Articles by Tom Ravenscroft

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Pharrell Williams calls for architecture competitions to return to Olympics at LA 2028

July 31, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Louis Vuitton creative director Pharrell Williams wants to bring the arts competitions, which were last held in 1948, back to the Olympics. Speaking at an event at the Frank Gehry-designed Louis Vuitton Foundation building to mark the opening of the 2024 Olympics in Paris, William suggested that he would like to see the arts competitions

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First images revealed of world’s largest football stadium planned for Morocco

July 26, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

The first images of the 115,000-seat Grand Stade Hassan II stadium, designed by architecture studios Oualalou + Choi and Populous for the 2030 World Cup, have been revealed online. Images of the building, which will become the world’s largest football stadium, were revealed during a meeting held by the 2030 World Cup organising committee in

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Populous set to design stadium “inspired by classical Roman architecture” for AS Roma

July 25, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Italian football club AS Roma has unveiled the design concept for a stadium that is planned for the Pietralata area in Rome. Designed by architecture studio Populous, the stadium would be a permanent home for AS Roma, which has shared the Stadio Olimpico with rival club Lazio since 1953. The stadium, which is expected to

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This week we revealed Buckingham Palace’s interiors

July 20, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

This week on Dezeen, we published photos of the inside of Buckingham Palace’s newly refurbished east wing. Opened to the public for the first time in its 175-year history earlier this month, the chinoiserie interiors contain porcelain lions, nine-tiered pagodas and a lotus-shaped chandelier. The wing also contains the room with the palace’s famed balcony that overlooks

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OMA unveils “anti-iconic” Simone Veil Bridge in Bordeaux

July 16, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Dutch studio OMA has completed a wide bridge across the River Garonne in Bordeaux, France, which is intended to double as a public space for the city. Designed by OMA partners Rem Koolhaas and Chris van Duijn, the Simone Veil Bridge is 549 metres long and 44 metres wide to accommodate a large pedestrianised space.

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Financial Times defends Adjaye sexual misconduct reporting after London CEO calls it “unfair”

July 2, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

The Financial Times has said it stands by its investigation of sexual misconduct allegations against David Adjaye, describing it as “carefully prepared”, following criticism of its reporting by Adjaye Associates London CEO Lucy Tilley. Tilley described the reporting by the Financial Times (FT) as “really unfair” and said that “there are two sides to a

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Foster + Partners tops subterranean Apple Store with square dome

June 28, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Technology brand Apple has opened its first store in Kuala Lumpur in an underground shop topped with a dome, designed by UK studio Foster + Partners. Named Apple The Exchange TRX, the Apple Store is set alongside a shopping centre and designed as a transition space between the mall and a surrounding park. Foster +

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Is it time for architecture studios to walk away from Neom?

June 25, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Architecture studios working on Saudi giga-project Neom are maintaining their silence over human rights concerns despite mounting pressure from campaigners. Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscroft reports. Following recent reporting by the BBC alleging that Saudi forces permitted the use of lethal force to clear land for the project, human rights organisations told Dezeen that architecture studios

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Neom being “built on the blood of Saudis” says ALQST’s Lina Alhathloul

June 25, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Architecture studios involved in Neom should either campaign for the release of people imprisoned for protesting against the Saudi mega-project or walk away, says human rights campaigner Lina Alhathloul in this interview. Speaking to Dezeen as part of a wider feature exploring whether architecture studios should reconsider their involvement in Neom, Alhathloul questioned the motives

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