Courtyard acts as “emotional nucleus” of The Sanctum house by Renesa
Sweeping concrete and brick walls wrap a circular, water-filled courtyard at the heart of The Sanctum, a low-slung…
AL_A and UNStudio design Central Yards groundscraper for Hong Kong
Plans for a 400-metre-long glass building in Hong Kong‘s Central district have been unveiled by a consortium of…
Jillian Dinkel turns arts and crafts home into “dynamic entertainer’s retreat”
Interior designer Jillian Dinkel has transformed an arts and crafts house in Sydney, Australia, into a dedicated space…
San Francisco decides to dismantle “iconic” Vaillancourt Fountain
The San Francisco Arts Commission has voted to dismantle and store a 1970s concrete fountain in San Francisco…
Department of Buildings approves six designs for New York’s scaffolding
New York’s Department of Buildings has greenlit designs by architecture studio PAU and engineering outfit Arup for the…
Studio Aluc renovates 100-year old townhouse in Kyoto
Japanese design firm Studio Aluc “deliberately retained traces of past craftsmanship” to transform a historic machiya residence into…
De Rosee Sa embraces “quietness and subtlety” for The Cornwall Retreat
Architecture studio De Rosee Sa has completed a house in Cornwall, UK, with barn-like volumes and natural materials…
Dezeen Debate features Herzog & de Meuron “glass turd” trophies
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features Herzog & de Meuron’s Art Basel trophies. Subscribe to…
Wright & Wright adds The Spencer Building to University of Oxford library
London studio Wright & Wright has expanded the University of Oxford‘s Corpus Christi College Library, tucking a limestone-fronted…
Design and architecture are overdue for a Performance Review
With design and architecture seemingly in crisis, our Performance Review editorial series will interrogate the multitude of issues…
DeRoche Projects encloses Backyard Community Club with rammed earth
Four-metre-high rammed-earth walls frame the plot of Backyard Community Club in Accra, Ghana, completed by local studio DeRoche…
Studio Edwards creates “mobile architecture” for retail spaces
Melbourne-based Studio Edwards has collaborated with local fashion brand LOWF to create Shift Space – a relocatable modular…