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BCQ completes sports hall with translucent polycarbonate skin

Barcelona studio BCQ chose translucent plastic panels for the walls of this municipal sports hall in Spain, giving the building an ethereal quality that helps it match the colours of the sky (+ slideshow). More about BCQ completes sports hall with translucent polycarbonate skin

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Architecture

Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Sackler Crossing by John Pawson

John Pawson's serpentine crossing over a lake in the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, England, is the latest addition to our alphabetical countdown of iconic contemporary bridges. More about Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Sackler Crossing by John Pawson

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Architecture

SOM recasts old San Francisco movie house for new role as a nonprofit theatre

SOM's San Francisco office has transformed an abandoned cinema into a multipurpose performance and community venue for the American Conservatory Theater, a prominent arts organisation in the Bay Area (+ slideshow). More about SOM recasts old San Francisco movie house for new role as a nonprofit theatre

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Architecture

"We face calls for safe houses, safe communities and safe spaces"

Opinion: there are concrete tactics that architecture can use to make people feel mentally and socially safe, says Aaron Betsky, but the real question is how we apply them to public buildings and spaces. More about "We face calls for safe houses, safe communities and safe spaces"

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Architecture

Encore Heureux uses recycled materials to build Circular Pavilion in Paris

Architecture studio Encore Heureux has built a pavilion outside Paris' city hall featuring a facade made out of reclaimed doors and insulation recycled from an old supermarket roof (+ slideshow). More about Encore Heureux uses recycled materials to build Circular Pavilion in Paris

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Architecture

Splattered paintwork inspired by Jackson Pollock covers concrete music school in France

Paint was thrown at the walls of this concrete music, drama and dance school in eastern France by Dominique Coulon & Associés, creating a veined pattern based on the paintings of abstract artist Jackson Pollock (+ slideshow). More about Splattered paintwork inspired by Jackson Pollock covers concrete music school in France

Architecture

Architecture

Top-heavy house by Archi LAB designed to minimise snow buildup

A large white box is raised on stilts to create the upper floor of this house in Japan, sheltering a smaller ground floor and entrance from the heavy snowfalls that Hokkaido Prefecture experiences in winter (+ slideshow). More about Top-heavy house by Archi LAB designed to minimise snow buildup

Architecture

Architecture

Fránek Architects' mountainside Sky Walk loops up around a giant slide

A 101-metre slide winds down through this coiling structure by Fránek Architects, perched on a mountain in the Czech Republic (+ slideshow). More about Fránek Architects' mountainside Sky Walk loops up around a giant slide

Architecture

Architecture

Royal College of Art appoints Adrian Lahoud as dean of architecture

The Royal College of Art has announced Adrian Lahoud will be the new dean of the school's architecture department, replacing Alex de Rijke. More about Royal College of Art appoints Adrian Lahoud as dean of architecture

Architecture

Architecture

Rural Icelandic cottages by PK Arkitektar have turf roofs and burnt timber cladding

Batons of charred timber and layers of turf help this pair of holiday cottages by PK Arkitektar settle into the rugged landscape of south-west Iceland (+ slideshow). More about Rural Icelandic cottages by PK Arkitektar have turf roofs and burnt timber cladding