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China building 1,000-bed hospital in ten days to treat coronavirus

January 27, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

1,000-bed hospital being built in Wuhan, China, to treat coronavirus

The government of China is rapidly building a 1,000-bed hospital in Wuhan as part of its efforts to contain and treat patients suspected of contracting coronavirus. Named Wuhan Huoshenshan Hospital, the 25,000-square-metre facility is being built in the Caidian District in the west of the city of Wuhan to treat coronavirus patients. At the time

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2019 was record-breaking year for supertall skyscrapers

January 27, 2020 India Block 0

A record 26 towers over 300 metres were completed in 2019 according to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, while there was a drop in the number of 200-metre-tall buildings completed. Of the 26 new supertall towers the 530-metre-high Tianjin CTF Finance Centre by SOM is the tallest. It is the seventh tallest

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This week sofas and young designers were showcased at Maison&Objet

January 25, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

This week on Dezeen, the work of up-and-coming French designers, alongside sofas and rugs were on show at the Maison&Objet furniture and accessories fair in Paris. Maison&Objet’s Rising Talents exhibition highlighted the work of six emerging French designers: Natacha & Sacha, Laureline Galliot, Mathieu Peyroulet Ghilini, Wendy Andreu, Julie Richoz and Adrien Garcia. Their work demonstrated a

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“We have to be careful not to condemn” in the face of the climate crisis, says Diébédo Francis Kéré

January 23, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

Designing more sustainable structures is not about deciding what is good or bad, but making more carefully considered design decisions, says architect Diébédo Francis Kéré. The Burkinabe architect told Dezeen that facing the climate crisis in the next decade would be a challenge that requires major reform in the architecture and design industry. “People will

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Criticism of Jair Bolsonaro meeting is “an oversimplification of a complex world” says Bjarke Ingels

January 23, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Bjarke Ingels meets Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro to "change the face of tourism in Brazil"

Danish architect Bjarke Ingels has defended his decision to meet with Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and intends to work in the country in the future. Ingels released a statement rejecting the idea that countries like Brazil should be off-limits to architects after a photograph of him and Bolsonaro led to widespread criticism, including from the commenters on

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OMA to renovate galleries in Gio Ponti’s Denver Art Museum

January 23, 2020 Kristine Klein 0

OMA New York, led by Shohei Shigematsu, has revealed plans to reconfigure and renovate the design galleries inside the Denver Art Museum designed by famed Italian architect Gio Ponti. The renovations are part of a series of phased reopenings of the Colorado museum’s Martin Building designed by Italian architect Gio Ponti in 1971. Other components of the

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Norman Foster calls for design competition for northern House of Lords

January 23, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Norman Foster has proposed having an architectural competition to design a new home for the UK parliament’s upper chamber, if it is relocated from London to York. “If the House of Lords is to be relocated north we must use the power of architecture to express our political and economic ambitions,” Foster said in a letter

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La Manufacture is out to prove that design can still survive on the high street

January 23, 2020 Amy Frearson 0

A lifestyle brand with “a real soul” has launched in Paris, in a boutique that brings fashion together with furniture and homeware. La Manufacture has opened a venue in the Opéra district of Paris, with a mission to show that design can still survive on the high street. Company founder Robert Acouri, who also leads

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AIA announces best buildings by American architects in 2020 Honor Awards

January 22, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0

The American Institute of Architects has announced the winners of its 2020 Honor Awards, which include Snøhetta’s Calgary library and the Glenstone Museum in Maryland. The 2020 AIA Institute Honor Awards aims to recognise projects designed by architects licensed in the USA that best demonstrate how buildings can improve everyday life. Announced yesterday, the eight

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Developer proposes turning London gas holder into Alligator park

January 22, 2020 India Block 0

Alligator park in a gas holder by Avanton

Developer Avanton has acquired a Grade II-listed Victorian gas holder in London and is exploring plans to turn it into a habitat for alligators as part of a housing development. Farrells, Maccreanor Lavington and Patel Taylor are three of the architecture studios that Avanton has worked with previously and are considering for a housing development

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