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This week Riken Yamamoto won the Pritzker Architecture Prize

This week on Dezeen, Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize for his buildings that aim to foster community.

Yamamoto, who became the 53rd architect to be awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize, was recognised for his work created over a five-decade career.

Riken Yamamoto key projects — We rounded up Riken Yamamoto’s key projects

To celebrate Yamamoto’s win, we looked back at 15 of his most interesting projects that often use glass, terraces and balconies to encourage transparency and foster community.

Also in response to this year’s winner, Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscroft wrote an opinion piece drawing attention to the fact that Japanese men have won the prize more times than women.

Social Housing Revival artwork by Jack Bedford — This week we launched Social Housing Revival

This week, we also kicked off our latest series – the Social Housing Revival, which will explore the current discussions on social housing and celebrate the best contemporary examples.

To kick off the series, Peter Apps called for a return to mass public house-building. “We need a major shift in the way we look at public housing”, he wrote in an opinion piece.

Dezeen's International Women's Day power list 2024 — Dezeen compiled a list of the 50 most influential women in architecture and design

To celebrate International Women’s Day we compiled a list of the 50 most influential women in architecture and design.

In a follow-up to an article written seven years ago, where she declared “I am not a female architect. I am an architect”, Dorte Mandrup wrote an opinion piece discussing the need for gender-based lists.

“The persistent need for distinction is a symptom of inequality and prejudice,” she wrote. “It should be common practice to include women in the general architectural discourse.”

Notre-Dame's spire was revealed — Notre-Dame’s spire was revealed

In Paris, the reconstructed spire at Notre-Dame cathedral was revealed as scaffolding was removed from the building.

The 96-metre-high spire was designed to be identical to the 1859 version designed by architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc.

Riyadh skyline — Foster + Partners is reportedly designing a two-kilometre-high skyscraper

In other architecture news, it was reported that Foster + Partners is designing a skyscraper in Saudi Arabia that, if built, would be the tallest in the world.

According to a report in UK architecture magazine Architects’ Journal, the skyscraper planned for a site north of Riyadh will be two kilometres tall.

Pinwheel shelter in the Italian Alps by EX — A tent-like refuge was one of this week’s most popular stories

Popular projects this week included a tent-like refuge with panoramic views of the Italian Alps, a rural retreat built in a concrete pig shed and Gensler’s own office in LA.

Our latest lookbooks featured inviting breakfast nooks for easy-going mornings and homes kept cool and bright by central courtyards.

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This week photos revealed The Line megacity progressing in Saudi Arabia

By Zarkon Group,10/02/2024

This week on Dezeen, aerial images showed construction progressing on projects involved in the Saudi mega-development Neom, including The Line megacity, Oxagon port and Sindalah island resort.

In a bid to prove the controversial project was moving forward, The Line’s chief operating officer Giles Pendleton shared the images in a LinkedIn post titled “Neom is real”.

Xaynor members' club on the Gulf of Aqaba at Neom by Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos. — Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos revealed designs for Neom’s Xaynor members’ club

The aerial shots revealed excavations for The Line, which will comprise two 170-kilometre-long skyscrapers set 200 metres apart, as well as preparation works on the Oxagon development and hotels being constructed at Sindalah.

In other Neom news, the development also revealed the designs for its beach-side members’ club Xaynor, courtesy of Mexican studio Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos.

The Museum of Masonite by Folkform at Stockholm Furniture Fair — Folkform exhibited Masonite furniture at this year’s Stockholm Design Week

We reported live from Sweden this week to share exclusive previews of products, installations and events taking place at Stockholm Design Week.

The first day of our Dezeen Live blog from the event included new lighting and furniture collections from Färg & Blanche, day two saw a spotting of actor Will Ferrell and our day three coverage included an installation of Masonite hardboard furniture by design studio Folkform.

Medals for Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games by Chaumet — The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic medals were unveiled this week

Also this week, French jeweller Chaumet unveiled the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic medals, which feature rear faces embedded with a piece of the Eiffel Tower.

The fragments were removed from the iconic monument during various renovation works during the 20th century and preserved. For the medals, the hexagonal pieces have been stamped with the emblem of the Paris 2024 games.

In other sporting news, the NFL Super Bowl will take place this weekend at the 62,000-seat Las Vegas Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium in Nevada, which opened in 2020.

Designed by Manica Architecture, the stadium’s cylindrical shape and black metal exterior were informed by the sleekness and power of sports cars.

Polestar 4 car from above — Polestar 4 is the first mass-market car to have no rear window

After launching in China last year, the five-door electric SUV coupé Polestar 4 has now gone on sale in Europe and Australia, making it the world’s first mass-market car without a rear window.

Created by Swedish automaker Polestar, the car has a roof-mounted rear camera that gives a more reliable picture than rear-view mirrors in standard coupés.

The top of Legends Tower — Ryan Scavnicky believes making the Oklahoma City skyscraper the tallest in the US sends the wrong message

Following the news that Californian architecture studio AO and developer Matteson Capital plan to build the US’s tallest building in Oklahoma City, architecture critic Ryan Scavnicky argued that the project sends the wrong message.

“Legends Tower is a very 20th-century way to say that you are squarely entering the 21st century of cultural and economic change,” he wrote in an opinion piece for Dezeen.

Stradella Ridge by SAOTA — An angular home in Los Angeles was among the most-read stories this week

Popular projects this week included a Los Angeles house clad in white aluminium screens, a home in Japan with a blackened wood and corten steel exterior and a minimalist Tokyo apartment with interiors lined in local wood.

Our latest lookbooks featured brightly coloured home renovations and playful houses with indoor slides.

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This week we looked forward to the architecture and design trends of 2024

By Zarkon Group,11/01/2024

This week on Dezeen, we looked forward to the buildings set to be completed in 2024 and the architecture, design and interiors trends that will impact the upcoming year.

We rounded up 12 key buildings that will be completing over the next year – these include projects by Kéré Architecture, Sou Fujimoto, Zaha Hadid Architects and Foster + Partners.

Interior by Mexican studio RA! — We looked at the trends of 2024

We also looked at the architecture, design and interiors trends of 2024. Interior design will have a focus on individualism and see a backlash to the rise in AI design, while we will see less experimentation and more “safe spaces” this year in architecture.

Dezeen’s editorial director Max Fraser predicted that in design, we will see the rise of material intelligence and a rush for sustainable accreditation.

Mercedes-Benz skyscraper — Mercedes-Benz is designing a skyscraper in Dubai

In architecture news, car brand Mercedes-Benz and developer Binghatti have revealed plans for a supertall skyscraper in central Dubai.

The car company’s first branded residential tower will reportedly be 341 meters high and located close to the Burj Khalifa.

“Our aim with our first branded real estate residential tower is to create new, desirable grounds that inherit our brand’s DNA and give our customers a place to arrive, unwind and come home to,” said Britta Seeger, a member of the management board for Mercedes-Benz Group AG.

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Get listed in Dezeen’s digital guide for Stockholm Design Week 2024

By Zarkon Group,27/12/2023

If you’re hosting an event during Stockholm Design Week, you can get listed in Dezeen Events Guide’s digital guide, which highlights the key events taking place during the week.

Stockholm Design Week runs from 5 to 11 February 2024 and includes exhibitions, installations, talks, fairs and open showrooms.

One of the largest events taking place during the week is Stockholm Furniture Fair, which takes place from 6 to 10 February 2024, showcasing furniture, lighting, technology and textiles from over 150 brands.

The event welcomes designers, architects, journalists and purchasers, as well as design enthusiasts.

This year, Dezeen published digital guides to Stockholm Design Week, Milan design week, Salone del Mobile, NYCxDesign, 3 Days of Design, London Design Festival and Miami art week, contributing to Dezeen Events Guide’s success in generating 800,000 page views for the section.

Get listed in Dezeen’s digital Stockholm guide

Dezeen offers standard and enhanced listings in its Stockholm guide.

Standard listings cost £100 and include the event name, date and location details plus a website link. These listings will also feature up to 50 words of text about the event.

Enhanced listings cost £175 and include all of the above plus an image at the top of the listing’s page and an image in the listing preview on the Dezeen Events Guide homepage. These listings will also feature up to 100 words of text about the event.

For more information about partnering with us to help amplify your event, contact the team at [email protected].

About Dezeen Events Guide

Dezeen Events Guide is our guide to the best architecture and design events taking place across the world each year.

The guide is updated weekly and includes virtual events, conferences, trade fairs, major exhibitions and design weeks.

For more details on inclusion in the Dezeen Events Guide, including in our guide to Stockholm Design Week, email [email protected].

The illustration is by Rima Sabina Aouf.

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This week BIG completed The Spiral supertall skyscraper in New York

By Zarkon Group,28/10/2023

This week on Dezeen, we reported that BIG completed its first supertall skyscraper, a 66-storey commercial high-rise wrapped with a series of stepped terraces.

Located along New York’s High Line, The Spiral reaches 314 metres-high and its footprint reduces towards the top as the ascending terraces cut into the building.

Studio founder Bjarke Ingels described the building as combining “the classic ziggurat silhouette of the premodern skyscraper with the slender proportions and efficient layouts of the modern high-rise.”

Pyramid of Tirana by MVRDV — MVRDV added a stepped roof to the Pyramid of Tirana

Also in architecture news, the Pyramid of Tirana in Albania reopened as a cultural hub with a stepped roof and colourful boxes designed by Dutch architecture studio MVRDV and local studio IRI Architecture.

Originally built in the 1980s as a pyramid-shaped museum dedicated to Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha, the building’s form was retained with sections of the sloping concrete roof kept as a slide.

Piss Soap project by Arthur Guilleminot at Het Nieuwe Instituut's New Store 1.0 pop-up at Dutch Design Week — Customers exchanged urine for soap at a pop-up shop during Dutch Design Week

Dutch Design Week was in full swing this week, with events and exhibitions taking place across Eindhoven including a pop-up shop where customers exchanged urine for soap in a bid to encourage more ethical consumption.

Elsewhere at the festival, design student Willem Zwiers showcased marbled furniture made from salvaged second-hand books and designer Emy Bensdorp exhibited her proposal to clean PFAS “forever chemicals” by firing contaminated soil into bricks.

Photo of engineer Jasper Mallinson wearing the Mecha-morphis device on one arm — Mecha-morphis is a wearable, portable CNC machine

In other design news, product design engineer Jasper Mallinson aimed to bridge the gap between man-made and robotic construction with a lightweight, wearable CNC machine named Mecha-morphis.

Mallinson hopes that in the future, the device will be used on worksites to help realise parametric designs with “superhuman precision”.

Amare in The Hague by NOAHH — Betsky wrote an opinion piece on how Dutch architecture has become “notably boring”

Also this week, American architecture critic Aaron Betsky wrote about his views on the lack of exciting architecture projects built in the Netherlands in recent years.

To Betsky, Dutch architecture has lost the sparkle it once had, comparing OMA’s 1987 Netherlands Dance Theater with the “box festooned with fluted columns” that replaced it (pictured above).

75.9 House by Omer Arbel — A home with fabric-formed concrete pillars turned readers’ heads this week

Popular projects this week included a home in British Columbia with fluted pillars made by pouring concrete into fabric formwork and a Mexican seaside resort with wooden guesthouses raised on stilts.

Our latest lookbooks featured dining rooms with built-in seating and bathrooms where subway tiles lined the walls and surfaces.

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This week the 2023 Stirling Prize winner was announced

By Zarkon Group,21/10/2023

This week on Dezeen, the John Morden Centre in London by UK studio Mae Architects was revealed as the winner of the 2023 Stirling Prize.

The building is a daycare centre for a retirement community with a cross-laminated timber structure and red brick facade, which the Stirling Prize jury described as “a place of joy and inspiration”.

However, not overly enthused by the six shortlisted Stirling projects, architecture critic Catherine Slessor wrote an opinion piece on what the “dutifully dull” selection says about the architecture prize.

Adventure hotel in Leyja — A trio of boutique hotels was revealed for Neom’s Leyja region

Also in architecture news, the Saudi development of Neom unveiled its latest region that consists of a trio of “luxury high-end boutique hotels”.

Designed by three different architects, the hotel trio includes a stepped hotel climbing up the cliffside, a mirror-clad hotel, and a geometric hotel designed to appear like formations rising from the rocky landscape.

Zaha Hadid Architect's King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station neared completion in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — Zaha Hadid Architects’s metro station in Riyadh nears completion

In other architecture news, we reported that Zaha Hadid Architect’s King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station neared completion in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The station forms part of the King Abdullah Financial District, which along with Neom, are two of the 14 giga projects currently being developed in the country.

15-minute city — We created an explainer to 15 minute cities

This week we also created a simply guide to 15 minute cities – an urbanism theory that has gained wide attention this year.

We explained what they are, who invented the concept and why they have become so controversial.

This week was also 100th anniversary of Disney. To mark the occasion we rounded up 12 of the most interesting buildings – from fairytale castles to postmodern hotels – created by the corporation.

We also looked at the giant novelty structures at Disney’s Pop Century Resort hotel, which was photographed by Arnau Rovira Vidal.

Timothy Fodbold house — A home in the Hamptons was one of the most popular projects this week

Popular projects this week included a home in the Hamptons turned into a “villain’s hideout”, a “dreamy” treetop resort in Bali and a one-legged “treehouse” in Estonian pine forest.

This week’s lookbooks highlighted bold showers that add a pop of colour to the bathroom and interiors where chequerboard flooring adds a sense of nostalgia.

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Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscroft created a simple guide explaining the 15-minute city concept

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This week we revealed Shrek’s Swamp in the Scottish Highlands

By Zarkon Group,30/09/2023

This week on Dezeen, rental website Airbnb unveiled its latest themed holiday home, a grass-and-mud-covered hut underneath a tree hosted by Donkey from the movie series Shrek.

Named Shrek’s Swamp, the small house, which is being hosted by Donkey while Shrek is away for Halloween, was described as “a stumpy, secluded haven fit for a solitude-seeking ogre”.

Paper Log House by Shigeru Ban and VAN — Shigeru Ban created a prototype house in Morocco

In architecture news, Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban created a prototype house that will be built in Morocco following a devastating earthquake earlier this month.

The latest iteration of Ban’s Paper Log House model, the structure has columns made from cardboard tubes with walls and a roof made from prefabricated wooden panels.

Recycled PET lego bricks — Lego abandoned its plans to make bricks from recycled plastic

In design news, Lego abandoned its plans to use recycled plastic bottles to make its bricks as an alternative to using virgin plastic.

The Danish toymaker dropped the plans after its pilot programme showed that adopting the recycled material at scale would ultimately increase the company’s carbon footprint due to the manufacturing process and equipment needed.

This week saw a mass-timber McDonald’s restaurant in São Paulo revealed. Designed by local architecture office Superlimão Studio, the building is supported by a tree-like timber structure.

The 2,150-square foot (220-square metre) building was built as part of the fast food chain’s “Recipe for the Future” initiative.

Mass timber interior — Mexico’s largest mass-timber structure was completed

In Mexico, the largest and tallest mass-timber structure in the country was completed. Designed by Dellekamp Schleich to “set an example for innovative construction methods”, the 940-square-metre office building was built in Mexico City.

Also this week, in other mass-timber news, the New York City Economic Development Corporation launched an assistance program to encourage the adoption of mass-timber in New York City.

Long Island social housing by studio Libeskind — Studio Libeskind unveiled a social housing block in New York

In other architecture news, a pair of social housing blocks were revealed. In New York, architecture firm Studio Libeskind unveiled a housing block with sculptural facades that contains 44 apartments for low-income senior citizens .

In Paris, Christ & Gantenbein created a 124-metre-long block containing 104 apartments, which was clad in steel.

Garden Tower House by Studio Bright — An extension wrapped in pink breeze blocks was one of the most popular stories this week

Popular projects this week included an extension in Australia wrapped in pale pink breeze blocks, a house under the ground in the Netherlands and a cliffside hotel on Italy’s Amalfi Coast.

Our latest lookbooks featured living rooms enhanced by decorative and striking art pieces and colourful bedrooms.

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Get listed in Dezeen’s digital guide for Stockholm Design Week 2023

By Zarkon Group,11/01/2023

Are you putting on an exhibition, talk or other event in Stockholm next month? Get your event listed in our digital guide to Stockholm Design Week on Dezeen Events Guide, which will highlight the key events taking place from 6 to 12 February 2023.

Stockholm Design Week hosts hundreds of events, including exhibitions, open showrooms, talks and parties, as well as the trade show Stockholm Furniture Fair.

Dezeen’s guide, which will be published a week ahead of the design week, will provide visitors with all the key information about the festival with listings for the must-see events.

The Stockholm Design Week guide follows on from the success of our digital guides to Milan design week and London Design Festival last year, which received over 60,000 page views combined. In total, Dezeen Events Guide received over 400,000 page views in 2022.

To be considered for inclusion in the guide, email [email protected]. Events will be selected by the Dezeen team to ensure that the best events are included.

Get listed in Dezeen’s digital Stockholm guide

Dezeen offers standard, enhanced and featured listings in its Stockholm guide.

Standard listing: For only £100, you can feature your event name, date and location details plus a website link. These listings will also feature up to 50 words of text about the event.

Enhanced listing: For £150, you can include all of the above plus an image at the top of the listing’s page and an image in the listing preview on the Stockholm guide page. These listings can also feature up to 100 words of text about the event.

Featured listing: For £300, your listing will feature everything as part of an enhanced listing plus inclusion in the featured events carousel and accompanying posts on Dezeen Events Guide social media channels. These listings can also feature up to 150 words of text about the event and can include commercial information and additional links to website pages such as ticket sales, newsletter signups etc.

For more information about partnering with us to help amplify your event, contact the team at [email protected].

About Dezeen Events Guide

Dezeen Events Guide lists events across the globe, which can be filtered by location and type.

Events taking place later in the year include Nomad St Moritz 2023, Venice Architecture Biennale 2023 and Design Shanghai 2023.

The illustration is by Rima Sabina Aouf.

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This week we revealed Wild Wonder as 2023’s Colour of the Year

By Zarkon Group,17/09/2022

This week on Dezeen, the Colour of the Year 2023 – a pale yellow that is described as “a soft gold with hints of green” – was announced.

To mark the announcement by paint company Dulux, we created a lookbook that showcases interiors that have used the pale yellow hue.

Revamp of Venturi Scott Brown's National Gallery — Selldorf Architects has proposed a redesign of the Sainsbury Wing

This week, architects, critics and academics raised concerns about the plans to remodel Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown’s postmodern Sainsbury Wing at the National Gallery in London. They described the plans, which have been drawn up by Selldorf Architects, as an “act of vandalism”.

In an opinion piece for Dezeen, Catherine Slessor wrote that “history now seems to be repeating itself at the Sainsbury Wing”.

Atomik Architecture staff who are balloting to strike — Workers at Atomik Architecture are balloting to strike

Also in London, staff at architecture studio Atomik Architecture announced a “historic strike ballot”.

Workers at the studio notified their employers that they were initiating a strike ballot to demand improvements to both their pay and working conditions.

Lightyear 0 solar-powered car silhouetted against a black backdrop — Lightyear developed “the world’s first production-ready solar car”

Continuing our Solar Revolution series we interviewed Emanuele Cornagliotti, who is the lead solar engineer at car company Lightyear, which developed “the world’s first production-ready solar car”.

Solar cars will be “normal within 20 years,” he told Dezeen.

King Charles III on architecture — No 1 Poultry was the result of a King Charles intervention

Following King Charles III becoming Britain’s new monarch, we took a look back at his impact on architecture while he was the Prince of Wales.

In his previous role, Charles exerted significant influence on the built environment through campaigning, building traditional towns and torpedoing modernist projects.

This week we opened the Dezeen Awards 2022 public vote to allow readers to pick their favourite projects and studios. Readers can now vote for the best projects shortlisted in the architecture, interiors and design categories, as well as our media and sustainability categories.

Voting closes on 10 October with winning projects receiving a special Dezeen Awards 2022 public vote certificate.

PMA madhushala wraps Indian home in perforated wall of brick and stone — Indian studio PMA Madhushala designed a brick and stone house

Popular projects this week include an Indian home wrapped in a perforated wall of brick and stone, a hotel resembling an upside-down village in the Alps and a rammed-earth retreat in São Paulo.

This week’s lookbooks showcased eateries that showcase the potential of terrazzo and kitchens with polished granite surfaces.

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This week Riken Yamamoto won the Pritzker Architecture Prize

This week photos revealed The Line megacity progressing in Saudi Arabia

This week we looked forward to the architecture and design trends of 2024

Get listed in Dezeen’s digital guide for Stockholm Design Week 2024

This week BIG completed The Spiral supertall skyscraper in New York

This week the 2023 Stirling Prize winner was announced

This week we revealed Shrek’s Swamp in the Scottish Highlands

Get listed in Dezeen’s digital guide for Stockholm Design Week 2023

This week we revealed Wild Wonder as 2023’s Colour of the Year

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