Only two weeks left to enter Dezeen and Bentley’s Start Something Powerful Competition
There are just two weeks left to enter our Start Something Powerful Competition, which calls for ideas that could have a powerful impact on how people live over the next 100 years. Enter before 21 August. Read more
IM Pei retrospective shows « architecture and life to be inseparable »
A retrospective of architect IM Pei at the M+ Museum in Hong Kong, aims to examine his architectural projects in social, cultural and political context. Read more
Benjamin Hale Architects extends light-starved Victorian home upwards and outwards
Welsh practice Benjamin Hale Architects has added two modern extensions – one made from pale brick, the other from black zinc – to a Victorian-era home in south London. Read more
CookFox to convert former New York City prison into affordable housing
Local architecture studio CookFox Architects has unveiled plans to renovate a former women’s prison in Chelsea into « 100 per cent » affordable housing. Read more
Dezeen Debate features « an elegant melange and a triumph of design sensitivity »
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a refurbished apartment in Milan by design studio David/Nicolas with interior details by architect Gio Ponti. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Read more
Eight Black modernist architecture projects preserved in the US
Architectural sites with significance to African American culture have received funds as part of Conserving Black Modernism, a national grant program that highlights « undervalued » contributions of Black architects in the United States. Read more
Walker Warner Architects includes recycled-plastic thatch in Hawaii hut resort
Winding pathways and thatched roofs made of recycled plastic are among the features at the Kona Village resort in Hawaii, which Walker Warner Architects designed to replace a 1960s hotel destroyed by a tsunami. Read more
NOTO nestles green-timber duplex among trees in Hamburg
A sage green facade formed of rhythmic wooden panels defines Babendiekstraße 23, a pair of timber houses that architecture studio NOTO has completed in Hamburg, Germany. Read more
Mathieu Lehanneur’s Olympic designs reference the « fragility of life »
Mathieu Lehanneur‘s designs have played a starring role at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. In this interview, the French designer explains why his « flying » Olympic cauldron may become a permanent Parisian landmark. Read more
Triptyque designs Team USA accommodation in Paris Olympic Village
Franco-Brazilian architecture studio Triptyque has designed a building to house the United States delegation in the Olympic Village, which will be converted to affordable housing after the Olympics. Read more
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