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Photos reveal James Turrell’s “largest and most ambitious Skyspace” ahead of opening

October 23, 2025 Starr Charles 0

Images have been released of James Turrell’s soon-to-be-completed Skyspace at the ARoS Aarhus Art Museum in Denmark, which will be the American artist’s largest yet. Set to open to the public on 19 June 2026, the As Seen Below installation is housed in a 40-metre-wide domed extension beside the ARoS Aarhus Art Museum. It completes

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Uncanny Studio revamps and reconnects rooms within 1930s London penthouse

October 23, 2025 Natasha Levy 0

A better sense of flow has been created between the rooms of this London penthouse, which design firm Uncanny Studio has decked out with marble, walnut wood and other luxury materials. The studio overhauled Primrose Apartment, which is set on the top floor of an art deco-era building that overlooks Regent’s Park in central London.

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Foster + Partners completes New York supertall skyscraper for JPMorganChase

October 21, 2025 Ben Dreith 0

Architecture studio Foster + Partners has completed the 270 Park Avenue supertall skyscraper in Manhattan for American financial company JPMorganChase. Named 270 Park Avenue, the 1,388 feet tall (423.1 metres) skyscraper is the sixth-tallest building in New York City, joining a host of other supertall skyscrapers in Midtown Manhattan. The skyscraper was constructed on the

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Jean Nouvel arranges Fondation Cartier around five giant moving floors

October 21, 2025 Tom Ravenscroft 0

French architect Jean Nouvel has overhauled a 19th-century department store alongside the Louvre in central Paris to create a new home for the Fondation Cartier, featuring moveable gallery spaces. Set to open to the public this Friday, the building for the art foundation of luxury brand Cartier, established in 1984, is designed as a contemporary art

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Windowless facade conceals “quiet grandeur” of Woodend bungalow in Victoria

October 20, 2025 Natasha Levy 0

Living spaces richly finished with varieties of Italian marble lie behind the opaque facade of this house in Victoria, Australia, conceived by designer David Hicks. Woodend house is located in Macedon Ranges, a region of Victoria characterised by sprawling forests and rolling hillsides. Inspiration for the home’s design, however, stems from European vernacular architecture, in

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Symbolplus “quietly integrates” natural materials into its own office in Tokyo

October 17, 2025 Natasha Levy 0

Design studio Symbolplus has renovated its office in Tokyo, using earthen plaster and delicate Japanese paper to complement the existing building. The Symbolplus office is set within a timber-framed building designed by Japanese architect Akio Hayashi, who asked that the studio use similarly natural materials to fit out its workspace. “He requested that we avoid

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Philadelphia power plant transformed into sports venue

September 25, 2025 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Local firms Good City Studio and Hexagon Studio Architects have converted the main turbine hall of a historic Philadelphia power plant into Ballers, a sports club that includes indoor pickleball, soccer and squash courts. Ballers is located inside a portion of the newly renovated Delaware Power Station in Fishtown, Philadelphia, which was recently rebranded into

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Eight homes kept cool and bright by central courtyards

March 2, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

In this lookbook, we’ve collected eight homes from Vietnam to the USA that are kept ventilated and illuminated by central courtyards. Courtyards have been used in ancient and contemporary architecture as a tool to trap and funnel breezes and natural light into the core of a building. Most often, they are completely open to the

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The Dezeen guide to stone in architecture, interiors and design

February 13, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

As part of our Stone Age 2.0 series, we’re republishing our stone guide that includes 15 popular types of natural rock, some of which can be used for architectural structures. Alabaster Alabaster is a soft, fine-grained stone that has been used for centuries to carve elaborate forms and ornaments. However, its solubility in water means

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Adjaye Associates designs Brooklyn community centre to “disrupt the racial wealth gap”

February 17, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

UK studio Adjaye Associates has released designs for a Brooklyn campus for the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation that include a cultural centre and theatre. The campus will include three structures at the institution’s site on Fulton Street in central Brooklyn. It includes two mid-rise buildings at 16 and 13 storeys and an expressive cultural building

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