Month: January 2026

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OFIS Arhitekti reconstructs historic post-war home in Slovenia

January 8, 2026 Jon Astbury 0

Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti has completed House Under the Poplars, the reconstruction and extension of a historic post-war home in Ljubljana. The original house was designed as part of a self-built housing development called Naselje Murgle, constructed between 1965 and 1982. Planned by architects France and Marta Ivanšek, it is considered one of Slovenia’s most

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OFIS Arhitekti reconstructs historic post-war home in Slovenia

January 8, 2026 Jon Astbury 0

Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti has completed House Under the Poplars, the reconstruction and extension of a historic post-war home in Ljubljana. The original house was designed as part of a self-built housing development called Naselje Murgle, constructed between 1965 and 1982. Planned by architects France and Marta Ivanšek, it is considered one of Slovenia’s most

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Demolished buildings 16 years older in US than in Europe, report finds

January 8, 2026 Amy Peacock 0

Researchers have found that buildings demolished during the 21st century in European cities had a shorter lifespan than those in US cities. A report titled Lifetimes of demolished buildings in US and European cities, published in the peer-reviewed Buildings & Cities journal, compared the ages of around 15,000 buildings demolished in nine US cities and

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SoBA designs colourful sports park informed by local opera costumes

January 8, 2026 Christina Yao 0

Architecture studio SoBA Architects has designed the Huachiao Vibrant Sports Park in China, whose shape was informed by the flowing “water sleeves” used in the costumes for Kunqu operas. Located in Suzhou’s Kunshan district, the 6,000-square-metre sports park comprises two basketball courts, a skatepark, table tennis tables, a pavilion and a children’s playground. Its design

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Beyer Blinder Belle completes Brooklyn skyscraper on “flatiron-like site”

January 7, 2026 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Architecture studio Beyer Blinder Belle has completed The Brook in Downtown Brooklyn, a 52-storey mixed-use skyscraper that was informed by historic Brooklyn architecture. The Brook sits in a triangular site next to the Brooklyn Tower at the confluence of DeKalb Avenue, Flatbush Avenue and Fulton Street, in one of “the most prominent and complex intersections

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Trump aide wants Washington NFL stadium to incorporate “neoclassical elements”

January 7, 2026 Ben Dreith 0

National Capital Planning Commission chairman Will Scharf has suggested the planned stadium by architecture studio HKS for the NFL team Washington Commanders should have a “classical” design. According to reporting by Washington Business Journal, Scharf said the stadium should incorporate “architectural features in keeping with the capital more generally – classical, neoclassical elements that will align it

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MoDus Architects contrasts “refinement and ruggedness” for Italian home

January 7, 2026 Jon Astbury 0

Italian studio MoDus Architect has completed Hometown House, a dwelling in Trento that contrasts a black-timber exterior with light and airy larch-lined interiors. Set among the rolling hills and orchards of the Non Valley, Hometown House was designed by MoDus Architects for a client returning to his hometown after decades abroad. It occupies the site

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Architects “must rethink how and why we build” in 2026

January 7, 2026 Amy Peacock 0

Tough times lie ahead for architects and 2026 must be the year to reshape the profession, industry leaders have warned. Dezeen asked architects from leading and emerging studios about what trends they predict will define the profession this year, including Dutch studio OMA, Chinese studio MAD, New York-based Selldorf Architects, London studio Nimtim Architects and

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