In-depth case studies on amazing architecture and the building-products that helped make it a reality.
In a series of conversations with prominent architects, Dezeen — in collaboration with Architizer — explores the memories of those involved in the late Zaha Hadid’s career, highlighting some of her most spectacular projects. In this brief interview, Richard Rogers looks back on Zaha’s persistence when she proposed and successfully built the London Aquatics Centre…
Updated by Paul Keskeys, June 10th 2016. Today marks a big moment for soccer fans, as Euro 2016 kick s off in Paris with the showpiece match between the hosts and Romania at the Stade de France. However, for the most stunning arena of the event, architectural enthusiasts must look further south, to the port city…
In many ways, the Price tower feels like a piece of Manhattan awkwardly plopped down in the middle o f Oklahoma.
Last month, Dezeen — working in collaboration with Architizer — sat down with Norman Foster at Foste r + Partners’ London office to discuss his memories of the late Zaha Hadid. What followed was an illuminating conversation about an individual Foster considered to be not only a great architect, but a close friend. “Everybody knows that…
This video series is realized in collaboration with ‘Architectures’ — a series presented by the Arts and Culture Bureau — offering unique views into the concepts and forms of built landmarks. every week, we present one building, accompanied by a short video from their youtube channel. The story of the Guggenheim Bilbao begins in 1991,…
This video series is realized in collaboration with ‘Architectures’ — a series presented by the Arts and Culture Bureau — offering unique views into the concepts and forms of built landmarks. every week, we present one building, accompanied by a short video from their youtube channel. Located in Wolfsburg — a German town of 120,000…
Most rooms are left empty, representative of voids, which brings rhythms between the many events of the day-to-day.
In the introduction to her new book One World Trade Center: Biography of the Building, Judith Dupré — the author of the bestseller Skyscrapers — calls its designers Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) “a firm with unparalleled expertise in skyscraper design.” The practice, celebrating its 80th anniversary this year, recently won numerous A+Awards for projects…
Designing a facility for international border control can be a tricky proposition amounting to an ar chitectural tightrope walk. The imperative for almost every border crossing is to communicate contradictory messages of welcoming and surveillance, at once making desired border-crossers feel at ease while trying to make potentially threatening border-crossers feel watched and intimidated. In meeting…