Thatched reeds cover egg-shaped observatory for watching birds
RAU Architects and Ro&Ad Architects have designed the egg-shaped Tij Observatory for the Scheelhoek Nature Reserve in Stellendam, the Netherlands. More
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Muir and Openwork create mist-filled "chasm" at National Gallery of Victoria
Canyon-like walls overflowing with mist define the Doubleground pavilion, which nestles within the sculpture garden of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. More
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MLZD adds subterranean sports hall to school in a former monastery
Architecture office MLZD has built a sports hall with a sculptural concrete wall below ground level to preserve views of a heritage-listed converted monastery in Wettingen, Switzerland. More
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Eight striking libraries that are bound to impress
Bibliophiles can take pleasure in looking through Dezeen's pick of the best libraries, including one in the Netherlands that occupies an old locomotive shed, and another in China that resembles an eye. More
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Zaha Hadid Architects' lakeside cultural centre nears completion in Changsha
New photos reveal the Zaha Hadid Architects-designed Changsha Meixihu International Culture and Art Centre nearing completion in China. More
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Morris + Company builds vaulted wooden restaurant with aluminium arcade
Morris + Company has wrapped a metal arcade around a vaulted timber restaurant pavilion at Wildernesse House, a retirement living scheme in Kent, England. More
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Featherstone Young builds boxing gym for Grenfell Tower club
London architecture studio Featherstone Young has built the Bay 20 community centre to replace the gym lost by the Dale Youth Amateur Boxing Club in the Grenfell Tower fire. More
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360-degree video shows creation of Assemble's Granby Winter Garden
This 360-degree movie documents the three-year process of creating Assemble's Granby Winter Garden from two derelict houses in Liverpool, UK. More
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Assemble transforms two derelict terrace houses into Granby Winter Garden
Turner Prize-winning collective Assemble has created a "secret indoor garden" within two houses in Liverpool, UK, as part of its Granby Four Streets rejuvenation project. More
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Big glass box brings light into Olson Kundig's Comedor restaurant in Austin
Hand cranks are used to lift up huge glass doors that open to a courtyard in this Mexican restaurant, which Seattle firm Olson Kundig has completed in downtown Austin. More
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Old Ceramic Society of Coimbra celebrates its 18th-century structure
Simple plaster surfaces sit alongside aged wooden ceiling beams within this ceramics studio in Coimbra, Portugal, which has been overhauled by Luisa Bebiano Arquitectos and Atelier do Corvo. More
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Safdie Architects completes world's tallest indoor waterfall at Jewel Changi Airport
An indoor forest sits under a large glazed dome with a rainwater waterfall running through the middle at Singapore's Jewel Changi Airport by Safdie Architects. More
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Winter Architecture creates community-focused cricket pavilion in Melbourne
Winter Architecture has teamed with Zunica Interior Architecture to transform a historic Melbourne cricket pavilion into a flexible community hub. More
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Concrete bar by 3andwich Design cantilevers over a river in China
Mica-Bar by 3andwich Design occupies a concrete volume poking out over a river running through the village of Wangjiatuan in China. More
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Great glass elevator to whisk visitors 83-storeys up Chicago's Aon Center
North America's tallest glass elevator, designed by Solomon Cordwell Buenz, will climb the exterior of the modernist Aon Center skyscraper in Chicago in 60 seconds offering tourists panoramic views. More
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Studio Fuksas to build "largest conference centre in the Middle East"
Studio Fuksas has revealed visuals of the International Congress Center Jerusalem, which will form the heart of a mixed-use complex in Giv'at Ram, Israel. More
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Thomas Heatherwick designed the Vessel to "bring people together"
Thomas Heatherwick explains his desire for the recently opened Vessel, at the Hudson Yards development, to become a unique public destination in this video. More
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Henning Larsen designs cave-like extension to Hotel Tórshavn in Faroe Islands
Danish studio Henning Larsen's extension to Hotel Tórshavn will be characterised by a cave-like foyer that is a nod to the coastal grottos of the Faroe Islands. More
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Snøhetta completes Europe's first underwater restaurant in Norway
Snøhetta has completed Under, the "world's largest underwater restaurant", which plunges from a craggy shoreline in the remote village of Båly, Norway. More
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Heatherwick's Vessel at Hudson Yards claims ownership of visitors' photography
The Heatherwick Studio-designed Vessel at New York's Hudson Yards is planning to maintain rights to any photography taken of the public structure, a move that has prompted an outcry from critics on social media. More
