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Kengo Kuma unveils colourful structure for Miami Design District

November 30, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Japanese architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates is set to create a sculptural block of buildings that will serve as retail locations for the Miami Design District. Called Mirai – Japanese for “distant future” – renders of the development show a series of colourful fluted pillars wrapped around a retail building on a corner in

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Michael Gove prohibits planning authority from blocking MSG Sphere in Stratford

November 30, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

The UK’s levelling up secretary Michael Gove is believed to be considering calling in the planning application for the MSG Sphere London in Stratford after mayor Sadiq Khan blocked it earlier this month. Gove has the right to overrule the decision made by Khan, which was to block the application for the Populous-designed music venue

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Cuddymoss by Ann Nisbet Studio named Scotland’s best new building

November 30, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

A remote house by architecture practice Ann Nisbet Studio that is “close to perfection” has been named the winner of the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award for 2023. Named Cuddymoss, the home in Ayrshire is the first one-off residence to ever win the award since it was founded in 2002 by the

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Neom unveils plans for hexagonal-pillar hotel on the Gulf of Aqaba

November 29, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Saudi mega project Neom has unveiled images of a development named Siranna that will contain apartments and a hotel within a hexagonal structure designed to “blend into the adjoining mountain”. The latest region to be announced as part of the Neom development in the north west of Saudi Arabia, Siranna will be located on a

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Saudi Arabia set to host 2030 World Expo in Riyadh

November 29, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh has won the competition to host the 2030 World Expo, becoming the second Middle Eastern city to host the international event after Dubai in 2020. The Riyadh Expo 2030 won the bid after 119 out of the 182 members of the Paris-based Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), the World Expo supervisor,

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Saudi Arabia set to host 2030 World Expo in Riyadh

November 29, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh has won the competition to host the 2030 World Expo, becoming the second Middle Eastern city to host the international event after Dubai in 2020. The Riyadh Expo 2030 won the bid after 119 out of the 182 members of the Paris-based Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), the World Expo supervisor,

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BIG reveals stepped housing overlooking Aegean Sea

November 29, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Danish architecture studio BIG has unveiled the design for a luxury residential building with cascading terraces named Park Rise, which will form part of the Ellinikon city masterplan near Athens. Designed as the centrepiece of Ellinikon’s Little Athens neighbourhood, Park Rise will contain 88 apartments stacked in a staggered arrangement of two gently curving wings, the

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Gensler to add planted balconies to Foster+ Partners’ former City Hall

November 29, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

London’s former City Hall, which was designed by British studio Foster+ Partners, is set to be renovated and extended as part of an overhaul by US architecture studio Gensler. The vacant building, renamed as 110 The Queen’s Walk, is being transformed into a mixed-use scheme by Gensler for its owner – the Kuwait-owned developer St

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Lacaton & Vassal wins 2023 Soane Medal for architecture

November 28, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

French studio Lacaton & Vassal has been named the winner of this year’s Soane Medal for producing “some of the most important buildings of our time”. Social housing specialist Lacaton & Vassal, which is led by French duo Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal, was honoured for its 30-year body of work that focuses on reuse.

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BIG releases photos of twisting One High Line skyscrapers in New York

November 22, 2023 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Danish architecture studio BIG has released images of the exteriors of two stone-clad skyscrapers by New York’s High Line as they near completion. The One High Line development consists of two condominium towers, described by BIG founder Bjarke Ingels as “good neighbours”, which will enclose a central, public courtyard with retail spaces at the base.

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