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  • 8-23-VI Pavilion by Medium

    Pivoting red metal panels form walls of neighbourhood pavilion in Tbilisi

    Design collective Medium has completed 8-23-VI, a pavilion with moving walls that creates a new public place for residents of the Gldani neighbourhood in Tbilisi, Georgia. More

    India Block | 20 January 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Boulevard theatre by Soda featuring a revolving auditorium

    Revolving auditorium is showpiece of Boulevard theatre by SODA

    A theatre has opened in London's Soho that can be completely reconfigured at the touch of a button. More

    Amy Frearson | 28 October 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Cody Dock rolling bridge

    Our new Pinterest board ties down buildings and furniture that are on the move

    Keep your eye on architecture and design projects that twist and turn on this week's new Pinterest board, including animated houses, spinning walls and furniture that pulls down from ceilings. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › More

    Semi Han | 11 August 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Operable Interactive Village Hut by Weiguo Xu

    Operable Interactive Village Hut opens and closes depending on the temperature

    A system of hydraulics opens and closes three panels of this visitor centre in Xiahuayuan Village, China, depending on the temperature outside. More

    Jon Astbury | 10 June 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Moving terrace connects with living spaces at Robert Konieczny's Quadrant House

    Moving terrace follows the sun at Robert Konieczny's Quadrant House

    This house in Poland by architect Robert Konieczny has a moving outdoor living space that pivots and docks with rooms on either side of the garden. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 21 May 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Black Box house extension in Islington by by MATA Architects

    Large mechanical shutters cover windows of Black Box extension by MATA Architects

    MATA Architects has added a timber-clad extension to a house in north London, with windows concealed behind large shutters that can be opened using mechanical winches. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 8 April 2019 | Leave a comment
  • The Shed's moving roof by Diller Scofidio + Refro

    Movie shows The Shed's moving roof in action

    This captioned movie shows how the roof of The Shed, currently under construction in New York's Hudson Yards, will move back and forth. More

    Siufan Adey | 25 January 2019 | Leave a comment
  • The Spy Glass by Jak Studio

    Rotating beach hut can catch the sun's rays all day

    Jak Studio has built a beach hut in the British seaside town of Eastbourne that can rotate to follow the sun. More

    India Block | 9 September 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Ballet Mecanique by Manuel Herz Architects

    Ballet Mécanique apartment block has walls that unfold to form balconies and sunshades

    Manuel Herz Architects has completed a housing block in Zurich, with dynamic facades that transform into balconies for its five apartments. More

    Tom Ravenscroft | 3 September 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Fully rotating house built in Italy

    Fully rotating house built in Italian countryside

    Architect Roberto Rossi has completed a house in northern Italy that can rotate 360 degrees. More

    Tom Ravenscroft | 30 March 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Devon Haus by David Ben-Grunberg

    The D*Haus Company unveils Devon house with a swivelling top

    UK architects David Ben-Grünberg and Daniel Woolfson have updated their shape-shifting D*Haus to create a residence with a rotating roof for a site in Devon, England. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 11 September 2017 | 13 comments
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    Anmahian Winton's zinc-clad observatory enables stargazing from a New Hampshire mountain

    The top of this faceted private observatory in central New Hampshire, by Anmahian Winton Architects, rotates to provide different views of the night sky. More

    Dan Howarth | 31 July 2017 | 2 comments
  • Prefab buildings by Ten Fold Engineering build themselves in eight minutes

    Our latest captioned movie features modular structures designed by Ten Fold Engineering, which can be transported anywhere on a lorry and self-deployed at the touch of a button. More one-minute movies ›

    Trudie Carter | 19 July 2017 | 8 comments
  • 10 movies featuring buildings that move or change shape

    Over the last few months we've been publishing short movies about shape-shifting architecture on our Facebook page. Here are 10 of the best, including projects with sliding walls, kinetic facades and rotating rooms. More

    Trudie Carter | 2 May 2017 | Leave a comment
  • Apple Dubai Mall by Foster + Partners

    Foster + Partners completes Dubai Apple Store with carbon-fibre "solar wings"

    Filigreed carbon-fibre shutters fold around the oriel window of Foster + Partners' Apple Store in Dubai, shading the shop floor during the day but opening at night to views of the Burj Khalifa. More

    Jessica Mairs | 2 May 2017 | 4 comments
  • Richard Murphy's "box of tricks" home named UK house of the year 2016

    Secret hatches, moving walls and a sliding ladder all feature inside the Edinburgh home of architect Richard Murphy, which has been named RIBA House of the Year 2016. More

    Amy Frearson | 15 December 2016 | 16 comments
  • BETA completes Ru Paré community

    Retractable garage-style doors open Amsterdam entrepreneur hub to the elements

    Dutch studio BETA and Elisabeth Boersma of planB have transformed an old school in Amsterdam into a hub for entrepreneurs featuring full-height windows that can be retracted to open the entire facade. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 23 October 2016 | Leave a comment
  • Garden House by Caspar Schols

    Sliding walls create various layouts inside Garden House by Caspar Schols

    Timber and glass walls slide along runners to reveal or enclose this gabled garden shed in Eindhoven, designed and built by Caspar Schols as a hobby space for his mother. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 18 October 2016 | 9 comments
  • Night Train by RTU

    Students create Night Train party pavilion for former brewery in Latvia

    Architecture students have built a train-inspired party pavilion in the grounds of a former factory, featuring a glowing wooden carriage that shuttles along a raised platform (+ slideshow) More

    Eleanor Gibson | 31 August 2016 | 6 comments
  • Rotating and tilting ReActor house accommodates two artists for five days

    A pair of artists built and lived in this house balanced on a pole in upstate New York, which spun around and inclined as they moved around it during their week-long residency (+ movie). More

    James Brillon | 15 August 2016 | 1 comment
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