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DC Preservation League sues Donald Trump to prevent “irreversible alterations” to Eisenhower building

November 17, 2025 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Conservation group DC Preservation League and law firm Cultural Heritage Partners are suing US president Donald Trump to prevent him altering the appearance of the 19th-century Eisenhower building in Washington DC without a review. In the suit, filled in federal court last week, the organisations asked for an emergency injunction to stop Trump repainting the

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“Neom promised radical urbanism but is delivering sterile desert suburbia”

November 10, 2025 Tom Ravenscroft 0

While Neom struggles to create ground-breaking urbanism, it is having more success replicating suburbia in the desert, writes Tom Ravenscroft. Despite grand ambitions and a barrage of flashy renders, progress on Neom has been slow. Eight years after the project was announced there is little to show for the reported $50 billion Saudi Arabia has

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Aerial photos reveal repetitive housing of Neom workers camps

November 10, 2025 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Satellite photography has revealed the numerous settlements containing thousands of identical housing blocks that have been built for those working on Neom in the northwest of Saudi Arabia. Taken from Google Maps, the satellite images show a series of large camps surrounded by desert that have been built alongside Neom’s major construction sites. The images

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Aerial photos reveal repetitive housing of Neom workers camps

November 10, 2025 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Satellite photography has revealed the numerous settlements containing thousands of identical housing blocks that have been built for those working on Neom in the northwest of Saudi Arabia. Taken from Google Maps, the satellite images show a series of large camps surrounded by desert that have been built alongside Neom’s major construction sites. The images

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Nike and Palace Skateboards unveil transforming skatepark in Victorian public bathhouse

November 4, 2025 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Architecture studio Jam has designed the Manor Place sports hub in south London for brands Nike and Palace Skateboards, which includes a skatepark that can be transformed into a football pitch. Set to open on November 11, the sports hub by Jam occupies a 19th-century bathhouse and swimming pool complex near Elephant and Castle. The

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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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Neom names Delugan Meissl Associated Architects and Gensler as The Line architects

November 11, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Austrian studio Delugan Meissl Associated Architects and global studio Gensler have been named as the architects for phase one of The Line megacity, which is being built as part of the controversial Neom project in Saudi Arabia. Neom announced that Delugan Meissl Associated Architects (DMAA) is the urban planner for phase one of the project,

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This week construction began on the world’s largest building

October 26, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

This week on Dezeen, work started on the 400-metre-high cube-shaped Mukaab skyscraper in Riyadh, which is set to be the world’s largest building. Designed by architecture studio AtkinsRéalis, the cuboid skyscraper is being built as part of a new downtown district in the northwest of the Saudi capital. When completed, it will overtake the Boeing Everett Factory

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Ten record-breaking buildings from the skinniest to the heaviest

October 25, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Following the news that construction has begun on the world’s largest building in Saudi Arabia, we have rounded up 10 record-breaking structures, including the tallest, the narrowest and the heaviest. Largest building: Boeing Everett Factory (1967) Although the Mukaab in Saudi Arabia is set to become the world’s largest building, the current record-holder is the

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Melike Altınışık Architects unveils spaceship-like robot museum in Seoul

October 23, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Turkish studio Melike Altınışık Architects has unveiled the Seoul Robot & AI Museum in South Korea, where visitors can “explore the endless possibilities of robotics and AI”. Located in the north of the city, the 7,400-square-metre museum dedicated to robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) opened to the public earlier this month. The Seoul Robot &

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