news Archives - Page 6 of 337

Herzog & de Meuron transforms Breuer Building into Sotheby’s Manhattan headquarters

November 10, 2025 Amy Peacock 0

Architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron and local studio PBDW Architects have completed a “quasi-invisible” renovation of Marcel Breuer’s brutalist 945 Madison Avenue for auction house Sotheby’s. Herzog & de Meuron and PBDW Architects aimed to preserve the building, which was built in 1966 for New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art, while updating the interiors

The post Herzog & de Meuron transforms Breuer Building into Sotheby’s Manhattan headquarters appeared first on Dezeen.

Video reveals Sagrada Familia becoming tallest church in the world

November 6, 2025 Amy Peacock 0

The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona has become the world’s tallest church with the latest addition to the tower of Jesus Christ, which has been captured in this video. The footage shows the lower portion of a cross being lifted into place on the central and tallest tower, marking the start of the final phase of

The post Video reveals Sagrada Familia becoming tallest church in the world appeared first on Dezeen.

Rippling charity headquarters by Zaha Hadid Architects tops out in Shenzhen

November 5, 2025 Amy Peacock 0

UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has released photos of a sinuous high-rise building under construction in Shenzhen, which is set to become the headquarters for education charity Chen Yidan Foundation. The Yidan Center, which has topped out, features two towers with curving floor plates that join at the top, and a bridge element providing a

The post Rippling charity headquarters by Zaha Hadid Architects tops out in Shenzhen appeared first on Dezeen.

Kazuyo Sejima presents compact Tokyo homes that “show how cities and buildings grow together”

November 4, 2025 Cajsa Carlson 0

Architecture studio SANAA’s co-founder Kazuyo Sejima is opening three iconic homes to the public with the Tokyo House Tour, which showcases striking post-war buildings. The tour, which will take place during this year’s Art Week Tokyo (AWT), aims to help people discover the city’s rich history of houses built in the city after the second

The post Kazuyo Sejima presents compact Tokyo homes that “show how cities and buildings grow together” appeared first on Dezeen.

Kazuyo Sejima presents compact Tokyo homes that “show how cities and buildings grow together”

November 4, 2025 Cajsa Carlson 0

Architecture studio SANAA’s co-founder Kazuyo Sejima is opening three iconic homes to the public with the Tokyo House Tour, which showcases striking post-war buildings. The tour, which will take place during this year’s Art Week Tokyo (AWT), aims to help people discover the city’s rich history of houses built in the city after the second

The post Kazuyo Sejima presents compact Tokyo homes that “show how cities and buildings grow together” appeared first on Dezeen.

Trump fires remaining members of the Commission of Fine Arts

October 29, 2025 Ellen Eberhardt 0

On Tuesday, US president Donald Trump fired the six remaining members of independent federal agency the Commission of Fine Arts, a group of architects and urban planners meant to review projects such as the planned triumphal arch. Those who were fired were architects Bruce Redman Becker, Peter D Cook, William J Lenihan, landscape architect Lisa

The post Trump fires remaining members of the Commission of Fine Arts appeared first on Dezeen.

Grand Egyptian Museum reaches completion in Giza

October 29, 2025 Lizzie Crook 0

Dublin studio Heneghan Peng Architects has reached completion on the long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, more than three decades after plans for the project were announced. Sprawled across a 50,000-square-metre site close to the Pyramids of Giza, the colossal museum houses more than 100,000 pharaonic antiquities – many that have never been made public

The post Grand Egyptian Museum reaches completion in Giza appeared first on Dezeen.

Tadao Ando unveils twisting design for Dubai Museum of Art

October 28, 2025 Amy Peacock 0

Japanese architect Tadao Ando has unveiled the design for an art museum in Dubai, which will be housed in a rounded, twisting building overlooking the emirate’s natural saltwater creek. Renders of the five-storey Dubai Museum of Art reveal a curving building finished with white walls, punctuated by triangular windows as they swoop and twist upwards. Designed by

The post Tadao Ando unveils twisting design for Dubai Museum of Art appeared first on Dezeen.

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

The post Timber museum to be Kéré Architecture’s first cultural project in Germany appeared first on Dezeen.

Carlo Ratti Associati designs Alpine bivouac for Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games

October 28, 2025 Amy Peacock 0

Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati has collaborated with furniture fair Salone del Mobile to design a cross-laminated timber Alpine bivouac, which will be exhibited at the 2026 Winter Olympics. The bivouac will be unveiled as a pavilion at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics in February next year before being airlifted by helicopter to the Alps, where

The post Carlo Ratti Associati designs Alpine bivouac for Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games appeared first on Dezeen.