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Eight highly anticipated American architecture projects completing in 2026

January 6, 2026 Ben Dreith 0

From a monumental presidential center in Chicago to skyscrapers in New York and Texas, here are the most anticipated architectural projects completing in the United States in 2026. Buffalo Bills stadium, New York, by Populous The new Highmark Stadium is being constructed adjacent to the NFL team Buffalo Bills’ current stadium in southeast Buffalo, New

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“Congestion pricing works” in New York City say officials after a year in action

January 5, 2026 Ellen Eberhardt 0

The first major traffic congestion pricing in the US, which rolled out a year ago today in New York City, has been considered a success according to the Metropolitan Transit Authority and New York governor Kathy Hochul. Congestion pricing – known formally as the Central Business District Tolling Program – was implemented in January 2025.

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Fifteen buildings to look out for in 2026

January 5, 2026 Lizzie Crook 0

We’re ringing in the new year with a look at 15 landmark architecture projects scheduled for completion in 2026, including museums, performing arts venues and a face-shaped tower. Sagrada Familia, Spain, by Antoni Gaudí The most significant building set to be completed in 2026 is the Sagrada Familia, 100 years after the death of its

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Large metal roof tops off-grid home on Japanese island by Sakai Architects

January 4, 2026 Jon Astbury 0

A large corrugated metal roof topped by a triangular skylight shelters the timber-lined interiors of Amami House, an off-grid home in Japan designed by local studio Sakai Architects. Named after its location on Amami Ōshima, an island in the Amami archipelago off Japan’s southern coast, the 119-square-metre home was designed for the founder of Sakai

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Studio Weave’s Woolwich Market Pavilion provides public toilets in southeast London

January 4, 2026 Amy Frearson 0

Stepped arches define the facade of Studio Weave’s latest building, a brick pavilion containing a cafe, public toilets and market facilities. Woolwich Market Pavilion is part of the rejuvenation of Beresford Square Market, a square next to the gatehouse of the historic former munitions factory, Woolwich Arsenal, in southeast London. With its deep stepped arches

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Vincent von Thien designs Trader HiFi cafe as a “space that celebrates sound”

January 3, 2026 Alyn Griffiths 0

A cork-clad DJ booth forms the centrepiece of this coffee shop in Hamburg, which its owner Vincent von Thien has designed to evoke the relaxing atmosphere of Japan’s jazz cafes. Von Thien established Trader HiFi in Hamburg’s Ottensen district as a cafe for audiophiles that serves coffee during the day and hosts curated listening sessions

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Bindloss Dawes converts former tractor shed into light-filled rural home

January 2, 2026 Rheanna Hopkins 0

Architecture studio Bindloss Dawes has transformed a disused agricultural building into a light-filled, low-carbon house in rural Dorset, UK. The Tractor Shed was designed and developed by Bindloss Dawes director George Dawes to demonstrate the possibilities of rural adaptive reuse projects. “The Tractor Shed distils many of our studio’s wider ambitions: to make buildings that

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The top 10 staircases of 2025

December 20, 2025 Amy Peacock 0

From a reflective spiral staircase rising in a museum to an enclosed staircase puncturing the roof of a house, we continue our Review of 2025 with 10 of this year’s best staircases. Shanghai Grand Opera House, China, by Snøhetta Earlier this year, architecture studio Snøhetta revealed images of a dramatic spiral staircase roof taking shape over

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Something Special Studios carries out “over-the-top” redesign of a Target in New York

December 12, 2025 Dan Howarth 0

American studio Something Special Studios has overhauled US retail giant Target’s store in SoHo, New York, introducing a red tunnel based on the brand’s logo and displays that wrap around the building’s cast-iron columns. The store on the corner of Broadway and Houston Street has received a major refresh courtesy of Something Special Studios, which

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The best interiors of 2025

December 9, 2025 Dezeen team 0

Continuing our Review of 2025, the Dezeen editorial team has selected the buildings with the most interesting, thoughtful and intriguing interiors of the year, including a casino, a waffle house and a train. Novu Waffle, Saudi Arabia, by Masquespacio chosen by Ellen Eberhardt, US reporter “Novu Waffle in Riyadh by Masquespacio has a never-before-seen quality, and

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