Skyscrapers
Skyscrapers
Helmut Jahn-designed 1000M skyscraper tops out in Chicago
A residential skyscraper designed by the late German-American architect Helmut Jahn has topped out in Chicago's South Loop. More
A residential skyscraper designed by the late German-American architect Helmut Jahn has topped out in Chicago's South Loop. More
The Cape Cod Modern House Trust has launched a campaign to raise $1.2 million to purchase modernist architect Marcel Breuer's holiday home in Cape Cod, USA, to save it from likely demolition. More
The UK government has introduced regulations "to reverse the rise of gender-neutral toilets" in non-domestic public and private buildings. More
With fewer than 15 Deaf people training to become architects in the UK, the Deaf Architecture Front platform has launched to boost accessibility and representation in the industry. More
Architecture bodies including RIBA and AIA are putting together guidance and policy requests to governments to help the profession deal with the potential risks and benefits of AI. More
Concave chairs like Arne Jacobsen's Egg and Eero Saarinen's Womb don't meet today's definition of good design, according to the founders of design studio Pearson Lloyd. More
The iconic San Siro in Milan, which was set to be replaced by a Populous-designed stadium, has been saved from demolition because of its "cultural heritage". More
This week on Dezeen, we reported that the first supertall skyscraper in Brooklyn had reached completion after finishing touches were finally made to its intricate facade. More
Architect David Adjaye has lost another large project in the wake of sexual assault allegations against him, as his studio is dropped from the International Slavery Museum redevelopment in Liverpool. More
Chicago-based architecture firm Studio Gang has been selected to renovate and expand the Clinton Presidential Center, a library and museum in Little Rock, Arkansas. More
There are 20 homes vying for RIBA's House of the Year 2023 award, including a glass pavilion by Niall McLaughlin Architects and a timber-clad cottage extension by Studio Weave. More
British architecture studio Dowen Farmer Architects has released plans for Portal Road, a multistorey ghost-kitchen tower block in west London that would shuttle food to a public food hall like the "Ministry of Magic". More
The University of California has commenced an application process for studios to design student housing for its campus, in what appears to be a move away from its controversial Munger Hall dormitory announced in 2021. More
New York studio SHoP Architects has completed the black and bronze facade of the supertall skyscraper Brooklyn Tower, the tallest building in the borough. More
Scientists from Texas A&M University and Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico have observed metal cracking and fusing back together, in a discovery that could pave the way for self-healing machines, vehicles and bridges. More
This week on Dezeen, architecture writer Matt Shaw reflected on what went wrong with Heatherwick Studio's Vessel, two years after the 16-storey viewpoint in New York's Hudson Yards was closed. More
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a low-cost energy storage system that could be integrated into roads and building foundations to facilitate the renewable energy transition. More
As the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup takes place in New Zealand and Australia, human rights organisation Equidem has alleged that female workers producing official FIFA merchandise are being exploited. More
Football club Manchester City has won approval to redevelop a stand at its stadium in Manchester, UK, to increase capacity while adding a museum and hotel. More
The Dallas Art Museum museum has selected Spanish architecture studio Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos to expand its downtown complex, citing its "poetic sensibility". More