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Heatherwick’s Vessel structure nears completion at New York’s Hudson Yards

January 11, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Work is almost complete on British designer Thomas Heatherwick’s giant honeycomb of interlinked staircases, placed at the centre of the Hudson Yards development in Manhattan. Images posted by Instagram users show that the Vessel structure has reached its full height, with all 154 staircases and 80 landings in place – forming a mile of walkways.

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Frank Gehry incorporates more public space into Santa Monica development plans

January 11, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

A proposed complex in Santa Monica by Frank Gehry has been updated by the locally based architect to include a lower rippled tower, along with more affordable housing options and pedestrian areas. The mixed-use development will incorporate retail, cultural, and residential space across two acres (0.8 hectares) of property along the Californian city’s beachfront. The design for

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Dubai Frame opens amid claims of copyright infringement

January 11, 2018 Jessica Mairs 0

The controversial Dubai Frame has opened to the public, despite an ongoing copyright dispute with architect Fernando Donis, who won a competition to design the observation tower over a decade ago. Comprising a pair of 150-metre-tall towers linked by a 93-metre-wide bridge, the Dubai Frame opened to the public in Za’abeel Park on 1 January 2018.

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Dezeen curates architecture trends microsite for CNN Style

January 11, 2018 Marcus Fairs 0

Dezeen has teamed up with media giant CNN to curate a series of features about architecture trends derived from our Pinterest boards. Stories written by Dezeen about six trends have been published on a microsite on CNN Style, the media brand’s design magazine. The trends include super-skinny homes, floating architecture and extreme cantilevers. CNN Style

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Heatherwick reveals New York condo towers with bulging windows

January 10, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

British designer Thomas Heatherwick has unveiled a pair of residential towers to straddle New York’s High Line park, which will feature curved windows that resemble those at his studio’s recently completed hotel in Cape Town. Heatherwick Studio designed the two towers to be built on either side of the High Line, at 515 West 18th

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Obamas reveal more details and images for Presidential Center in Chicago

January 10, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

Barack and Michelle Obama have released a set of new renderings and a movie showing the cultural complex celebrating his presidency, which is to be built on Chicago’s South Side. Designed by US firms Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects with Interactive Design Architects (IDEA), the Obama Presidential Center is planned for a site in the

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Housing pioneer Neave Brown dies aged 88

January 10, 2018 Jessica Mairs 0

Acclaimed architect Neave Brown, a “pioneer of quality public housing” for London, has died following a battle with cancer on 9 January 2018. Brown was named the 2018 laureate of the RIBA Royal Gold Medal, receiving his accolade in an unusually early ceremony at the end of last year due to ill health. In an interview to

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Birmingham’s tallest residential skyscraper to include roof-top running track and app-controlled lifts

January 10, 2018 India Block 0

Glenn Howells Architects has won approval to build a 132-metre skyscraper that will be the tallest residential building in Birmingham, England, and will house over 480 hi-tech rental apartments. Called 2one2 Broad Street, the 42-storey tower will occupy a central location in the city on the site of the former nightclub Tramps on Broad Street. Renders show the

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Birmingham’s tallest residential skyscraper to include roof-top running track and app-controlled lifts

January 10, 2018 India Block 0

Glenn Howells Architects has won approval to build a 132-metre skyscraper that will be the tallest residential building in Birmingham, England, and will house over 480 hi-tech rental apartments. Called 2one2 Broad Street, the 42-storey tower will occupy a central location in the city on the site of the former nightclub Tramps on Broad Street. Renders show the

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Birmingham’s tallest residential skyscraper to include rooftop running track and app-controlled lifts

January 10, 2018 India Block 0

Glenn Howells Architects has won approval to build a 132-metre skyscraper that will be the tallest residential building in Birmingham, England, and will house over 480 hi-tech rental apartments. Called 2one2 Broad Street, the 42-storey tower will occupy a central location in the city on the site of the former nightclub Tramps on Broad Street. Renders show the

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