Dezeen Jobs
Five creative and communication roles on Dezeen Jobs
We've listed five creative roles on Dezeen Jobs this week, including positions at SCP, Archello and BDP. More about Five creative and communication roles on Dezeen Jobs
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Viewpoints
Suspended weights counterbalance cantilevered viewpoint in Mexico
Suspended gabions weights provide a counterweight to the steel cantilever in this hilltop pavilion designed by Emiliano Domínguez and Santiago Martínez in Querétaro, Mexico. More about Suspended weights counterbalance cantilevered viewpoint in Mexico
IDS Toronto
Future Neighbourhood exhibition at IDS Toronto features timber transitional housing
Interior Design Show Toronto director Will Sorrell has curated an exhibition of speculative spaces, including a model for transitional housing by architecture studio SvN for sites in mid-development. More about Future Neighbourhood exhibition at IDS Toronto features timber transitional housing
Residential architecture and interiors
Atelier Hajný references rural Czech cabins for triangular housing block
Local studio Atelier Hajný has created a charred timber-clad housing block near Prague that references a holiday cabin visited by the client since his childhood. More about Atelier Hajný references rural Czech cabins for triangular housing block
Houses of the month
Dezeen's top five houses of January 2024
Dezeen's top five houses of the month for January include an "unyielding" travertine-clad holiday home on the Danish coast and a fluted concrete villa built into a Spanish hillside. More about Dezeen's top five houses of January 2024
News
Amin Taha puts 15 Clerkenwell Close home and office up for sale
Architect Amin Taha is selling his home and offices of studio Groupwork within 15 Clerkenwell Close with proceeds set to fund a new building for the firm. More about Amin Taha puts 15 Clerkenwell Close home and office up for sale
Events
Seven architecture and design events in February from Dezeen Events Guide
Madrid Design Festival and Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this February. More about Seven architecture and design events in February from Dezeen Events Guide
Comments
"Beautiful structure in the perfect location" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a mirrored cafe pavilion and courtyard at the site of The Old War Office in Whitehall, London. More about "Beautiful structure in the perfect location" says commenter
Public and leisure
Brooks + Scarpa wraps Florida sports complex building in concrete shell
California architecture studio Brooks + Scarpa has created a central structure for a sports complex in Florida with a sloped concrete shell designed to "make a spectacle of rainfall". More about Brooks + Scarpa wraps Florida sports complex building in concrete shell
Residential architecture and interiors
The Ranch Mine adds steel-clad lookout tower to Arizona house
US studio The Ranch Mine has completed a house in Arizona clad in wood and weathering steel that includes a tall volume that can "serve as a sentinel for potential forest fires". More about The Ranch Mine adds steel-clad lookout tower to Arizona house
Skyscrapers
SOM completes supertall skyscraper with "monolithic simplicity" in New York City
International architecture studio Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has completed the final supertall skyscraper of a development in Midtown Manhattan, marking the project's finalization. More about SOM completes supertall skyscraper with "monolithic simplicity" in New York City
Schools
CollectiveProject shades renovated Indian school with expansive bamboo canopy
Shaped cutouts cast playful shadows across Talaricheruvu Rural School, which Indian studio CollectiveProject has transformed from an existing school building in southern India. More about CollectiveProject shades renovated Indian school with expansive bamboo canopy
Residential conversions
Memo Architectuur organises Belgian home renovation around concrete spiral staircase
A spiralling staircase and concrete flooring characterise this renovation of a dilapidated row house in Mortsel, Belgium, designed by local studio Memo Architectuur. More about Memo Architectuur organises Belgian home renovation around concrete spiral staircase
Skyscrapers
KPF releases images of 520 Fifth Avenue supertall skyscraper in Manhattan
American architecture studio Kohn Pedersen Fox has released images of an in-progress supertall skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan wrapped in arched windows. More about KPF releases images of 520 Fifth Avenue supertall skyscraper in Manhattan
News
Populous designs 34,000-seat temporary Cricket World Cup stadium for New York
Architecture studio Populous has unveiled designs for a temporary cricket stadium to be constructed with repurposed elements in New York. More about Populous designs 34,000-seat temporary Cricket World Cup stadium for New York
London house extensions
Oliver Leech Architects adds skylit extension to London home
Local studio Oliver Leech Architects has extended a Victorian terrace house in south London, introducing a four-metre-wide skylight at its centre that offers views of a wildflower meadow roof. More about Oliver Leech Architects adds skylit extension to London home
Houses
PAT completes off-grid Kenyan holiday home with raised bedrooms
Open-air bedrooms and terraces are raised above the treetops at this holiday home designed by Italian architecture studio PAT on Kenya's Manda Island. More about PAT completes off-grid Kenyan holiday home with raised bedrooms
Interview
Brutalism is "very simple and honest architecture" says Ludwig Godefroy
French architect Ludwig Godefroy discusses how working in Mexico has helped him to develop his concrete-heavy style in this exclusive interview. More about Brutalism is "very simple and honest architecture" says Ludwig Godefroy
News
First full-height timber wind turbine opens in Sweden
The world's first full-scale timber wind turbine has started turning in Sweden, with a tower built by wood technology company Modvion. More about First full-height timber wind turbine opens in Sweden
Hotels
Historic sanatorium in Greek mountain forest transformed into Manna hotel
Greek architecture offices K-Studio and Monogon have converted the abandoned Manna Sanatorium in Arcadia, southern Greece, into a luxury forest hotel. More about Historic sanatorium in Greek mountain forest transformed into Manna hotel