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An elevated public realm and performance venues are taking shape on top of the Olympia events centre in west London as part of its transformation by UK architecture practices Heatherwick Studio and SPPARC. Aiming to attract more public activity to the site, Heatherwick Studio and SPPARC are renovating the Victorian exhibition halls and building outdoor space […]
Students from Bilkent University have completed a community centre for Syrian refugees in Hatay, Turkey, in collaboration with their professor Chen-Yu Chiu and his architecture firm Studio Cho. Named Taiwan-Reyhanli Centre for World Citizens, the hub is built from 400 concrete blocks repurposed from the Turkey-Syria border walls, which make the structure both earthquake-proof and […]
The Community Production Center Las Tejedoras in Ecuador, designed by architects José Fernando Gómez and Juan Carlos Bamba for a collective of women weavers, has won the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize. Located near the developing town of Guayaquil, the project was designed by Gómez of Natura Futura and Bamba to provide a space for […]
Chinese landscape architecture studio Turenscape has transformed a concrete sea wall on an abandoned fish farm into a public space in Haikou City, Hainan. Named A Breathing Sea Wall, the project aims to help alleviate the local threat of rising sea levels while providing locals with useable outdoor space. Turenscape has completed A Breathing Sea […]
Timber columns and a mesh facade are designed to emulate “a screen of trees” at this sports centre in Canada by Toronto studio MJMA Architecture & Design. Named the Churchill Meadows Community Centre and Sports Park, the project in Mississauga involved the conversion of a 20-hectare agricultural field into parkland. It is shortlisted in the […]
British studio John Puttick Associates has refurbished a Grade II-listed church in Hove, East Sussex, introducing a 4.5-metre-tall timber extension that acts as an entrance porch. St Leonard’s Church has also been updated to provide flexible space for family- and community-focused activities while maintaining the building’s historic character. According to John Puttick Associates, the goal […]
Architecture studio IARA has reinvigorated an abandoned aqueduct in Huangshan, China, by attaching a sheltered timber bridge on top of its stone structure. Named FW JI Covered Bridge on Aqueduct, the project in Fengwu Village is shortlisted in the infrastructure and transport project category of Dezeen Awards 2024. IARA has added a covered bridge to […]
Global design studio Populous has unveiled renderings for an NBA training centre with metal panels and a roof terrace in Charlotte, North Carolina. Slated to break ground in early 2025, the state-of-the-art practice facility will serve the Charlotte Hornets and will be adjacent to the Spectrum Center, the team’s home arena. “We’re thrilled to partner […]