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BIG wraps Copenhagen headquarters with 140-metre-long concrete staircase

October 29, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Danish architecture studio BIG has completed its own concrete headquarters on an industrial harbour in Copenhagen. Situated along a pier in the city’s Nordhavn neighbourhood, the 27-metre-tall BIG HQ is wrapped by a protruding staircase that connects its seven floors. Expansive glazed openings arranged in a checkerboard pattern break up the monolithic form, which is

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Andblack Design Studio designs undulating preschool to “foster creativity and play”

October 29, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Parametric forms topped with greenery define this preschool in Andhra Pradesh, India, which has been completed by architecture firm Andblack Design Studio. Named Cocoon Pre-primary Extension, the preschool was designed as an extension to the existing Bloomingdale International School and has been shortlisted in the education project category for this year’s Dezeen Awards. Aiming to

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North Gate social housing by Page\Park designed for residents to “embrace as their own”

October 25, 2024 Starr Charles 0

This film produced by Jim Stephenson spotlights the North Gate social housing project in Glasgow by Page\Park Architects, which has been shortlisted for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award. The video 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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Nineteen Taiwanese architecture studios photographed by Marc Goodwin

October 24, 2024 Starr Charles 0

British architectural photographer Marc Goodwin has unveiled behind the scenes images of 19 architecture studios in Taiwan. Goodwin, who is the founder of photography studio Archmospheres, completed the project as part of his latest photography series that documents architecture workspaces, most recently spanning Japan, Vienna and Munich. Focused primarily on landscape architects in Taiwan, this

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Ten projects by MAD Architects with distinctive sculptural forms

October 23, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Following the completion of One River North in Denver, we’ve rounded up 10 recently completed buildings by MAD that are defined by their bold, sculptural forms. From undulating, mirrored facades to swooping, “bird-like” roofs, this collection of projects comprises some of the most curvaceous projects designed and built by the studio. Founded by architect Ma

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Fruitmarket Gallery renovation by Reiach and Hall Architects draws on “its previous histories”

October 18, 2024 Starr Charles 0

This video produced by Jim Stephenson features a renovated gallery in Edinburgh by Reiach and Hall Architects, which has been shortlisted for this year’s RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award. The film forms the first in a series of videos being published by Dezeen this month in collaboration with the Royal Incorporation of

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Winning the Stirling Prize “an endorsement of the importance of infrastructure”

October 17, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Grimshaw partner Neill McClements has praised infrastructure projects for their role in addressing “big challenges”, following the Elizabeth Line winning this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize. Commenting on the win, McClements emphasised the role of infrastructure projects in addressing both pressing social and environmental concerns. The Elizabeth Line, which was designed by Grimshaw with Maynard, Equation

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Wraxall Yard by Clementine Blakemore Architects wins Stephen Lawrence Prize 2024

October 17, 2024 Starr Charles 0

A 19th-century dairy farm ruin converted into holiday accommodation by London-based studio Clementine Blakemore Architects has been awarded this year’s RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize. Located in Dorset, the Wraxall Yard complex contains “highly accessible” holiday lets alongside an educational space and community space integrated with inclusive design strategies to create spaces for “people of all

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Weaving brick forms define Uzbek cultural centre by Zaha Hadid Architects

October 16, 2024 Starr Charles 0

UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled its design for the Alisher Navoi International Scientific Research Centre in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Aiming to “echo the rich geometries of Uzbekistan’s traditional architecture”, the proposal by Zaha Hadid Architects is defined by a weaving facade set to be crafted from locally made brick. Designed to serve as a

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Museum of Shakespeare protects archaeological remains of Curtain Playhouse

October 15, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Archaeological remains of Shakespeare’s 16th-century Curtain Playhouse have been uncovered and integrated into the Museum of Shakespeare in Shoreditch, east London, by Perkins&Will. Designed to “reveal and celebrate the historically significant remains” of the theatre, which were uncovered during the early stages of construction on the site, the museum was designed by architecture studio Perkins&Will

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