Lebanon-born Lina Ghotmeh has been announced as the architect who will design the Serpentine Pavilion 2023, which will be unveiled in Kensington Gardens in June next year. Newly released images present the pavilion’s 22nd iteration, revealing a timber-ribbed structure titled…
Snøhetta has revealed its plans to modernise the Natural History Museum of Lille, combining urban renewal and preservation in its architectural ambitions. The major architectural and scientific transformation coincides with the museum’s 200th anniversary, and the striving ambition behind the…
Following eight years of transformational restoration, Battersea Power Station is set to open its doors to visitors for the first time in almost 40 years. Architecture studio WilkinsonEyre is behind the industrial landmark’s reimagining, with the aim of keeping the…
Henning Larsen has completed a modern-day redevelopment of Uppsala Town Hall in Sweden, restoring it to its original purpose some 57 years after it first opened. The original post-modernist design of the town hall, proposed by Swedish architects Erik and…
An extensive refurbishment of London South Bank University by WilkinsonEyre has involved the adaptive reuse of its existing 1970s concrete-framed building. This transformation project is part of a wider regeneration of St George’s Quarter at LSBU, and the redesign of…
One year on from its launch, London’s Design District adds to its thriving creative neighbourhood with the dazzling D2 building by Mole Architects. Sitting on the Greenwich Peninsula, the Design District is a purpose-built ecosystem supporting a community of designers…
Muyiwa Oki has been elected as the next President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), a highly regarded position in UK architecture. The architect will take over the two-year presidential term from Simon Allford, starting on 1st September…
For a new museum of land art and media in Almere, Studio Ossidiana have conceived a series of floating circles that form a connection with the reclaimed land they’re built on. Art Pavilion M is a new cultural destination for…
The six-strong shortlist of buildings in contention for the coveted RIBA Stirling Prize 2022 has been revealed. This year’s shortlisted projects are those that are considered to have made “the greatest contribution to the evolution of architecture and the built…
An exceptional shortlist of projects for the World Architecture Festival 2022 has been announced, featuring 20 future concepts that address climate change and community resilience. The World Architecture Festival awards programme celebrates newly built works as well as innovative future…
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has chosen Mexican architect Frida Escobedo to envision a new look for its Oscar L. Tang and H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang Wing. The wing, which The Met has been seeking to revamp for…
The Danish Architecture Centre shines a spotlight on the industry’s most influential females through history in its latest exhibition, Women in Architecture. Through a showcase of inspiring projects and installations, thought-provoking questions such as who are the overlooked women in…
Journalist and entrepreneur Marcus Fairs, the founder of design website Dezeen founder has sadly passed away unexpectedly at the age of 54. In a statement published by Dezeen, it is explained that the founder, CEO and editor-in-chief of the online…
Theaster Gates, the first non-architect to be chosen to design the Serpentine Pavilion, opens the timber-built Black Chapel to the public. Black Chapel is the 21st pavilion in a series built in the Serpentine gallery’s garden in Kensington Gardens, Hyde…
Vestre and BIG architects have completed The Plus, an impressive mass-timber Passivhaus furniture factory nestled in a Norwegian forest. Constructed in just 18 months and built to the highest sustainability standards, The Plus is an exemplary framework which is now…
