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Foster + Partners unveils “striking yet simple” stadium for Qatar World Cup final

September 21, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0
World Cup 2022 final stadium in Qatar by Foster + Partners

UK studio Foster + Partners has revealed images of its golden Lusail Stadium in Qatar, which will host the final of the FIFA 2022 World Cup. The stadium, which will host 10 matches at this year’s football World Cup including the final, was officially inaugurated on 9 September with a match between Saudi Pro League champions

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“We’re living through an epidemic of boringness” says Thomas Heatherwick

September 21, 2022 Benedict Hobson 0
Thomas Heatherwick

British designer Thomas Heatherwick has railed against the “characterless buildings” he believes dominate new urban developments and called for architecture with more “emotion” in a talk at Singapore Design Week. “I want to talk about streets with the new buildings on and the problem that we all know exists in our towns and cities around

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Schœnegarten Kurfuerstenstrasse Berlin / Tchoban Voss Architekten

September 21, 2022 Bianca Valentina Roșescu 0

The newly created residential ensemble on Kurfuerstenstrasse and Genthiner Strasse blends harmoniously into the lively district in the direct vicinity of City West. Concisely described in the project name as the interface between the Schoeneberg and Tiergarten districts, the building project on a plot of land measuring almost 7,200 square metres closes the existing perimeter block development and thus a gap that has existed for decades. The naturally grown city block will be redefined with the new project in the tradition of the European City. Nollendorfplatz can be reached on foot from here, and the Kurfuerstendamm shopping mile is just a short underground train ride away. A good connection also makes it easy to reach other destinations throughout Berlin.

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“Charles spoke for the majority who naturally like buildings with scale and decoration” says commenter

September 21, 2022 Rupert Bickersteth 0
King Charles III architecture

In this week’s comments update, readers are debating the impact King Charles III had on British architecture while he was the Prince of Wales. Under his previous title, Britain’s new monarch exerted significant influence on the built environment through campaigning, torpedoing modernist projects and even building his own traditional towns. We looked at six ways

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Forth Valley College purposefully “pretty modest in its architectural expression”

September 21, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0
Interior of Forth Valley College

A college in Falkirk by Reiach and Hall Architects that is shortlisted for this year’s RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award takes centre stage in this video by Stephenson&. Published by Dezeen with the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS), it is one in a series of short films by production studio

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An Inflatable Sculpture by Bjarke Ingels and an Interactive Structure Made from Recovered Ocean Plastic: 10 Installations at Burning Man 2022

September 21, 2022 Maria-Cristina Florian 0

Nevada’s annual Burning Man has retured to the Black Rock Desert, after a three-year physical attendance hiatus due to the pandemic. From August 28 until September 5th, this year’s festival explored the theme of “Walking Dreams”, celebrating the dreamers who channel the power of dreams and imagination, both in literal and figurative ways. Similar to every year, the pavilions that were installed in the desert explored the theme in creative and unexpected ways.