Leadenhall Market has "survived plagues, great fires and two world wars"
One of the oldest marketplaces in London, Leadenhall Market, is the focus of this short film published in collaboration with Open House London. More
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Adjaye Associates unveils "romantic and porous" Princeton University Art Museum
Architecture studio Adjaye Associates has revealed its design for a new art gallery at Princeton University that will have numerous entrances to connect it to the campus. More
The Phoenix Garden is a green retreat in London's West End
The Phoenix Garden, a green space and community building tucked into London's West End, takes centre stage in the next short film published with Open House London. More
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VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/ reveal timber aquatic centre for Paris 2024 Olympics
Dutch studio VenhoevenCS and French practice Ateliers 2/3/4/ have unveiled the designs for a timber swimming pool complex in Paris, which will be the only permanent venue built for the 2024 Olympic Games. More
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Atelier Štěpán tops circular Church of Beatified Restituta with rainbow stained-glass window
Czech Republic studio Atelier Štěpán has built a circular church in a housing estate in Brno that is topped with a panoramic, rainbow-hued window. More
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Five whimsical City Benches animate London's streets
A concrete pineapple and a pair of colourful cartoon eyes are among the playful benches that young architects and designers have installed for the London Festival of Architecture. More
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Takenosuke Sakakura imprints trees on frosted glass toilet in Tokyo
Japanese architect Takenosuke Sakakura has created three unisex toilets that glow like a lantern at night in Tokyo's Nishihara Itchome Park as part of the Tokyo Toilet project. More
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Tadao Ando creates circular public toilet surrounded by cherry trees in Tokyo
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando has completed a circular toilet in a Tokyo park as his contribution to the Tokyo Toilet project. More
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Onexn Architects squeezes Shenzhen micro cafe into gap narrower than a parking space
Chinese studio Onexn Architects has squeezed Joys cafe into a space less than 2.6 metres wide in a street in Shenzhen, which used to house an air conditioner repair shop. More
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Network of Architecture perches Ötzi Peak 3251m viewpoint above a glacier in Italian Alps
Ötzi Peak 3251m is a viewing platform made of weathering steel built by architecture studio Network of Architecture at the peak of Schnals Valley Glacier ridge in South Tyrol, Italy. More
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Apple unwraps spherical glass Apple Store in Singapore by Foster + Partners
Technology manufacturer Apple has revealed its spherical Apple Marina Bay Sands store in Singapore designed by architecture studio Foster + Partners, which it describes as its "most ambitious retail project". More
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Liverpool mayor shelves controversial zip wire plans
A 400-metre zip wire that would have ended on the roof of Liverpool's Central Library within its UNESCO World Heritage Site will no longer be built following a legal challenge made by the Victorian Society. More
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Schemata Architects updates traditional Japanese bathhouse with tiles and Towada stone
Schemata Architects has renovated a traditional sento, or public bathhouse, in Tokyo adding modern touches including a bar serving beer. More
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Gitai Architects builds rammed-earth observatory in the Negev desert
Gitai Architects used rammed earth and stones from the nearby Mitzpe Ramon crater to build the Landroom observatory in Israel's Negev desert. More
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SNKH creates pop-up cinema within "inverted Bedouin tent" in Moscow
Armenian architectural studio SNKH has created a pop-up cinema informed by Bedouin tents outside the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow. More
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Photos reveal Foster + Partners "floating" spherical Apple Marina Bay Sands store
Instagram users have posted images of the soon-to-open spherical Apple Store in Singapore, which architecture studio Foster + Partners has built on the water alongside the Marina Bay Sands hotel. More
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ON-A proposes covering Barcelona's Nou Camp stadium with Nou Parc
Barcelona studio ON-A has envisioned a 26-hectare park in the city that would rise up to cover FC Barcelona football stadium to the west. More
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Zaha Hadid Architects unveils Chinese football stadium with "garden terraces"
Plant-filled terraces, a translucent roof and palatial columns adorn the Xi'an International Football Centre stadium that Zaha Hadid Architects is developing for central China. More
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Gómez Platero designs World Memorial to the Pandemic for Uruguayan coast
Latin American architecture firm Gómez Platero has unveiled a design for a circular monument in Uruguay to remember coronavirus victims. More
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Concrete Tokyo toilet by Wonderwall references primitive Japanese huts
A maze of board-marked concrete walls encloses this public toilet in Tokyo, which interior design studio Wonderwall created for the Tokyo Toilet project and modelled on prehistoric Japanese architecture. More
