"Neom promised radical urbanism but is delivering sterile desert suburbia"
While Neom struggles to create ground-breaking urbanism, it is having more success replicating suburbia in the desert, writes Tom Ravenscroft. More
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Aerial photos reveal repetitive housing of Neom workers camps
Satellite photography has revealed the numerous settlements containing thousands of identical housing blocks that have been built for those working on Neom in the northwest of Saudi Arabia. More
Daniel Libeskind designs geometric Prague housing as "personal tribute to magical city"
Architect Daniel Libeskind has revealed designs for the Sekyra Flowers residential complex in Prague, which comprises four angular buildings surrounding a public square. More
"Hopeful and imaginative" social housing wins RIBA Stirling Prize 2025
The Appleby Blue Almshouse social housing complex in London, designed by local studio Witherford Watson Mann Architects, has won this year's RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK's best new building. More
SOM unveils Winter Olympics Athletes' Village on former railyard in Milan
Global architecture studio SOM has revealed the 2026 Winter Olympics Athletes' Village in Porta Romana, Milan, which was completed in 30 months and will be turned into student housing after the games. More
Zaha Hadid Architects unveils Belgrade skyscraper for Serbian bank
UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed its design for the 35-storey office and residential Alta Tower in Belgrade, Serbia. More
Eight post-war homes that "still have lessons to teach us"
Homes designed by architects including Denys Lasdun and Ernö Goldfinger feature in author Dominic Bradbury's latest book Post-War Homes: Mid-Century British Architecture. Here, he picks the most influential. More
Hacker Architects designs stepped senior housing to "balance togetherness with independence"
Fluted terracotta siding and stepped terraces cover the exterior of a Portland building by Hacker Architects, which was designed for a group of seniors who banded together to create their own age-in-place housing. More
Barcelona social housing by Cierto Estudio "challenges traditional gender roles"
Apartments with deliberately non-defined rooms fill this social housing block in Barcelona, which local practice Cierto Estudio has finished with a palette of bold red and pastel green. More
V Taller references Tower of Babel in design of Mexican residential complex
Mexican studio V Taller has completed a residential complex in Tulum, Mexico that features a series of vaulted apartments surrounding a tower representative of the mythical Tower of Babel, all finished in pink stucco. More
Harp and Harp reinterprets suburban architecture for Croydon housing
Architecture studio Harp and Harp has finished a residential development in London with pale bricks, red roof tiles and pale green window frames in a characterful take on its Art and Crafts-style neighbours. More
Wendover converts London police station into rental housing
Design firm Wendover has converted the former St John's Wood police station in northwest London into a block of nine rental apartments, organised around a central courtyard. More
Co-living building by LOHA adds "much-needed density" to West Los Angeles
Living units have been arranged around a central courtyard in Barrington 1503, a residential project by California studio LOHA that was designed to skilfully address the "complexities of communal living". More
Barcelona social housing by MIAS Architects is a "tribute to the cultural roots of its inhabitants"
Spanish studio MIAS Architects has renovated a historic housing block in the centre of Barcelona into a series of social housing apartments, defined by a bold palette of red render, patterned ceramic tiles and geometric metal grilles. More
Stefano Boeri Architetti completes latest Vertical Forest skyscraper in Utrecht
Italian studio Stefano Boeri Architetti has completed the Wonderwoods Vertical Forest in Utrecht, the Netherlands, a 104-metre-tall mixed-use tower wrapped by balconies supporting hundreds of trees and thousands of plants. More
Cancellation of Solar For All program "deeply disappointing" say advocates
The US Environmental Protection Agency has cancelled the Solar For All program, a $7 billion initiative that supported nationwide programs to provide solar energy for low and middle-income homeowners, which experts say may negatively affect the solar industry in general. More
Buchner Bründler Architekten finishes concrete housing blocks in Switzerland with colourful details
Exposed concrete surfaces are enlivened by colourful accents at this residential complex in Switzerland, designed by local architecture studio Buchner Bründler Architekten. More
Monadnock designs Dutch social housing as colourful "garden building"
Dutch studio Monadnock has completed Volante, a social housing block in the Netherlands featuring colourful glazed brickwork and window frames. More
LOHA, Studio Dwell and more complete 23-building neighbourhood in Detroit
Six architecture studios from across the country, including LOHA and Studio Dwell, have completed the 23-building City Modern development in Detroit that encompasses 450 new residences and the restoration of three Victorian brick mansions. More
Stirling Prize-winning council homes sold off at a discount
Stirling Prize-winning council homes on Norwich's Goldsmith Street were sold for less than the average local house price under a controversial UK Government policy only five years after they were built, Dezeen can reveal. More