Junko Kobayashi tops weathering-steel Tokyo toilet with bright yellow disc
Specialist toilet designer Junko Kobayashi has created a public toilet within a series of weathering steel cylinders as her contribution to the Tokyo Toilet project. More
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Miles Pennington creates Tokyo toilet to be "centre of the local community"
Designer Miles Pennington and DLX Design Lab of the University of Tokyo have designed a public toilet in Japan that can be used as an exhibition space, cinema, pop-up kiosk, information centre or meeting place. More
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Giant canopy shelters Sydney Plaza by Adjaye Associates and Daniel Boyd
A giant canopy that filters light through circular openings covers this public plaza in Sydney, which Ghanaian-British architect David Adjaye's studio has created with artist Daniel Boyd. More
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Selldorf Architects and Diamond Schmitt release design for Art Gallery of Ontario's seventh expansion
Selldorf Architects, Diamond Schmitt and Two Row Architect have released designs for a gallery to be added to the complex of buildings at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. More
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New York designers create garden structure from repurposed architectural mockup
New York design studio New Affiliates and architect and historian Samuel Stewart-Halevy have created a prototype of their Testbeds project, which repurposes architectural models used for large projects. More
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Atak Architekti creates Liberec library by restoring and extending a former rectory
Czech studio Atak Architekti has added a metal-clad extension to a former rectory building to create a library and multifunctional community spaces for the city of Liberec in the Czech Republic. More
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Snøhetta creates cavernous timber climbing centre in Norway
Norwegian architecture studio Snøhetta has completed a climbing centre in a small riverside town in Norway, using angular wooden walls to help mimic the feeling of being in a natural cave. More
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Thomas Randall-Page completes Cody Dock Rolling Bridge in London
British designer Thomas Randall-Page has installed a footbridge in east London that is made from weathering steel and oak and rotates via manual levers to let boats pass. More
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Tapering tower distinguishes South Tyrolean sports centre by MoDus Architects
A geometric form built from exposed concrete defines the Fieldhouse sports centre, which Italian studio MoDus Architects has created in the South Tyrolean town of Laghetti. More
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Erre Q Erre replaces parking lot with stone pavilion in Mexico City
Local architecture studio Erre Q Erre has created the Environmental Culture Center, a stone-clad pavilion and garden that replaces a parking lot in Bosque de Chapultepec, a large park in the centre of Mexico City. More
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Urb proposes 93-kilometre cycling highway "to make Dubai the most connected city on earth"
Architecture studio Urb has proposed creating The Loop as a covered highway for cyclists and pedestrians that would wrap around Dubai. More
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MVRDV tops Tainan food market with "rolling hills"
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has unveiled the Tainan Xinhua Fruit and Vegetable Market in Taiwan with an undulating green roof that is accessed by a series of planted terraces. More
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Kenzo Tange's modernist gymnasium set to be demolished
The demolition of the Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium in Japan by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Kenzo Tange has been announced, sparking a petition to save it. More
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Kuehn Malvezzi designs Montreal Insectarium to subvert "museological norms and expectations"
Architecture studios Kuehn Malvezzi, Pelletier de Fontenay and Jodoin Lamarre Pratte Architectes have created an insect zoo and museum with interiors that emulate the experience of being a bug. More
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Studioninedots converts Utrecht railway warehouse into community hub
Dutch architecture practice Studioninedots has transformed a former railway warehouse in Utrecht into a cluster of co-working and community spaces named Bovenbouwwerkplaats. More
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Adjaye Associates designs Brooklyn community centre to "disrupt the racial wealth gap"
UK studio Adjaye Associates has released designs for a Brooklyn campus for the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation that include a cultural centre and theatre. More
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GO'C places arts centre on former Seattle gas station site to "heal an urban problem"
Local studio GO'C drew on the aesthetics of a 1930s gas station to create Mini Mart City Park, a community arts centre in Seattle that aims to show the potential of remediated brownsites. More
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"Important to have architecture be part of the NFL" says Peter Eisenman
The Peter Eisenman and Populous-designed State Farm Stadium, which is set to host Super Bowl 57, had the USA's first retractable field and presented an innovative change from previous stadiums, say its designers. More
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Undulating concrete landscape conceals Chinese cultural centre by Change Architects
A flowing landscape of grass-topped, terracotta-coloured concrete animates the Chaohu Natural and Cultural Centre designed by Chinese studio Change Architects to reference mountains in Anhui province. More
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Urlo Studio completes stacked pigmented-concrete complex in Quito
Urlo Studio designed a rotated, triangular mixed-use complex clad in red concrete panels and terracotta tiles that is meant to reference the architectural heritage of its site in Quito, Ecuador. More
