Seven civic projects celebrating China’s cultural heritage
To inspire your entries to our new Dezeen Awards Regional Showcases, we select some of our favourite, previously shortlisted cultural and civic architecture projects in China. Read more
Peckham Palais nightclub reopens with « layered and atmospheric » interior
Architecture office Nikjoo and interior design studio Fare Inc have transformed a former department store in south London into a cocktail bar and events space featuring nods to the venue’s heyday. Read more
Studio Arthur Casas affixes dramatic cantilever to Brazilian house
Local architecture practice Studio Arthur Casas has used dramatic cantilevers and overhangs to extend the volume of a house with wood and stone accents across a site in São Paulo, Brazil. Read more
Canopy-covered World Trade Center proposed for long-stalled Brasilia development
Brazilian studio Architecture Office has designed the undulating, solar panel-covered World Trade Center building for Brasilia‘s Biotic development to « reprogram » what the studio sees as the rigid infrastructure of the city. Read more
LMN and Page’s « vertically-oriented » Austin Convention Center underway
Ahead of the SXSW festival, construction is underway at the Austin Convention Centre designed by Seattle-based LMN Architects and local studio Page after getting a go-ahead from local judge. Read more
Rosary headboard by India Mahdavi for Bolzan
Dezeen Showroom: architect India Mahdavi worked with Italian furniture brand Bolzan to produce the Rosary headboard, featuring bead-like ceramic details. Read more
Protective seed pods inform timber forest pavilion by Walden Studio
The casings of woodland seeds such as chestnuts and pinecones informed the openable facade of this pod-like pavilion in the Netherlands, designed by local architecture practice Walden Studio. Read more
Foster + Partners plans Oxford chapel conversion for Larry Ellison
British studio Foster + Partners is developing plans to convert an old chapel in Oxford into a restaurant and bar for the Ellison Institute of Technology research campus. Read more
Architects and engineers among professions most automatable by AI according to Anthropic
A study by AI company Anthropic has found that much work done by architects and engineers could be done twice as quickly with large language models, but claims there has been little impact on jobs so far. Read more
UK government hires Google to develop AI planning tool to make « near-instant decisions »
Technology company Google is set to develop an AI tool to speed up planning decisions for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Read more
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