Articles by Kate McCusker

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s design for the world’s tallest timber building. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! Danish studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen revealed its design for a 100-metre-tall housing block in Switzerland, which will become the world’s tallest building with a load-bearing timber structure when it completes. Rocket&Tigerli will

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The latest edition of our Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge in Turkey, which has become the world’s longest suspension bridge. With a span of 2,023 metres, the bridge has reached completion and is now open to traffic over the Dardanelles waterway, connecting Turkey’s European and Asian shores. Created by consulting group COWI

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The latest edition of our Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Zaha Hadid Architects’ design for a “cyber-urban” city in the metaverse, which allows people to buy plots of land with cryptocurrency and enter digital buildings as an avatar. Named Liberland Metaverse, the British architecture studio based the virtual city on the Free Republic of Liberland –

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The latest edition of our Dezeen Agenda newsletter features an exclusive interview with Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum, who told Dezeen why she only works in her home country. Tabassum is known for designing buildings that use local materials and aim to improve the lives of low-income people in Bangladesh. “The reason I’ve never really worked outside

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The latest edition of our Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Ukrainian architects and designers, who told Dezeen how they had shut studios, paused projects and sought shelter in the wake of Russia’s invasion. Among the people that spoke to Dezeen was interior designer Katerina Kovalenko who said “every Ukrainian soul is fighting now”. Kovalenko, who is

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