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The American Institute of Architects New York (AIANY) and the Center for Architecture (CFA) have just announced the appointment of Jesse Lazar as the new permanent Executive Director of both organizations, filling a void left by Benjamin Prosky after his departure this February.…
Architect impressed by urban squatter settlements in Peru who then set about persuading the wider world of their valueIn the 1950s and 60s John Turner, who has died aged 96, addressed the housing challenges faced by members of rural communities in Peru when they migrated to urban…
Local architecture office Superlimão Studio has created a lifted building with a tree-like structure constructed using mass timber for a McDonald's restaurant in São Paulo. Located at one of the busiest intersections of São Paulo, the 2,150-square foot (220-square metre) building…
Proposal Would Transform L.A.’s ‘Freeway to Nowhere’ Into Park, Housing Diana Ionescu Tue, 09/26/2023 - 12:00 Primary Image Primary Image Caption The end of SR-90, known as the Marina Freeqway, in Marina del Rey, California. A Los Angeles freeway segment—alternately known as the…
The David R. Ravin School of Architecture at UNC Charlotte has shared its 2023/24 on-campus events programming as part of our Archinect Get Lectured series. The nine-part lectures are part of the school’s full-year New South | Global South initiative, which includes new course of…
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features an interview with architect Diébédo Francis Kéré, who tells Dezeen he could design a skyscraper when the time is right. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Burkinabè architect Kéré has risen to become one of the profe…
Ending Downtown San Francisco’s ‘Doom Loop’ Diana Ionescu Tue, 09/26/2023 - 11:00 Primary Image Primary Image Caption The alley that has been transformed into the Landing at Leidesdorff. A redevelopment project in San Francisco is being touted by local boosters as “a bellwether f…
The California High-Speed Rail Authority has been awarded more than $200 million from the Biden Administration in what is one of the largest pieces of federal funding awarded to the project in its history. The $202 million grant was made by the U.S. Department of Transportation t…
A sculptural facade defines the Allan & Geraldine Rosenberg Residences, a housing block with affordable senior apartments in Freeport, New York, designed by German architecture firm Studio Libeskind. Located in Freeport on Long Island, north of New York City, the Allan & Geraldin…
Omaha Streetcar Breaks Ground Diana Ionescu Tue, 09/26/2023 - 10:00 Primary Image The Omaha streetcar project officially began street work last week with “potholing,” a process that drills into the roadway to identify utility lines and other underground features, reports Steve Li…
New York State has announced the adoption of a ‘Buy Clean Concrete’ mandate for state agencies, described by Governor Hochul’s office as a “first-in-the-nation” commitment to environmental sustainability. The plan contains mandatory rules for establishing emissions limits on conc…
Einstein Tower has undergone extensive renovations to preserve it for future generationsA solar observatory built to substantiate Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity has been reopened near the German capital after a renovation project to preserve it for future generations.The…
‘Spite buildings’ intended to cause irritation have a long and proud history from Beirut to Buenos AiresFrom view-blocking houses to nose-thumbing towers, revenge is the mortar that binds the bricks in “spite buildings”, constructed with the sole aim of causing irritation.The Al…
We want to create a very simple and sober building while being the most beautiful in the world. We understand that this new building should complete and complement the main building of MagaZZino. To achieve this, it is arranged perpendicular to the first, creating a unified space…
From Zero to Two: Houston’s Bike Share Saga Continues Diana Ionescu Tue, 09/26/2023 - 09:00 Primary Image Earlier this month, Houston Bike Share, the nonprofit running Houston’s BCycle bike share system, announced that it would have to shut down operations within the next two mon…
The Illinois Institute of Technology has appointed Maria A. Villalobos Hernandez as director of its Master of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism program. “Villalobos is the first woman of color and first Latinx person to be a director of a College of Architecture program, and sh…
The A303 redevelopment proposal had originally garnered the attention of preservation advocates beginning in 2017 and eventually yielded a favorable ruling from the UK High Court in 2021, the same year UNESCO first threatened to add the site to its list of World Heritage in Dange…
Nonprofit New York City Economic Development Corporation has launched New York City Mass Timber Studio, an assistance program for the development of mass-timber construction within New York City. The program aims to raise awareness of the benefits of mass-timber construction, con…
‘Affordability Unlocked’ Boosts Austin’s Affordable Housing Production Diana Ionescu Tue, 09/26/2023 - 08:00 Primary Image A “game-changing” Austin city program dubbed Affordability Unlocked has led to significant growth in affordable housing production in the city, reports Audre…
How Homelessness Differs in Rural America Diana Ionescu Tue, 09/26/2023 - 07:00 Primary Image Primary Image Caption Somersworth, New Hampshire. In an interview with Olivia Weeks for Daily Yonder, Dr. Elizabeth Carpenter-Song describes her research on homelessness in rural New Eng…
SULA (a genus of seabirds commonly known as boobies) as it was named, is a house that was pre-fabricated in Quito in 2 months, it integrates 17,000 screws and nearly 2,000 custom-made pieces in wood, metal, aluminum, and glass. It was transported in 2 trucks to the port of Guayaq…
Located nine kilometers southeast of the city’s historic center, the new U.S. Embassy in Guatemala City consists of an 18,800-square-meter chancery building and support buildings with a below-grade garage. Working in collaboration with the Department of State’s Bureau of Overseas…
The Man and The House: A Unique Blend of Various Realms Saeid Khan, a man deeply passionate about mountains and armed with extensive knowledge in industrial construction, has carried his dual interests throughout his life. His affection for the mountains and nature, rooted in his…
A sawtooth roof that references the nearby South Melbourne Market tops Ferrars & York, an apartment block in Australia designed by local studio Six Degrees Architects. Six Degrees Architects worked with property developer Hip V Hype to create the block of 22 apartments, which occ…
The MYS Khaoyai Hotel draws inspiration from the lush Khao Yai National Park that surrounds it. This unique architectural design seeks to immerse guests in nature with its innovative ‘Elevated Ground Floor’ concept. MYS Khaoyai Hotel’s Design Concept Despite facing spatial constr…
Tree House, with an area of 50m2 that floats among the trees, is one of the three houses in the @NaCarapina accommodation complex, located in São Francisco de Paula, in the Campos de Clima Serra region, in the state of Rio Grande. do Sul. The region is mainly made up of fields, b…
A 1960s Italian hotel and the historic coastal bulwarks below have been restored by architect Bonaventura Gambardella and interior designer Nikita Bettoni. The Borgo Santandrea hotel overlooks the historic fishing village of Conca dei Marini from its lofty position 90 metres abov…
In a world grappling with environmental challenges, forward-thinking architects and engineers are increasingly leaning towards more sustainable solutions. While steel and concrete have long dominated the construction industry, bamboo is now stepping into the limelight as a compel…
Ngabobo Village is located in Tanzania’s remote northern savanna, just 3 degrees south of the equator. Having a subtropical highland climate with mild annual temperatures ranging between 18 and 23°C, the plains between Mount Meru and Mount Kilimanjaro lie at an altitude of approx…
The relationship between art and architecture is a recurring topic of discussion, seeing as architecture can be positioned at the intersection of structure, technology, and aesthetics. Despite the utilization of technical knowledge, architecture, and interior design also incorpor…
The Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB 5) has announced the participation of the James R Thompson Center as both a cultural partner and city site for the 5th edition of the exhibition. CAB 5: This is A Rehearsal is curated by the Chicago-based artist collective Floating Museum. T…
The renovation of the offices of this SME dedicated to the sale of agricultural products represents a significant change in its work environment. The need to update the facilities arose as a response to the evolving demands of a changing work world and the ambition to align the c…
Polish-Israeli architect Zvi Hecker, internationally recognized as an influential figure of Modernism in Israel, as well as a painter, illustration artist, and furniture designer, has passed away at the age of 92, as reported by Moderne Regional. Throughout his career, Hecker com…
Maximalism is an artistic movement that stands in stark contrast to minimalism. While minimalism famously preaches Less is more, maximalism embraces the opposite mantra of More is more.
Increasing in both size and number, cities worldwide are experiencing accelerated growth. With green land regularly lost to either urbanization or its effects – such as rising sea levels or natural disasters – and expanding populations meaning more mouths to feed, the farming and…
During July, we delved into the Design Process as our monthly topic. Inspired by practices that intersect various uncommon layers in their creations, we talked with architect Guto Requena. When designing, his studio experiments with different digital technologies through a sustai…
Each year, the Trust for Public Land (TPL) issues its ParkScore, which ranks the park systems of the 100 most populated cities in the U.S. This year, the organization also explored the positive health outcomes of top-scoring cities, looking at more than 800 innovative programs an…
The Warsaw Citadel of Museums. Work on the architectural design of the Polish History Museum at the Warsaw Citadel began back in 2016. The project was commissioned by Polish architectural design studio WXCA, which in 2009 won the international architecture and urban design compet…
The proposal for a residence in a condominium in the city of São José dos Campos, for a young couple with small children, arose from the request for a home for life. This is the scope that Fernanda Marques' project contemplates; with almost 1400 square meters, an extensive progra…
In early 2022, we had the opportunity to work with an investor in Bao Loc, which was also the time when we clearly realized the difficulties that this land would bring. Those were long, dry, sunny days followed by endless rain from day to day. The consequence is that corrugated i…
Situated between Alexanderplatz and Schillingstrasse, between East German Plattenbauten and the Kino International, and between Karl-Marx-Allee and a historic residential quarter, Magazinstrasse is a product of Berlin’s urban history. Catercorner to the authoritarian grid used fo…
Get Lectured offers a rundown of different events and public programs taking place at schools of architecture each semester. Today, our ongoing series continues with a look at what’s in store at the Florida Atlantic University School of Architecture in 2023–24. The poster, design…
Now in its eighth year, the Urban Design Forum announces its 2023 Forefront Fellows cohort. This year's initiative theme, Free to Grow, focuses on inspiring adults to center young people in the built environment. The Forefront Fellowship consists of early-to-mid-career profession…
This week's curated employer highlight features four architecture and design firms, alongside one university with current job openings in Cambridge, Aspen, New York City/Brooklyn, and Philadelphia. For even more positions, visit the Archinect job board and browse our active commu…
Mayor Eric Adams proposed on Thursday a major overhaul of New York City’s approach to development that his administration says could make way for as many as 100,000 additional homes in the coming years and ease the city’s severe housing crisis. [...] The proposals could bring new…
Local architecture studio Dellekamp Schleich has created an office building in Mexico City that it says is the country's largest and tallest mass-timber structure to set an example for innovative construction methods. Called El Jardín Anatole, the 940-square-metre structure was p…
Ukraine-based MAKHNO Studio has completed work on a residence in Kyoto, Japan inspired by “sado,” a traditional Japanese tea ceremony. The century-old dwelling has been refurbished with attention to its history and the preservation of authentic elements while “adding a drop of Uk…
Following last week’s visit to Philadelphia-based CosciaMoos Architecture, we are moving our Meet Your Next Employer series to New York this week to explore the work of Field Operations. Formerly James Corner Field operations until its name change and restructuring earlier this m…
Students in the Studio 804 design-build programme at the University of Kansas took cues from farmstead vernacular to create a primary home and accessory dwelling unit called 722 Ash Street. Named after its address, the residence is located in the city of Lawrence in northeastern…
Are you thinking about applying to architecture school and want to learn about different graduate program offerings? Application deadlines for the Spring and Fall 2024 architecture term will begin soon! To get ahead, explore and sign up for the following open house and informatio…
The Kenz House, a bespoke creation designed to cater to the needs of a family of four, occupies a generous 40-cent plot adjacent to the bustling National Highway 66. The owner, a dedicated doctor, approached the design team with a clear and ambitious vision: he yearned for someth…
Architecture studio Core Design Workshop has remodelled a 1980s home outside Kuala Lumpur called Introverse, transforming its compartmentalised interiors into a large garden room. Described by Core Design Workshop as introverted, the house is designed to look inward at its main g…
Comfort Town is a residential area of Kyiv built on a former industrial area. It was designed to brighten up the former grey Soviet buildings from the 1950s and 60s Continue reading...
Nestled in the picturesque Dengcun Town, within the embrace of Yichang City, Hubei Province, China, lies the enchanting Sanxia Tea Town. This idyllic resort is surrounded by sprawling tea gardens that stretch as far as the eye can see, creating a haven of tranquility only 19 kilo…
Belgian design label valerie_objects has launched a new collection, “Standing Lamp Marble” by design duo Muller Van Severen who have been collaborating with the brand since its inception.
On Washington Square Park, in Harlem and on the coast in Montauk, several creative people renovate their spaces with an essential New York trait in mind: resourcefulness.
Rounded columns simulate elements washed by the sea at this beach house on Mexico's Pacific Coast, designed by César Béjar Studio and Fernando Sánchez Zepeda. The 465-square-metre Casa Los Tigres is located in Nuevo Vallarta, in Mexico's western Nayarit province, and was a collab…
Each week we’ll interview one of the members of our high-profile judging panel for the World Interior News (WIN) Awards 2023, which includes over 50 of the biggest and best names in the industry.
BeInfinity is a workout space with a difference. The brains behind the redesign of the striking fitness centre is Shanghai based LUK studio (founded by WIN awards judge Christina Luk.)
Nestled within an untouched wilderness, Son Blanc Hotel redefines the essence of travel. This extraordinary venture is at the heart of a meticulously restored traditional farmhouse, offering guests an unparalleled immersive experience. It beckons travelers to journey into rural e…
In an era defined by rapid urbanization and the pressing need for sustainable urban development, the role of urban planners has never been more crucial. As our world continues to transform and evolve, the demand for experts who can envision and design the cities of tomorrow is on…
Architecture practice Studio Bright used patterned breeze blocks to wrap Garden Tower House, an extension in Australia, which peeks out from behind the restored frontage of a workers' cottage. Located in the Melbourne suburb of Cremorne, the project was a response to unsustainabl…
Australian studio Retallack Thompson has constructed a steel extension for a heritage-listed stone terrace in Sydney and added a second house on the same plot to create a multi-generational family home. Steel House/Stone House was designed to resemble a tiny village, with the ori…
Hines has been announced as the developer of a new 8-million-square-foot mixed-use district and Major League Baseball stadium development in St. Petersburg, Florida. The new home of the mercurial Tampa Bay Rays franchise is part of a larger $6.5 billion investment in the region t…
The Museum of No Spectators, a dynamic pop-up museum project aimed at redefining the conventional museum experience, has returned triumphantly to Burning Man 2023, boasting fresh artwork and exciting enhancements. Established in 2019 by architect John Marx and artist Absinthia Ve…
The spiral shape of a conch shell informed the Serpentine Bookhouse in Shenzhen, China, a library that has been designed by local architecture studio Atelier Xi. Located in the Dasha River Ecological Corridor, the 300-square-metre building by Atelier Xi provides a children's read…
Three exceptional projects have claimed the coveted 2023 Houen Fund Prize, solidifying their place in the annalway’s esteemed architecture and construction industry. The prestigious accolade, bearing the legacy of the philanthropic Anton Christian Houen (1823-1894), a renowned bu…
Buildner Architecture Competitions has announced the winners of their MICROHOME Edition #6 competition. Launched as part of their Small-Scale Architecture initiative, and in partnership with ARCHHIVE BOOKS, the annual program seeks ideas for living small as the affordable housing…
Research from a professor at the University of Aberdeen has advanced evidence that the art and practice of architectural drawing may have been invented by a 12th-century Scottish clergyman working in Paris around the time of the construction of Notre-Dame Cathedral and other impo…
American firm Studio of Metropolitan Design Architects has renovated a stone Tudor Revival house and added a pavilion-like concrete extension in Wilmington, Delaware. Led by Elie-Antoine Atallah, Philadelphia-based Studio of Metropolitan Design Architects (SoMD) completed the Kat…
The outcome of the 45th session of the committee has also been notable, however, for the places not approved for protection. On Friday, members voted against the notion that Venice be added to the heritage list. This was despite the recommendation of the World Heritage Centre (WH…
Three projects have been awarded the Houen Fund Prize, one of the most prestigious awards in Norway’s architecture and construction industry. First awarded in 1904, the prize is managed by the National Museum of Oslo with a jury appointed by the National Federation of Norwegian A…
Artist Janet Echelman has been honored with two international architecture and engineering awards for her work. Echelman received both the Boston Society of Architects’ Harleston Parker Medal and the Isler Prize of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (I…
This post is brought to you by UCLA Architecture and Urban Design, an Archinect Partner School Our infrastructure is aging, and as it does, we face dilemmas around what to do with it. Renovate? Replace? Eliminate? Today, these age-old questions are complicated by the climate cris…
In this week's curated picks of architecture and design competitions listed on Bustler, we are showcasing four briefs calling for warming hut installations in Winnipeg, the best in lighting design, forward-thinking concepts for the forecourt of the Museum of Natural History in Pa…
Australian studio Kennedy Nolan has completed Leftfield, an affordable housing block with a playful form of pigmented precast concrete panels in the Brunswick neighbourhood of Melbourne. Part of the Nightingale Village development, the block by Kennedy Nolan is an example of a ty…
After a year-long delay the 19th Asian Games begins in Hangzhou on Saturday. Here, Dezeen rounds up eight new stadiums built specifically to host the sporting tournament. The games were originally scheduled for September 2022, but were postponed due to the Covid pandemic and subs…
Construction work has resumed on Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia, a skyscraper designed by Chicago-based studio Adrian Smith + Gill Gordon Architecture, which is expected to become the world's tallest building. According to Dubai-based magazine Middle East Economic Digest (MEED), wo…
Delegates from the Global South were denied visas to attend Copenhagen's UIA World Congress of Architects this summer by the Danish government, despite the event's stated goal being leave no one behind. Kabage Karanja, co-founder of Kenyan architecture studio Cave Bureau, told De…
LAVA project director Lukas Kronawitter has outlined the thinking behind the masterplan of the Trojena ski resort being developed as part of the Neom project in Saudi Arabia. Speaking on a panel focused on Trojena at the Cityscape conference in Riyadh, Kronawitter explained how t…
Architecture Research Office (ARO), in partnership with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYS OPRHP) and The Olana Partnership (TOP), has today revealed a new plan for the Frederic Church Center for Art and Landscape at the Olana State Hist…
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) has joined its sibling organizations in landscape architecture and planning in opposing the concerted efforts of far-right lawmakers to prevent the inclusion of race and racism topics into curricula in states including…
A spiralling cable-net roof modelled in the image of a Fibonacci sequence tops a new public greenhouse designed by Canadian studio KPMB Architects in Winnipeg. Located in Assiniboine Park just outside downtown Winnipeg, the Leaf is a 35-acre (14-hectare) complex that includes a c…
Pratt Institute has announced architect Edward Mazria, artist Kay WalkingStick, and industrial designer Kenneth Cobonpue as the honorees at this year’s Legends 2023 benefit, which aims to raise money for scholarships that prioritize DEI initiatives and equal access to education.T…
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features the Perelman Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center site in New York. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Architecture studio Rex has completed the Perelman Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center site in…
His Japanese Canadian family was interned during World War II. That experience inspired him to create inviting buildings for all people.
Architecture studio Tatiana Bilbao Estudio has completed an aquarium in Mazatlán, Mexico, with a labyrinthine structure that merges marine and terrestrial elements in its architectural design. The Sea of Cortez Research Center sits on an estuary near the ocean and is part of a ge…
Our latest weekly curated jobs roundup from the Archinect Job board highlights six firms with California-based positions for BIM and architectural technology specialists. If you're on the other side of the country, be sure to check out our roundup of BIM, architectural technolog…
Pritzker laureate Alejandro Aravena and his firm ELEMENTAL S.A have been announced as the project leads to deliver the new home of the School of Architecture, Art and Design (EAAD) to the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM) in Mexico. The scope of the new Classrooms 10 proj…
The Associated Builders and Contractors’ Chief Economist Anirban Basu has struck an optimistic note about the near-term health of the construction industry. The assessment comes as ABC releases its latest Construction Backlog Indicator, which found that backlogs declined to 9.2 m…
Toronto-based DIALOG has completed the A-Building Expansion at Centennial College in Scarborough, Ontario. Designed in collaboration with Smoke Architecture, and described by the team as “Canada’s first LEED Gold, zero carbon, WELL certified, mass timber, higher-education facilit…
In Greenwich Village, a photographers’ agent creates a moody home that captures the spirit of a city that’s always building on top of itself.
How an artist turned a neo-Gothic townhouse uptown into a modern, spacious home.
World Interiors News (WIN) has revealed the brilliant projects shortlisted for this year’s WIN Awards, with a stunning array of schemes from design practices including Woods Baggot, LW Design and Rapt Studio.
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Flexibility takes center stage at Campus Iberdrola, nestled in San Agustín de Guadalix, where adaptability is the guiding principle. This visionary project champions a public, sustainable, and inclusive ethos as its foundational pillars. Anchoring this dynamic campus is “La Plaza…
A network of cubic concrete volumes and staircases forms Up to the Sea, a blocky family home that Indian studio Matharoo Associates has added to the coastal town of Dumas, India. Nestled into a grassy site near the coast, the home sits on a stone base and was designed to merge tr…
Featuring houses that reach daringly out over steep bluffs and a T-shaped home in Sweden, this roundup collects 10 of the most dramatic cantilevered buildings recently published on Dezeen. Casa Himmel, Paraguay, by Bauen Nestled in the forests of Guaira, Paraguay, Casa Himmel fea…
Few can rival the enduring allure of Tudor architecture when it comes to architectural styles that have left an indelible mark on history. This distinctive style, characterized by its half-timbered façades, steeply pitched roofs, and ornate detailing, has captivated the imaginati…
Studio Libeskind has shared photos of its recently completed senior housing project on Long Island. Located in the village of Freeport in Nassau County, the new Allan and Geraldine Rosenberg Residence holds a total of 45 units reserved for residents aged 55 and older, along with…