In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing the news that Saudi mega-development Neom has unveiled plans for a coastal town on the Gulf of Aqaba. Called Norlana, the town will be designed by architecture studio 10 Design for 3,000 residents in the northwest of Saudi Arabia as part of a wider cluster of Neom
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The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features hospitality venues inside Detroit’s restored Book Tower by Method Co. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. As part of an extensive restoration of the 1920s neoclassical building by its developer and architecture studio ODA, design company Method Co was brought on to conceptualise and operate several restaurants,
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In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing Zaha Hadid Architects’ Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Centre on an artificial lake in China. The centre is characterised by its four angular wings with sculptural steel canopies and its sweeping roofscape, which Zaha Hadid Architects modelled on the chevron-shaped flight formations of migratory birds in southern China. “A
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In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing Danish studio BIG’s design for a luxury residential building with cascading terraces, which will form part of the Ellinikon city masterplan near Athens. Named Park Rise, the building will contain 88 apartments stacked in a staggering arrangement of two gently curving wings, the tallest of which will
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Geometric shapes, fossilised stone and English cherry wood characterise this house in Wimbledon, London, overhauled by local architecture studio Gundry & Ducker. Named Wimbledon Villa, the studio renovated and extended the detached early 2000s property with the aim of making it feel like “a country house in miniature”. Studio co-founder Christian Ducker told Dezeen that
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In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing an extension of media company Warner Bros’ headquarters in Burbank, completed by LA architecture studio Gehry Partners. The complex features two distinctive facades – glass intended to evoke the form of icebergs is interspersed with steel facades modelled on the art deco-style buildings of early Hollywood. “The
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In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing an aluminium-disc-topped pavilion in Melbourne, Australia, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando. Created as the Japanese architect’s first-ever project in Australia, the concrete structure is the 10th MPavilion in the city and was intended to be a space to reflect on the surrounding Queen Victoria Gardens.
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In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a house in Sydney with a “playful and textured” facade made from reclaimed materials and broken bricks. Called 19 Waterloo Street, Australian studio SJB designed the building to replace a damaged structure on the compact site in the city’s Surry Hills suburb. Commenters largely thought that the
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In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a large concrete home in California designed as a “modern ruin”, with architecture by Masastudio and interiors by Kelly Wearstler. The home, which is laid out like a “village” of open and enclosed spaces, was designed for clients who are avid art collectors and have a deep
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In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing news that architecture studio BIG has completed its first supertall skyscraper in New York City and debating a minimalist pink house in Mexico by César Béjar Studio. Called The Spiral, BIG’s latest completed project in New York reaches 314 metres (1,031 feet), making it a supertall skyscraper.
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