Tom Ravenscroft

This week we looked ahead to ten upcoming supertall skyscrapers

March 6, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0

This week on Dezeen, we rounded up ten supertall skyscrapers from the world’s best-known architects that are set to appear in cities around the world. Buildings over 300 metres, known as supertall skyscrapers, are becoming increasingly common. While they were previously predominantly designed by tall-buildings specialists the latest supertalls are being designed by some of

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Klein Dytham Architecture creates “fairytale building” for Japanese hotel

March 5, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0

PokoPoko Clubhouse at Risonare Hotel in Japan by Klein Dytham architecture

Tokyo-based Klein Dytham Architecture has designed PokoPoko as a clubhouse and activity centre surrounded by forest for the Risonare Nasu hotel in rural Japan. Built near the town of Nasu in the shadow of the Mount Nasu volcanoes, the clubhouse is set within a forest clearing between the hotel’s two existing accommodation blocks. “The concept of the project

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Narchitektura creates memorial park on site of Oświęcim’s Great Synagogue

March 4, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0

The Great Synagogue Memorial Park in Oświęcim

Landscape architecture studio Narchitektura has used 40 grey sandstone slabs to create a memorial park on the site of a former synagogue in Oświęcim, the Polish city where the Auschwitz concentration camp was located. Named The Great Synagogue Memorial Park, the memorial stands on the site of Oświęcim’s Great Synagogue, which was burnt down by the Nazi

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“Hospitals in drastic, drastic need of innovation” says Reinier de Graaf

March 3, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Dutch architecture studio OMA has produced a film exploring hospital design as part of its research into its first hospital buildings. Partner at the studio Reinier de Graaf tells Dezeen how he envisions the hospital of the future. OMA has been commissioned to build hospitals in France and Qatar, despite having no experience in designing medical buildings. This demonstrates that hospital

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Suppose Design Office creates “floating” concrete toilet in Tokyo

March 2, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Floating concrete toilet near Olympic Stadium in Tokyo

Japanese studio Suppose Design Office has built a monolithic concrete toilet alongside the Sendagaya Station near Tokyo’s Olympic stadium. Built ahead of the postponed Tokyo Olympics, the toilet replaces an existing facility next to Sendagaya Station, which will serve passengers visiting the Kengo Kuma-designed National Stadium during this year’s Olympics. Suppose Design Office aimed for the

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NOAN creates timber wedding chapel in Finnish woodland

March 1, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Chapel at Tervajärvi campground in Finland by NOAN

Architecture studio NOAN has designed a chapel within a forest overlooking a lake at the Tervajärvi campground in southern Finland. Set in a forested area by the Tervajärvi lake near the city of Tampere, the chapel was designed to function as a camp church and as a small venue for weddings and christenings. NOAN designed the

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Ten calming green kitchens that bring natural tones into the home

February 27, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0

For our latest lookbook, we’ve rounded up ten fresh and airy kitchens that use shades of green to give a hint of the natural world. From soft sage to bright emerald, green is this year’s kitchen colour trend, often paired with natural local materials. Perhaps inspired by our craving for nature during the pandemic, calming sea

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Construction begins on Foster + Partners’ Red Sea International Airport in Saudi Arabia

February 26, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Work has started on building a Foster + Partners-designed international airport on the west coast of Saudi Arabia, which was “inspired by the colours and textures of the desert landscape”. Named the Red Sea International Airport, the building was designed by Foster + Partners as part of The Red Sea Project tourist development. Earlier this year construction

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Abin Design Studio creates football clubhouse overlooking Indian lake

February 24, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Football Club House in Bansberia, India, by Abin Design Studio

Architecture studio Abin Design Studio has combined a clubhouse with a small stand for spectators alongside a football pitch in the city of Bansberia, India. Built for a youth football club in Bansberia in the Indian state of West Bengal, the clubhouse stands between the playing field and a large lake. Abin Design Studio designed the multi-purpose structure

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Foster + Partners’ hotel to be built within Saudi Arabian sand dunes

February 23, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Southern Dunes hotel in Saudi Arabia by Foster + Partners

Foster + Partners is designing the Southern Dunes hotel in Saudi Arabia as part of The Red Sea Project tourist development on the western coast of the country. Named Southern Dunes, the Foster + Partners-designed hotel will contain 40 villas sheltered by asymmetric timber roofs. Set to be built around 100 kilometres northeast of the town of Umluj on

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