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Local studio Hacker Architects has renovated and expanded a 60-year-old athletic facility at the Oregon Episcopal School, aiming to make it an "inclusive, equitable and future-forward campus hub". More about Hacker references nearby woods in revamp of athletic centre at Portland school
Burkinabè architect Diébédo Francis Kéré has been named the 2023 architecture laureate for the Praemium Imperiale awards by the Japan Art Association. More about Diébédo Francis Kéré awarded 2023 Praemium Imperiale for architecture
Promotion: architecture competition organiser Buildner has launched a new initiative to design a forward-looking home for the city of Dubai that refreshes the current offering to locals. More about Call for entries to Dubai's House of the Future competition
A collision of geometric forms in contrasting brick and concrete defines Great Primary Shapes House, a dwelling in South Africa designed by local architect Gregory Katz. More about Gregory Katz merges clashing geometries for South African home
Chinese architects have told Dezeen they are regularly working through the night while their pay plummets as the country's property industry deals with a severe crisis. More about Chinese architects facing nightmare working conditions amid real-estate crisis
The Créateurs Design Association & Awards has named Mexican architect Frida Escobedo as the recipient of Le Prix Charlotte Perriand for 2024. More about Frida Escobedo named winner of Le Prix Charlotte Perriand 2024
Shingle-like panels made of weathering steel clad the pyramidal forms at the River Bend Residence, a project designed by Texan studio Lake Flato Architects to "sit lightly upon the land". More about Lake Flato clads Texas home in Corten steel panels
London studio Coffey Architects has completed Modern Barn, a home in Dorset, UK, that mimics a cluster of timber-clad barns in order to blend in with the surrounding landscape. More about Coffey Architects draws on rural barns for coastal home in Dorset
Nineteen neighbourhoods constructed with local materials will define Sultan Haitham City, a metropolis for 100,000 residents that London studio Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is designing in Oman. More about SOM plans city to accommodate Muscat's growing population
Discussions about planning and urbanism are awash with talk of "placemaking" but the term remains strangely and troublingly opaque, writes Reinier de Graaf. More about "I have a confession to make: I have no idea what placemaking is"
Dutch firm UNStudio has revealed its design for New Heart, two high-rises that will sit at the centre of a new development in Düsseldorf, Germany, and feature staggered terraces and a bright-orange bridge. More about UNStudio unveils design for stepped-terrace towers in Düsseldorf
Palestinian architects AAU Anastas have built a production facility and cultural hub in Bethlehem, which brings together the many strands of their cross-disciplinary practice and includes a radio station and restaurant. More about AAU Anastas designs The Wonder Cabinet in Bethlehem as hub for makers and creatives
The concrete-framed "industrial relic" of the former Kingway Brewery in Shenzhen, China, has been transformed into a cultural centre by architecture firm Urbanus. More about Urbanus transforms former Chinese brewery into cultural centre
Architects Petr Tej and Marek Blank collaborated with engineer Jan Mourek to create this minimalist bridge across the River Vltava in Prague, which is intended to resemble marble. More about Štvanice Footbridge in Prague designed as a "sculpture in the city"
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects has designed a school building that prioritises low-carbon solutions and water retention on restored woodlands outside of San Francisco. More about Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects creates low-energy school expansion in California
Local architecture studio Goiva has renovated a white brick house and added a pub-like social space to its basement in São Paulo, Brazil. More about Goiva places pub under renovated São Paulo house
Australian architecture studio Carr drew on 20th-century industrial warehouses for this office building in Melbourne, which features a stepped frontage of perforated red-brick columns. More about Industrial warehouses inform Melbourne office block by Carr
The Royal Institute of British Architects has called for an investigation into the condition of public buildings in light of the ongoing RAAC crisis that is impacting schools across England. More about RIBA calls for "urgent audit of public buildings" amid RAAC crisis
Ukrainian studio Zikzak Architects has released its design for the first Ronald McDonald House in Ukraine, which will provide temporary housing to children receiving treatment at Kyiv's Okhmatdyt hospital and their families. More about Zikzak Architects reveals design for first Ronald McDonald House in Ukraine