Foster, BIG and Grimshaw reveal designs for 2020 World Expo pavilions



Foster + Partners, BIG and Grimshaw Architects have won a competition to design a trio of pavilions for the 2020 Expo, which will be held near Dubai. (more…)

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AHMM no longer involved in Google’s London headquarters



British firm Allford Hall Monaghan Morris has confirmed it will no longer be working on Google’s new London headquarters, now that the project has been handed over to BIG and Heatherwick Studio. (more…)

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James Bond set designer Ken Adam dies aged 95



Academy Award-winning set designer Ken Adam, who created iconic backdrops for seven films in the James Bond franchise and Stanley Kubrick’s Dr Strangelove, has died at the age of 95. (more…)

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Dezeen Jobs: latest jobs update

Dezeen latest jobs update

See the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Design Research Studio, MAD Architects and David Chipperfield Architects, the firm behind a series of stone apartments raised over a water garden in Hangzhou, China (pictured). This is also the last chance to apply for roles with SOM, Lee Broom, Heatherwick Studio and more… (more…)

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BIG’s new stadium for the Redskins could offer abseiling, surfing and kayaking



Bjarke Ingels has unveiled his firm’s new stadium design for American football team the Washington Redskins, set to feature a moat offering an assortment of sporting activities. (more…)

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Panovscott uses old telegraph poles to clad artists’ studio in a Sydney garden



This small shed-like building by Australian architecture studio Panovscott provides a studio for two artists behind their family home in Marrickville, western Sydney (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Pierre Tachon designs geometric hen-shaped chocolate Easter egg



In time for Easter, French designer Pierre Tachon has teamed up with chocolate company Alain Ducasse to create a treat that is shaped like a chicken rather than an egg. (more…)

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Casey Brown builds metal-clad house and stables in an Australian national park



Corrugated iron and pre-weathered steel clad this shed-like house and stables, completed by Casey Brown Architects in the bushland of Australia’s Kosciuszko National Park (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Gregorio Brugnoli Errázuriz raises Santiago house above a patio and beech tree



An exposed steel frame supports the upper storey of this house in Santiago, Chile, which has a mature copper beech tree rising from a courtyard at its centre (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Raw concrete and black-painted metal give industrial appearance to house by Tectum



Tectum used a combination of gridded and board-marked concrete for this residence, which is set in a gated community in the foothills of Argentina‘s Sierras Chicas mountains (+ slideshow). (more…)

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