Proctor & Shaw's Soffit House extension wins Don't Move, Improve! 2020
A "beautifully understated" rear extension by Proctor & Shaw has been named as London's best new home improvement project at the 2020 Don't Move, Improve! awards. More
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Workshop Architects designs Filux Lab art centre for Mérida's festival of lights
A colonial house in Mérida, Mexico has been revitalised into a cultural hub for the city's annual festival of lights by local studio Workshop Architects. More
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Dezeen announces plans for digital guide to Milan design week 2020
Are you exhibiting or holding an event in Milan this June? If so, get your event listed in Dezeen Events Guide, which is launching a special section dedicated to the world's biggest design fair. More
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Gundry & Ducker gives White Rabbit House makeover with green hues and terrazzo
Archways, chequerboard terrazzo, and sherbet hues feature in this 1970s house in London, overhauled by architecture studio Gundry & Ducker. More
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French public buildings to be built with 50 per cent wood
The French government has announced plans for a sustainability law that will ensure all new public buildings are built from at least 50 per cent timber or other natural materials. More
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Bradley Van Der Straeten adds hidden half-storey extension to London home
Architecture studio Bradley Van Der Straeten has extended a house on a housing estate in Stoke Newington, London, by adding an additional half storey hidden from the street. More
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Over The Edge is a minimalist house with a cantilevered corner
The ground appears to have fallen away beneath this minimal house, designed by architectural designer Jonathan Burlow in Kent. More
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Guggenheim New York releases teaser video ahead of Rem Koolhaas Countryside exhibition
The "most radical" changes to civilisation come from the countryside rather than cities, according to architect Rem Koolhaas, who will explore the topic in a major exhibition opening at New York's Guggenheim Museum next week. More
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IM Pei's Eskenazi Museum renovated with subtle additions in Indiana
A 1980s building designed by the late architect IM Pei to house Indiana University's art collection has received a sensitive update by Ennead Architects and architect Susan T Rodriguez that includes a new skybridge. More
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Indigenous technologies "could change the way we design cities" says environmentalist Julia Watson
Indigenous communities are pioneers of technologies that offer solutions to climate change, according to designer and environmentalist Julia Watson. More
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Nuns offer up convent as wetlands to fight flooding in New Orleans
A community of nuns have donated their convent in New Orleans to create the Mirabeau Water Garden wetlands and improve the city's system for flood prevention. More
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Large sloping roof shelters House in Gakuenmae by FujiwaraMuro Architects
An oversized roof supported by large wooden beams shades the interiors of this home that FujiwaraMuro Architects designed in the Japanese city of Nara to take cues from the form of a mountain hut. More
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Trump's Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again decries brutalist and deconstructivist architecture
Projects by HOK, Arquitectonica and Morphosis have been singled out for criticism in president Trump's draft executive order for federal buildings, which would outlaw brutalist and deconstructivist styles if it becomes law. More
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Asif Khan unveils carbon-fibre latticed gates for Dubai Expo 2020
British architecture studio Asif Khan has revealed the Expo Entry Portals, gateways to the Dubai Expo 2020 woven from carbon fibre to create 21-metre-high mashrabiya-style lattices. More
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Greece plans floating sea barrier to keep out refugees
Greece has been criticised for plans to erect a floating barrier of nets on the border with Turkey in the Aegean Sea to deter people crossing by boat. More
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Counterspace designs Serpentine Pavilion 2020 to be built with recycled bricks
South African architecture studio Counterspace will use cork and bricks made of recycled construction waste to build this year's Serpentine Pavilion, which refers to the experiences of London's migrant communities in its design. More
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Bonba Studio encases extension in Barcelona in white metal mesh
White metal mesh filters daylight into the terrace of this extension of a 1950s detached home in Barcelona by Bonba Studio. More
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O'Neill McVoy Architects creates black Double Square Studio in Connecticut for a sculptor
New York firm O'Neill McVoy Architects has used a lightwell and clerestory window to illuminate the interiors of this studio in Connecticut for artist Gelah Penn. More
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Branch Studio Architects uses skylights to bring light into Australian island house
A courtyard with a concrete pool sits at the centre of a house on Phillip Island in Australia, designed by Branch Studio Architects and illuminated by large skylights. More
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Edifice by Marc Thorpe is a black off-the-grid cabin in Upstate New York
American designer Marc Thorpe has created a simple, off-the-grid dwelling in Upstate New York that is meant to exist "in perfect balance with its environment". More
