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10 significant US architecture projects slated for 2025 completion

Several large projects by architecture studios including Foster + Partners, Pelli Clarke & Partners and OMA are set to open around the US in 2025, including a New York supertall skyscraper and skyscraper-capped renovation of a Boston train station. Read more

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AIA « extremely concerned » about Trump classical architecture executive order

The American Institute of Architects has denounced an executive order signed by president Donald Trump that aims to promote classical architecture, saying it would « stifle innovation ». Read more

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Apple unveils first mass-timber Apple Store in Miami

Dezeen can exclusively reveal photos of the art deco-informed Apple Miami Worldcenter, the « first Apple Store with extensive use of mass-timber construction », which opens this Friday. Read more

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Archer + Braun adds « modernist extension » to Limestone House in Edinburgh

Architecture studio Archer + Braun has renovated a listed home in Edinburgh, adding a limestone-clad extension punctured by expansive glazing. Read more

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Lacaton & Vassal, Frédéric Druot and Christophe Hutin’s Transformation of 530 Dwellings was the most significant building of 2016

Next in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series we look at the updating of three 1960s housing blocks in Bordeaux, which put social housing retrofit at the top of the architectural agenda. Read more

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Zaha Hadid Architects designs 520 homes for former diesel depot in Bristol

UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects is developing its plans to transform a former diesel depot in southwest England and create a mix of housing and workspaces called Bristol Temple Island. Read more

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Spout home appliance transforms air into « pure drinking water »

California company Spout has launched a countertop kitchen gadget that transforms humidity from the air into drinking water, drawing on technology used by NASA. Read more

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Dezeen Events Guide launches digital guide to Stockholm Design Week 2025

Dezeen Events Guide has launched its guide to Stockholm Design Week 2025, which takes place across the city from 3 to 9 February. Read more

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Modum Atelier arranges boutique around raised wooden pavilion

Architecture studio Modum Atelier has created the Moment boutique within a historic building that encloses a hidden courtyard in Nanjing, China. Read more

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Walmart HQ features mass timber at an « unprecedented scale »

Gensler and SWA Group are among the architecture studios that have completed a 142-hectare Walmart headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas that includes mass-timber office buildings and two artificial lakes. Read more

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