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Foster + Partners unveils long-awaited Zayed National Museum on Saadiyat Island

December 2, 2025 Lizzie Crook 0

Soaring ventilation towers modelled on the wings of a falcon signal the Zayed National Museum, completed by British studio Foster + Partners on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi. The long-awaited museum by Foster + Partners is the centrepiece of Saadiyat Island’s cultural district, where the Louvre Abu Dhabi by Jean Nouvel and the upcoming Guggenheim

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“Wood is at its finest” in this week’s Dezeen Debate

December 2, 2025 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features EBBA founder Benni Allan’s renovated London apartment. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. EBBA Architects founder Benni Allan refurbished his London apartment in a former tea factory, outfitting the walls, floors, furniture and speakers in Douglas fir. One commenter praised the home, calling it “wood at its

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House in Vinhedo / Apiacás Arquitetos

December 2, 2025 Susanna Moreira 0

The flat terrain with generous dimensions, intended for a residence with a maximum area of 250 m², motivated us to position it in a way to maximize the interface between the covered program and the external areas. The resulting distribution follows a logic already tested in other residential projects by the office, where the circulation between the rooms is configured as covered passages, yet open laterally — without frames or masonry — to extend the experience between the interior and exterior.

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Brooklands Workplace Campus / Allies and Morrison

December 2, 2025 Pilar Caballero 0

Brooklands is a new workplace campus in central Cambridge, containing the city’s first major Net Zero Carbon* office building. It fills a gap in the Cambridge workspace market, meeting tenant expectations for high-quality space while at the same time offering sustainable, characterful buildings that contribute to the city. 6,000 sqm of flexible workspace is arranged across two buildings (B1 and B2) around a courtyard garden, linked by a colonnade. Brooklands aligns closely with the government’s strategic growth agenda for Cambridge and its ambition to boost the knowledge economy. Growth in Cambridge is not limited to expanding the city’s fringes; it also involves optimizing existing urban areas and bringing underused sites to life in a sustainable and sensitive way.

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Arquitectura-G organises minimalist Spanish house around central courtyard

December 2, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

Spanish studio Arquitectura-G has completed Patio House, a minimalist white home in Costa Brava that opens onto a central courtyard through folding timber shutters. Partially sunken into a sloping site overlooking the small bay of Aiguablava, the single-storey home was designed by Arquitectura-G to have a “simple and clear” geometry, defined by a slim concrete

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Mecanoo completes rock-like Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi

December 2, 2025 Lizzie Crook 0

Pixelated white-concrete forms resembling rock formations define this sprawling museum by Dutch studio Mecanoo, located in the cultural district on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi. Encompassing 35,000 square metres, the vast Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi was created to encapsulate 13.8 billion years of natural history, with a special emphasis on the UAE. It is

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Snøhetta creates “Thailand’s largest elevated lawn” at Cloud 11 creative hub

December 2, 2025 Lizzie Crook 0

A public park is the centrepiece of Cloud 11, a creative hub in Bangkok, Thailand, recently completed by architecture studio Snøhetta with local firm A49 Architects. Set to open in the South Sukhumvit innovation district in March, the 250,000-square-metre complex is intended to bring together creative companies and entrepreneurs in the capital. It takes the

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Nat Barker named Architectural Journalist of the Year for “excellent and varied work”

December 2, 2025 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Dezeen features editor Nat Barker has been named Architectural Journalist of the Year at the prestigious International Building Press Awards 2025. The award, which was given to Barker at a ceremony in central London last week, was presented for his “depth and craft in storytelling”. “Nat won this category because of his excellent and varied work, which

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