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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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“Modest and pioneering” Hackney council housing wins 2024 Neave Brown Award

October 17, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

British architecture studio Al-Jawad Pike has won this year’s Neave Brown Award for Housing for Chowdury Walk, a council housing development in Hackney, London. Comprised of 11 terraced houses, seven of which are available for social rent, the development was built between two existing terraces on a plot that previously used as garages. The houses,

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London’s Elizabeth Line wins 2024 RIBA Stirling Prize

October 16, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

The Elizabeth Line in London designed by architecture studios Grimshaw, Maynard, Equation and AtkinsRéalis has won this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK’s best new building. Described as “a flawless, efficient, beautifully choreographed solution”, the Elizabeth Line is the largest expansion to London’s underground railway network for more than a century. The jury named

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London’s Elizabeth Line wins 2024 RIBA Stirling Prize

October 16, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

The Elizabeth Line in London designed by architecture studios Grimshaw, Maynard, Equation and AtkinsRéalis has won this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK’s best new building. Described as “a flawless, efficient, beautifully choreographed solution”, the Elizabeth Line is the largest expansion to London’s underground railway network for more than a century. The jury named

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World’s second Sphere set to be built in Abu Dhabi

October 15, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Sphere Entertainment and Abu Dhabi’s department of culture and tourism have announced that the second version of the dome-like Sphere venue will be built in the UAE. According to the team, the venue in Abu Dhabi will “echo the scale” of the first Sphere in Las Vegas, which is 112 metres high and has a

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Tell Dezeen about your experience of working in architecture and design

October 14, 2024 Nat Barker 0

Dezeen is conducting research about people’s experiences of working in architecture and design and we need your help! Click here to fill in our short survey. We have launched a survey that is open to anyone working in architecture or design, or who has worked in the field in the last five years. The survey

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Four projects by RA Architecture Prize winner Cris Ballester Parets

October 11, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Economist Cris Ballester Parets has been awarded the 2024 Royal Academy Architecture Prize for her portfolio of sustainable social housing developments in the Balearic Islands. The annual Royal Academy Architecture Prize, which is now in its sixth year, recognises winners for their “substantial contribution to the public and a commitment to excellence in architecture and

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Sumayya Vally references termite mounds for refugee wellness centre in Kenya

October 10, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

South African architect Sumayya Vally is collaborating with creative platform To.org to create a geometric wellness and fitness centre, designed for the refugee community in Kakuma, Kenya. Named Regenerate Kakuma, the building will take cues from the local people, surroundings and termite mounds and is designed by Counterspace founder Vally with a stepped roof intended to

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Diller Scofidio + Renfro designs art centre with “super lobby” in New Mexico

October 9, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

A stepped facade and a level almost completely wrapped in glass feature in the design of an arts and technology centre in New Mexico by architecture studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro. The Center for Collaborative Arts and Technology (CCAT) at the University of New Mexico will contain performance halls, labs, gallery space and classrooms. Diller

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Snøhetta designs hikers’ refuge in Pyrenees mountains with swooping grass roof

October 9, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Architecture studio Snøhetta has revealed its design for Refuge de Barroude, a hiker stop with a curving form that will be nestled in the Pyrenees National Park in France. Located along the Haute Route des Pyrénées hiking trail that follows the French and Spanish border, Snøhetta designed Refuge de Barroude to blend into the surrounding

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