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Five buildings that demonstrate the “beauty and sustainability” of Anna Heringer’s work

April 15, 2022 James Parkes 0

The Essential Beauty exhibition of Obel Award-winning architect Anna Heringer’s work is currently on show at Madrid’s Museo ICO. Here, curator Luis Fernández-Galiano selects five highlights from the exhibition. First opened in February as part of the 2022 edition of Madrid Design Festival, the retrospective exhibition curated by Spanish architect Luis Fernández-Galiano showcases the breadth of German architect Heringer’s work.

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23o5studio builds fitness-focused Red Cave home in Vietnam

April 14, 2022 James Parkes 0

23o5studio has designed a three-storey red home and yoga suite in Vietnam, with geometric cutouts that take cues from the country’s traditional housing and architectural forms. Located in Ho Chi Minh City, the studio looked to the traditional architectural forms of village housing to inform the design of Red Cave, a private residence dedicated to

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Schmidt Hammer Lassen unveils design for world’s tallest timber building

April 14, 2022 James Parkes 0

Render of the 32 storey tall Rocket&Tigerli

Danish studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen has revealed its design for a 100-metre-tall housing block in Switzerland, which will be the world’s tallest timber building when it completes. Named Rocket&Tigerli, the terracotta-clad building is set to be built on a former industrial site in the city of Winterthur, near Zurich. It will be comprised of four volumes of different heights,

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SHoP Architects begins construction on milled-stone US consulate building in Milan

April 6, 2022 James Parkes 0

Render of the new office building from the Palazzo Liberty

US studio SHoP Architects has broken ground on the New Consulate Campus in Milan, a 10-acre diplomatic campus that takes cues from the site’s neoclassical history. Located five kilometres northwest of Milan’s city centre in the Piazzale Accursio area, the campus will be defined by a new contemporary government building and neoclassical-informed landscaping. It will

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Joan Sibina creates cylindrical sports museum encircled by Olympic rings

April 6, 2022 James Parkes 0

Olympic coloured rings surround the tubular building

Spanish architect Joan Sibina has designed the 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum in Doha, Qatar, which features a cylindrical glass building within five intertwined Olympic rings. The 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum is located in Doha and adjoins the Khalifa International Stadium, one of the eight stadiums that will be used for the

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Heatherwick Studio designs volcano-like performing arts centre for China

April 6, 2022 James Parkes 0

Colourful tiles will adorn the exterior of the Hainan Performing Arts Centr

British designer Thomas Heatherwick’s studio has revealed visuals of a performing arts centre planned for Hainan, China, that draws on the island’s volcanic landscape and Hainanese opera costumes. Set to be built in the city of Haikou on the island province of Hainan, the Hainan Performing Arts Centre will form part of a large-scale master

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“Our work is important, not us” says RIBA International Prize winner Kashef Chowdhury

April 5, 2022 James Parkes 0

Although awards should not “glorify the architect” they can draw attention to worthy projects, says Bangladeshi architect Kashef Chowdhury, who recently won the RIBA International Prize, in this exclusive interview. Chowdhury explained that he was “very surprised” when the Friendship Hospital, designed by his studio Kashef Chowdhury/URBANA, won the 2021 RIBA International Prize – a biennial

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Five architecture and design events in April from Dezeen Events Guide

April 5, 2022 James Parkes 0

Three colourful vases are filled with flowers

IDS Toronto and Open House Worldwide are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month. Also opening and taking place in April is Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear, a retrospective menswear exhibition at the V&A, and an exhibition presented by artists Langlands & Bell that explores the roles of architecture

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Ten basement conversions that make use of subterranean space

April 3, 2022 James Parkes 0

Basement residential conversion by Jamie Fobert Architects

Our latest lookbook features 10 homes where basement conversions create extra rooms and more liveable space underground. Basement conversions can be a practical way of providing homes with additional space. They are often found in UK townhouses where floor space is at a premium, such as in Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian homes in London that

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Davidson Prize longlist features 14 proposals for co-living

March 22, 2022 James Parkes 0

Illustration of a co-living proposal by The Workhome Project

The longlist for the second annual Davidson Prize highlights 14 concepts for co-living and the challenges of single-person and single-parent households, loneliness and the housing shortage. Included in this year’s longlist in response to the theme of Co-Living – A New Future is a proposal for a shared housing model to re-invigorate rural communities, a

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