New York‘s Skyscraper Museum has released an online tool that tracks the growing number of skinny towers in the city. (more…)
Skyscraper Museum chronicles explosion of “super-slender” towers in New York
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Polish Pavilion curators campaign for better working conditions on building sites
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: unsettling scenes of building sites are screened amidst a full-scale scaffolding structure inside Poland‘s Biennale pavilion, which focuses on the plight of the construction worker (+ slideshow). (more…)
Venice Biennale’s first Baltic States Pavilion investigates post-Soviet infrastructure
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have united for the first time at the Biennale to present the Baltic Pavilion, which explores the impact of redeveloping the region’s Soviet-era infrastructure (+ slideshow). (more…)
YAC annouces winners of the Lighthouse Sea Hotel competition
Dezeen promotion: a hostel with a secluded courtyard and bedrooms facing the sea has won a competition seeking ideas to transform a Sicilian lighthouse into a tourist facility. (more…)
14 “radical” buildings from Spain’s post-economic crisis architectural revival
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: the Golden Lion-winning Spanish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale highlights 55 projects described by the curators as offering a more radical response to building in Spain after the economic crisis. Dezeen presents 14 of these projects, ranging from a converted palace to an adaptable apartment. (more…)
Love & Robots’ Windswept jewellery captures the movement of air into metal
Cancer treatment centre in California designed by Yazdani Studio to feel like a spa
Los Angeles firm Yazadani Studio has completed a curving glass facility for cancer patients in southern California, featuring radiation treatment rooms that overlook Zen gardens (+ slideshow). (more…)
Economic crisis made Spanish architecture more radical, says Biennale pavilion curator
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: this year’s Golden Lion-winning Spanish Pavilion focuses on unfinished structures left in the wake of the 2008 financial crash and architects who are developing a “radical” approach to rebuilding Spain (+ movie). (more…)
UK creatives reject Brexit, according to poll
A survey of the UK’s Creative Industries Federation members has shown that 96 per cent are in favour of remaining in the European Union. (more…)
Armadillo Vault is a pioneering stone structure that supports itself without any glue
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: a team led by ETH Zurich researchers has constructed an expansive canopy using 399 slabs of limestone and no glue, showcasing a “milestone for stone engineering” (+ slideshow). (more…)
