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Grand Egyptian Museum reaches completion in Giza

October 29, 2025 Lizzie Crook 0

Dublin studio Heneghan Peng Architects has reached completion on the long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, more than three decades after plans for the project were announced. Sprawled across a 50,000-square-metre site close to the Pyramids of Giza, the colossal museum houses more than 100,000 pharaonic antiquities – many that have never been made public

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Manalo & White transforms North Wales church into Nyth youth arts centre

October 29, 2025 Rheanna Hopkins 0

London-based architecture studio Manalo & White has converted a 19th-century church into a youth arts centre for Welsh-language theatre company Frân Wen in Bangor, north Wales. Called Nyth (meaning nest in Welsh), the centre was designed to be used by young people in the local community for rehearsals, performances, scriptwriting and technical disciplines. Originally built

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“We want love stories between architects and Albania” says prime minister Edi Rama

October 29, 2025 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Albania’s prime minister Edi Rama explains why he is paying so much attention to architecture in this exclusive interview. The small Balkan nation is currently an unlikely hotbed of statement architecture – with major projects being delivered by big-name international studios including MVRDV, BIG and Bofill Taller de Arquitectura. “An architecture festival is more important than

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The Court Theatre completes following Christchurch earthquake

October 29, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studios Haworth Tompkins and Athfield Architects have completed The Court Theatre in New Zealand, wrapped by timber benches and large windows that create connections between its public and back-of-house areas. The completion of the 3,700-square-metre centre marks the return of The Court Theatre to the heart of Christchurch, after it was forced to temporarily

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Crafty past of London’s East End informs Norton Folgate offices

October 29, 2025 Natasha Levy 0

Universal Design Studio has brought in weavers, enamelers, and other creative makers to decorate workspaces within the Norton Folgate development in east London’s Spitalfields neighbourhood. Norton Folgate is a 330,000 square foot mixed-use site comprising a total of six buildings, three of which have interiors curated by Universal Design Studio: 16 Blossom Street, Nicholls &

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Buildings become “dance partners” at Snøhetta’s Dartmouth arts centre extension

October 28, 2025 Ellen Eberhardt 0

International architecture studio Snøhetta has completed an expansion to the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College, fitting two new cubic volumes onto an existing 1960s building. Located on the Dartmouth College campus in New Hampshire, the Hopkins Center for the Arts (The Hop) is a sprawling complex that serves as the school’s arts

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Dezeen Debate features Jean Nouvel’s “radical design” for Fondation Cartier

October 28, 2025 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features French architect Jean Nouvel’s overhaul of a 19th-century department store in Paris. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Nouvel converted a historic department store next to the Louvre in Paris into a new home for Fondation Cartier, complete with movable gallery spaces. Readers discussed the project, with

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Diller Scofidio + Renfro wraps Cartier Miami in glass for “sense of mystique”

October 28, 2025 Ellen Eberhardt 0

American architecture studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro has completed an expansion to the Miami flagship store of jewellery brand Cartier, which has a bulbous facade informed by a vintage Cartier piece. Located in Miami’s Design District, on the corner of NE 39th St and the walking corridor Paseo Ponti, the building has a wraparound facade

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