Construction is underway on ten underground schools in the Zaporizhzhia region in southeast Ukraine, designed to protect thousands of children against Russian air raids. Local authorities in Zaporizhzhia are creating bunkers to provide safe in-person… Read More »Underground schools “to create safe conditions” for children in Ukraine
The inevitable transition from a take-make-waste society to a circular economy presents exciting and rewarding challenges for designers, writes Sarah Housley. It’s getting harder for designers to sleep at night. As global warming starts to… Read More »“Design as we know it is doomed, but that’s a good thing for designers”
In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a house in Barcelona with “robust and monolithic” walls formed of tactile poured concrete completed by Spanish studio H Arquitectes. H Arquitectes created a skylit, triple-height atrium… Read More »“There is a tipping point of too much exposed concrete” says commenter
Swedish studio White Arkitekter has completed an assortment of apartment buildings for the latest phase of the Gascoigne Estate regeneration in Barking, east London. Led by the Barking and Dagenham council and developed by urban… Read More »White Arkitekter draws on Scandinavian principles for east London estate regeneration
There is just one week left to complete your Dezeen Awards China entry! Register your details and submit your entry by Friday 23 August at 23:59 Beijing time for the chance to be crowned a… Read More »One week left to enter Dezeen Awards China 2024
Gloucestershire-based football club Forest Green Rovers has unveiled its new away kit for the 2024/25 season, featuring details that draw attention to the effects of climate change. Manufactured by sports brand Umbro using a bamboo… Read More »Climate change graphs hide in Forest Green Rovers football kit