Articles by Amy Peacock

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Nem Architectes flushes French hillside villa in pink for Lancôme perfumery

January 24, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Paris-based Nem Architectes has renovated a villa in Grasse, France, transforming it into a bright pink tourist destination named Domaine de la Rose for beauty company Lancôme. The villa contains lounge and meeting spaces that can host perfume-making workshops, events and exhibitions, designed as a place where visitors can learn about the Lancôme brand and

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This week Lesley Lokko won the 2024 RIBA Royal Gold Medal

January 20, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

This week on Dezeen, the Royal Institute of British Architects named Ghanaian-Scottish architect and educator Lesley Lokko the recipient of this year’s Royal Gold Medal. Lokko is the first African woman to receive the prestigious award and, following in the footsteps of architects Zaha Hadid and Yasmeen Lari, became the third woman to win in her

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Populous unveils three-sided stadium overlooking cliffside in Saudi Arabia

January 19, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Architecture studio Populous has revealed its design for the Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Stadium in Qiddiya, Saudi Arabia, which is a proposed 2034 World Cup venue. Named after Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, the stadium in the Qiddiya entertainment district will have a retractable roof and pitch. One side of the

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OODA designs staggered skyscraper in Tirana as “unique vertical village”

January 12, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Portuguese studio OODA has revealed a skyscraper made up of 13 staggered cube volumes as its design for the Hora Vertikale residential development in Tirana. Scheduled to break ground in spring 2024, the 140-metre-tall building will include apartments stacked over a park with public amenities. Located in the Albanian capital, OODA wants the building to engage

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TVK designs limestone buildings for “first zero-carbon district” in Paris

January 5, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

French architecture practice TVK has completed a neighbourhood in Paris made up of limestone buildings surrounding a garden and designed as a sustainable development that aims to increase biodiversity. Located on a triangular site in Paris’s 19th arrondissement, the project is “the capital’s first zero-carbon district”, according to TVK. Named Îlot Fertile, which translates to

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Robocoop conceals Rome palace restoration work with “illusionary infill facade”

December 20, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Italian studio Robocoop has created a temporary facade to blend into its historic surroundings and hide ongoing construction on a palace courtyard restoration in Rome. Robocoop designed a facade of arches, columns and sculpture and printed it onto a PVC plastic banner, stretching it across scaffolding measuring ten metres tall and 11 metres wide. It was

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Fraser & Partners unveils design for world’s tallest hybrid timber residential tower in Perth

December 19, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Australian architecture studio Fraser & Partners has revealed its design for a nearly 190-metre-tall residential tower named C6 in Perth, Australia, describing it as a “new benchmark in height for mass timber”. Fraser & Partners says C6, which will be 189.1 metres tall, will become the world’s tallest hybrid timber housing once it is completed,

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Snøhetta references vernacular mud-brick architecture for Saudi Arabian opera house

December 15, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Architecture studio Snøhetta has revealed its design for an opera house in the historic town of Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, informed by traditional Najdi architecture. Located on the outskirts of Riyadh, the Royal Diriyah Opera House will accommodate 3,500 visitors and contain a 2,000-seat opera theatre, two 450-seat multipurpose theatres and a 450-seat covered rooftop amphitheatre. The

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Mario Cucinella Architects reveals semicircular hospital rising out of the ground in Cremona

December 14, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Italian studio Mario Cucinella Architects has unveiled its design for a hospital and health park in Cremona, Italy, which appears to rise out of the ground in concentric rings. The hospital will have a radial semicircular layout that rises to seven storeys and staggers to create roof terraces. A semicircular colonnade will stand opposite the hospital

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