British studio Greenaway Architecture has added a minimalist glass extension to a 15th-century thatched cottage alongside Farleigh Hungerford Castle near Bath, UK. The architecture studio was informed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Neue Nationalgalerie in… Read More »Greenaway Architecture adds glazed extension to thatched cottage in shadow of castle
Tashkent’s modernist architecture was the focus of the recent Where in the World is Tashkent conference. Here the organisers pick 10 significant buildings in Uzbekistan’s capital from the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s. Created as part… Read More »Ten key examples of Tashkent’s Soviet modernist architecture
Dutch studio VenhoevenCS Architecture + Urbanism has completed IJboulevard, an underwater bicycle park for Amsterdam Central Station in the Netherlands. The facility provides underwater parking for 4,000 bicycles, as well as a pedestrian boulevard above… Read More »IJboulevard is an underwater bike park in Amsterdam
In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a large concrete home in California designed as a “modern ruin”, with architecture by Masastudio and interiors by Kelly Wearstler. The home, which is laid out like… Read More »“Lacking any personality” says commenter
As part of our Dezeen Jobs: How We Recruit series, Kate Jarrett, senior designer at David Collins Studio, explains where the practice currently stands on recruitment. Anna Marks: Please talk me through the type of… Read More »“Both recruitment practices and candidates have changed considerably over the past 10 years”
Cities should plant more trees to help prevent tens of thousands of annual deaths from extreme heat, Arup specialist Dima Zogheib tells Dezeen as part of our Designing for Disaster series. Worsening heatwaves are emerging… Read More »Plant trees in cities to curb deadly heatwaves says Arup’s Dima Zogheib