Photographs shared exclusively with Dezeen show the twisting facade of Malta‘s tallest building, recently completed by British studio Zaha Hadid Architects. At 31 storeys and 122 metres in height, Mercury Tower has been the Mediterranean… Read More »Photos reveal Zaha Hadid Architects’ completed Mercury Tower in Malta
Shopping centres are a fascinating and under-appreciated aspect of urban architecture, according to British journalist Art Anthony, who films himself walking around malls that have fallen on hard times. Anthony is part of a sub-culture… Read More »Dead Mall Walking captures the “kenopsia” of fading shopping centres
Design studio Simplicity used a palette of natural materials including wood, stone and tatami to evoke the look and feel of a traditional Japanese inn when creating the ryokan floor of the Four Seasons Hotel… Read More »Simplicity sets Osaka’s “first modern ryokan” inside Nikken Sekkei high-rise
Chinese landscape architecture studio Turenscape has transformed a concrete sea wall on an abandoned fish farm into a public space in Haikou City, Hainan. Named A Breathing Sea Wall, the project aims to help alleviate… Read More »Turenscape transforms concrete sea wall into “resilient public space”
An 88-storey supertall skyscraper by architecture studio Kohn Pedersen Fox that pays homage to New York City’s beaux-arts architecture has topped out in Midtown Manhattan. Located at 520 Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, the skyscraper… Read More »“Beaux-arts” supertall skyscraper by KPF tops out in Manhattan
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a rural retreat in Greece designed by Invisible Studio. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Architect Piers Taylor, founder of British practice Invisible Studio, has completed a concrete… Read More »Dezeen Debate features “simple, strong and poetic” retreat in Greek countryside