News
Carlo Ratti to curate Venice Architecture Biennale in 2025
Italian architect and engineer Carlo Ratti has been appointed director of the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2025. More about Carlo Ratti to curate Venice Architecture Biennale in 2025
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2023 review
Remembering the architects and designers we lost in 2023
Our review of 2023 pays tribute to the architects, designers and innovators who died in this year, including Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Balkrishna Doshi, Walkie Talkie architect Rafael Viñoly and fashion pioneer Mary Quant. More about Remembering the architects and designers we lost in 2023
Bridges
Frankey installs "world's tallest canal bridge" between two Amsterdam buildings
Dutch street artist Frankey has linked the upper floors of two Amsterdam buildings with a structure designed to look like one of the city's historic canal bridges. More about Frankey installs "world's tallest canal bridge" between two Amsterdam buildings
Community centres
Mexico City community centre features blue-tinted concrete walls
Design firms WORKac and Ignacio Urquiza Architects have created a multi-level, concrete community centre in an underserved neighbourhood that is meant to "promote the regeneration of social life". More about Mexico City community centre features blue-tinted concrete walls
Masterplans
BIG designs Mindfulness City in Bhutan connected by "inhabitable bridges"
Danish architecture studio BIG has unveiled its masterplan for a 1,000-square-kilometre development in Bhutan that will include an international airport and a hydroelectric dam incorporating a temple. More about BIG designs Mindfulness City in Bhutan connected by "inhabitable bridges"
Renovations
Stanton Williams updates historic home of the Rhodes Trust in Oxford
British architecture studio Stanton Williams has refurbished and extended the Grade II*-listed Rhodes House at the University of Oxford, adding a lantern-like glazed pavilion for events. More about Stanton Williams updates historic home of the Rhodes Trust in Oxford
Sharjah Architecture Triennial
Limbo Accra turns half-built Sharjah Mall into a "symbol of potential"
Ghanaian studio Limbo Accra has installed a series of textile forms within an unfinished shopping centre, which is one of the largest incomplete buildings in the UAE, as part of the Sharjah Architecture Triennial. More about Limbo Accra turns half-built Sharjah Mall into a "symbol of potential"
News
RSHP unveils proposal for "post-carbon" neighbourhood in Paris
British studio RSHP has revealed its plans to introduce a mixed-use neighbourhood with a series of public spaces within La Défense business district in Paris. More about RSHP unveils proposal for "post-carbon" neighbourhood in Paris
Facades
Robocoop conceals Rome palace restoration work with "illusionary infill facade"
Italian studio Robocoop has created a temporary facade to blend into its historic surroundings and hide ongoing construction on a palace courtyard restoration in Rome. More about Robocoop conceals Rome palace restoration work with "illusionary infill facade"
Pavilions
Plat Asia explores "boundarylessness" with Cloud Tea Room in China
Beijing studio Plat Asia has created a contemporary teahouse for a resort in Huzhou, China, which draws on the transience of clouds and is surrounded by an undulating steel-pole installation. More about Plat Asia explores "boundarylessness" with Cloud Tea Room in China
Retail
Formation Association fills revamped Los Angeles retail space with pink plaster
Local studio Formation Association has completed a renovation project in Los Angeles, placing asymmetrical volumes clad in plaster in the shell of a masonry building to create a dramatic "canyon-like" interior passage. More about Formation Association fills revamped Los Angeles retail space with pink plaster
Architecture
Lakeside mass-timber theatre in Chile features "box within a box" construction
An architecture team of Nicolás Norero, Leonardo Quinteros and Tomás Villalón has created a community theatre out of glued laminated timber along a lake's shoreline in Panguipulli, Chile. More about Lakeside mass-timber theatre in Chile features "box within a box" construction
Residential architecture and interiors
3DM Architecture celebrates Maltese traditions in minimalist home
Local studio 3DM Architecture has married arched volumes with a pared-back material palette to create Twentyfour, a minimalist home in Malta. More about 3DM Architecture celebrates Maltese traditions in minimalist home
Esports
Populous unveils design for neon-lit esports arena in Saudi Arabia
Global architecture studio Populous has released visuals of the Qiddiya City Esports Arena, which will be located in "the world's first mixed-use gaming and esports district". More about Populous unveils design for neon-lit esports arena in Saudi Arabia
News
Fraser & Partners unveils design for world's tallest hybrid timber tower in Perth
Australian architecture studio Fraser & Partners has revealed its design for a nearly 190-metre-tall residential tower named C6 in Perth, Australia, describing it as a "new benchmark in height for mass timber". More about Fraser & Partners unveils design for world's tallest hybrid timber tower in Perth
Sustainable architecture
England's new biodiversity net gain rules explained
New planning legislation that aims to boost biodiversity in development projects will come into effect in England in January. Here, Dezeen explains what architects need to know. More about England's new biodiversity net gain rules explained
Apartments
Hopson Rodstrom Design creates jagged-roof Los Angeles building with interior courtyard
Local studio Hopson Rodstrom Design placed a sawtooth roof on top of this black-clad apartment building with an interior courtyard in southern California. More about Hopson Rodstrom Design creates jagged-roof Los Angeles building with interior courtyard
Video
Eric Owen Moss describes design approach to (W)rapper high-rise in exclusive film
Architect Eric Owen Moss describes the design and engineering approach to constructing the (W)rapper office building in Los Angeles in this exclusive film produced by Dezeen in collaboration with MATT Construction. More about Eric Owen Moss describes design approach to (W)rapper high-rise in exclusive film
Residential architecture and interiors
All(zone) nestles concrete holiday home among trees in rural Thailand
Architecture studio All(zone) has created Under the Rain Trees, a holiday house with five curved wings nestled under tree canopies on the banks of the River Ping in rural Thailand. More about All(zone) nestles concrete holiday home among trees in rural Thailand
Mosques
John McAslan + Partners remodels community facility at Britain's largest mosque
Limestone facades layered with latticed screens define this community and administrative building that architecture studio John McAslan + Partners has created at London's Baitul Futuh Mosque. More about John McAslan + Partners remodels community facility at Britain's largest mosque