Articles by Starr Charles

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BIG designs Hamburg State Opera as “landscape of concentric terraces”

November 14, 2025 Starr Charles 0

Architecture studio BIG has unveiled designs for a waterfront home for Hamburg State Opera, which will be enclosed by a series of interconnected terraces. Set to be built on a peninsula within the German city’s HafenCity quarter, the 45,000-square-metre venue will contain production and performance facilities for the State Opera and Hamburg Ballet. BIG described

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Stallan-Brand and LDA Design revitalise Victorian garden in Aberdeen

November 14, 2025 Starr Charles 0

The renovated Union Terrace Gardens in Aberdeen by architecture studios Stallan-Brand and LDA Design, which are shortlisted for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award, feature in this video by Jim Stephenson. The film forms part of a series being published by Dezeen in collaboration with the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) to

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MVRDV designs giant sphere for sports arena in Tirana

November 11, 2025 Starr Charles 0

Dutch studio MVRDV has unveiled plans for The Grand Ballroom, a sports arena in Tirana, Albania, held within a 100-metre-wide sphere modelled on a sports ball. Replacing the existing Asllan Rusi Sports Palace currently on the site, the mixed-use venue is set to include a 6,000-seat arena crowned by a glass oculus, alongside retail space,

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MVRDV designs giant sphere for sports arena in Tirana

November 11, 2025 Starr Charles 0

Dutch studio MVRDV has unveiled plans for The Grand Ballroom, a sports arena in Tirana, Albania, held within a 100-metre-wide sphere modelled on a sports ball. Replacing the existing Asllan Rusi Sports Palace currently on the site, the mixed-use venue is set to include a 6,000-seat arena crowned by a glass oculus, alongside retail space,

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Simpson & Brown revives 16th-century Fairburn Tower in Scottish Highlands

November 7, 2025 Starr Charles 0

A 16th-century tower house by architecture studio Simpson & Brown that has been shortlisted for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award is featured in this video by Stephenson&. The film forms part of a series being published by Dezeen in collaboration with the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) to highlight the annual award’s

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Santiago Calatrava adds angular office block to Zurich station

November 6, 2025 Starr Charles 0

Architect Santiago Calatrava has added a stone and glass office building beside the Stadelhofen Station in Zurich, which includes a multi-level bicycle parking facility. Named the Haus zum Falken, the eight-storey building sits on a narrow, triangular plot at the eastern end of the Stadelhofen railway station, which was previously updated and expanded by Calatrava in

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Ten projects that illustrate Piers Taylor’s call for “deeper and messier” architecture

November 3, 2025 Starr Charles 0

British architect Piers Taylor advocates a radically local approach to contemporary architecture in his book, Learning from the Local. In this roundup, he picks 10 featured projects that embody the idea. Published with the Royal Institute of British Architects, the book by Invisible Studio founder Taylor encourages the design of more contextual architectural design that

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Eight isolated modernist-style homes that belong in thrillers

November 2, 2025 Starr Charles 0

In our latest roundup, we explore eight homes in the UK and North America that look like they could feature in a modern-day thriller. In recent years, the film and tv industry has seen horror-style architecture shift away from gothic and Victorian homes, with modernist-style dwellings becoming a new staple for villain lairs and sinister

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Timber museum to be Kéré Architecture’s first cultural project in Germany

October 28, 2025 Starr Charles 0

Berlin-based studio Kéré Architecture has unveiled plans for an art and photography museum in Germany, which will feature an 80-metre-long rammed-earth wall and a timber pergola. Set to be located in Plüschow, a village in northern Germany, Museum Ehrhardt will encompass 1,400 square metres of exhibition and public space alongside a 3,900-square-metre garden. The new

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Santiago Calatrava arranges Belgian station around “monumental bridge”

October 28, 2025 Starr Charles 0

Swathes of glass and steel make up the sinuous exterior of the new Gare de Mons station in Belgium, which has been designed by Swiss-Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. Located along the international Paris to Brussels train line in Mons, the station’s sculptural structure is organised around a raised gallery volume that stretches 165 metres across

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