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Architecture & Interiors
Four world-changing winners were announced at the 2023 UN SDG Action Awards.
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30 Jul 23
Seeing stars
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Architecture & Interiors
Architecture firm Snøhetta designed a spiralling planetarium and observatory in France.
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30 Jul 23
An architecture icon
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Architecture & Interiors
Pakistan’s first female architect has shown us how architecture can change lives for the better.
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24 Jul 23
Twisted towers
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Architecture & Interiors
A pair of unique towers offers incredible views of the skyline of Manhattan.
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17 Jul 23
In the round
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Design Thinking
Las Vegas is home to the world’s largest sphere.
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17 Jul 23
Join the dots
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Urban & Landscape Design
Yayoi Kusama’s immersive exhibition features inflatable artworks on a grand scale.
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10 Jul 23
Concrete jungle
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David Adjaye’s first skyscraper is completed in New York.
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4 Jul 23
Child’s play
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Design Thinking
This revamped museum was designed with and for children.
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4 Jul 23
Fresh air
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Architecture & Interiors
This public tower in New Delhi purifies polluted air.
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27 Jun 23
Tectonic forces
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Architecture & Interiors
This massive museum emulates the forms created by shifting tectonic plates.
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27 Jun 23
Petal power
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Architecture & Interiors
Snøhetta’s redesign of the Blanton Museum of Art in Texas includes lily-like canopies.
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9 Jun 23
Sky mountain
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Architecture & Interiors
A coastal pavilion in China echoes the sky, the hills and the ocean.
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5 Jun 23
Architects in Venice
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Architecture & Interiors
The pavilions defining the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale.
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29 May 23
The hills are alive
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Urban & Landscape Design
This winery building forges a symbiotic relationship between architecture and nature.
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29 May 23
Dreams come true
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Architecture & Interiors
Adjaye Associates transformed a former ice warehouse in Harlem into a public school.
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22 May 23
Rock of ages
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Architecture & Interiors
This combined research and exhibition space invites exploration and discovery.
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8 May 23
Inside out
Design Frontiers
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Architecture & Interiors
Artist and photographer Roger Ballen’s non-profit arts centre has opened in Johannesburg.
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2 May 23
For stories
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Architecture & Interiors
This spiral building serves as a public exhibition and reading area.
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2 May 23
Cabin fever
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Architecture & Interiors
This wooden cabin can be opened up to let in nature.
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24 Apr 23
Laying the foundations
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Architecture & Interiors
This school in Tanzania is designed to respond to site-specific climatic conditions.
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11 Apr 23
Raise the roof
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Architecture & Interiors
The People Tree House in India incorporates sustainable water and power features.
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4 Apr 23
Printed pavilion
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Product Design
This climate-adaptable pavilion is 3D-printed from recycled plastic.
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27 Mar 23
Winning formula
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Architecture & Interiors
David Chipperfield has been selected as the 2023 winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
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20 Mar 23
Design for Human Rights
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African Design
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Art & Photography
In honour of Human Rights Day on 21 March, we take a look at human-centred innovations from South Africa.
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13 Mar 23
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