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Eight architecture postgraduate degrees on Dezeen Courses

April 26, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Dezeen Courses: for our latest Dezeen Courses roundup, we’ve selected eight postgraduate architecture programmes based in the UK, USA, Austria, Denmark and Italy. The roundup includes courses that prepare students for careers in the architecture profession, as well as degrees that provide alternative architecture-related pathways in sustainable architecture, technology, urban history and videogame design. Suitable

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Tomás de Iruarrizaga bridges concrete forms with wooden structure for Chile holiday home

April 24, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Local architect Tomás de Iruarrizaga has designed Casa Granic as a family holiday home located on a hillside by Riñihue Lake in Chile’s Los Ríos region that was “designed for year-round living”. Iruarrizaga designed the 500-square-metre house with a timber-clad upper level that bridges two rectangular concrete structures. Large windows on all sides of the

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Eight home interiors that make a feature of exposed services

April 22, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Our latest lookbook showcases eight home interiors that make a visual statement by revealing their services, including wires, cables, ducts and plumbing. Stripping back interiors can expose services including pipework that runs along walls and ceilings to provide heating, water, electricity and airflow to our homes. This roundup features homes with industrial and unfinished appearances

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Mecanoo designs mixed-use development as “green artery” for Amsterdam

April 20, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Dutch architecture studio Mecanoo has unveiled its design for Amstel Design District, a development in Amsterdam that will include housing, public outdoor spaces and a museum. Six buildings are designed for the 80,000-square-metre project. While each one will be different in appearance, they will all have staggered forms that create pockets for outdoor “green retreats”.

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Aron Himmelfarb extends Hudson Valley brewery with Corten steel tasting room

April 14, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Aron Himmelfarb, founder of design studio Auver, has created a tasting room with a glulam structure wrapped in Corten steel, which adjoins a craft brewery in Hudson Valley, New York. Located on a 30-acre site just outside the village of Tivoli, the building was designed as a “destination tavern” for the Lasting Joy Brewery, where

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Seven architecture summer schools and online short courses

April 14, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Dezeen Courses: interested in learning more about architecture and developing your design skills this summer? Check out seven short courses taking place in the UK, Austria, Slovenia and online. This roundup includes self-paced and intensive courses that aim to help students build their architecture portfolios and prepare them for further education. Also featured are courses

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Heatherwick Studio and Barcode Architects unveil design for cylindrical faceted-glass tower in Utrecht

April 12, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

UK practice Heatherwick Studio and Dutch studio Barcode Architects have revealed visuals of Oopen, a stacked cylindrical tower topped with landscaped terraces designed for Utrecht’s city centre. The building will be made up of a series of stacked cylindrical forms with faceted glass facades, designed to stand out against its surrounding buildings. Landscaped terraces will top

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Design Ni Dukaan wraps “citadel-like” house in curved concrete wall

April 8, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Multidisciplinary studio Design ni Dukaan has completed a house in Gujarat, India, with a board-formed concrete exterior walls that wrap the home and define courtyard spaces. Located on a remote site in the municipality of Himmatnagar, the studio designed the undulating enclosing walls as a “second skin” informed by the spaces within. “Situated on a

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Niall McLaughlin Architects creates red-brick beacon for International Rugby Experience in Ireland

April 6, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Stirling Prize-winning studio Niall McLaughlin Architects has completed a seven-storey museum in Limerick, Ireland, with vaulted ceilings and walls designed to “reflect the forces found in rugby”. Located on Limerick’s main high street in the Georgian Quarter, the International Rugby Experience was built as an attraction that celebrates the game of rugby as part of

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Top 10 tallest mass-timber buildings around the world

March 29, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

As part of our Timber Revolution series, we have rounded up the world’s 10 tallest buildings with mass-timber structures, including an engineered-wood shopping-centre extension and a carbon-negative cultural centre. Compiled using data from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, the roundup also features apartment towers, hotels and a school, demonstrating the potential of

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