Articles by Saudatu Bah

Architecture studios Felixx Landscape Architects & Planners and De Zwarte Hond have arranged the Rijnvliet housing development in Utrecht, the Netherlands, around 1,000 fruit trees and 220 species of edible flora. Described by the studios as an “edible neighbourhood”, the development on the outskirts of Utrecht contains 1,000 homes surrounded by parks, rivers and forestry

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The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features MVRDV’s design for a sports arena in Tirana. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Dutch studio MVRDV was informed by the form of a sports ball for  the Grand Ballroom a sports arena in Tirana, Albania, which will be housed within a 100-metre-wide sphere. This week’s

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The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features an angular office block added to Zurich station by Santiago Calatrava. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Architect Calatrava expanded Zurich’s Stadelhofen Station with a stone and glass office building that incorporates a multi-level bicycle parking facility. The design impressed readers, with one commenting that it was “very well

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The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features Snøhetta’s expansion to the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Snøhetta expanded the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College with a multi-level addition that contains theatres, auditoriums and studios. Commenters were split, with one describing it as

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Lebanese designer Najla El Zein has created the Us, Her, Him elongated, limestone benches at Flag Plaza in Doha, Qatar. The sculptural benches, which were designed to reflect the complexity and importance of human connections, were made from 313 meters of hand-sculpted limestone. “The vision behind Us, Her, Him was to capture the nuanced experience

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Students from Bilkent University have completed a community centre for Syrian refugees in Hatay, Turkey, in collaboration with their professor Chen-Yu Chiu and his architecture firm Studio Cho. Named Taiwan-Reyhanli Centre for World Citizens, the hub is built from 400 concrete blocks repurposed from the Turkey-Syria border walls, which make the structure both earthquake-proof and

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