnik in Heidenau, Germany. More about Saegeling Medizintechnik office by Gerd Priebe Architects and Consultants
Finnish architects C-Laboratory have completed a timber house on a cherry farm in the mountains of northern Taiwan. More about Chen House by C-Laboratory
Dezeenwire: Sears Tower in Chicago is to undergo a $350 million green refit to "reduce the tower's electricity use by 80% and save 24 million gallons of water a year". The Guardian
More about Sears Tower to install wind turbines - The Guardian
Since we're on a summer pavilion tip today... the Serpentine Gallery in London have given us a couple more images of this year's pavilion, which is under construction in Kensington Gardens. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More about Serpentine Gallery Pavilion by SANAA (more images)
A museum dedicated to Belgian artist and Tintin author Hergé, designed by Atelier Christian de Portzamparc, opened earlier this month in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (via yatzer). More about Musée Hergé by Atelier Christian de Portzamparc
This year's Architectural Association Summer Pavilion, designed by students from Unit 2 after a concept by 3rd year student Danecia Sibingo, will open in Bedford Square, London on 3 July. More about Driftwood by AA Unit 2
London practice Threefold Architects have completed Ladderstile House, a courtyard house on Richmond Park in London. More about Ladderstile House by Threefold Architects
The Museum in a Shoebox, designed by renowned architect Aleksandr Kuznetsov, is a new venue for contemporary architecture, art and design that opened last month in Old Town. More about Museum in a Shoebox by Aleksandr Kuznetsov