Category: Architecture

A minimalist gabled form, cantilevered terraces and earth-toned lime plaster define Casa Plaj, a holiday home in Portugal designed by local practice Extrastudio. Located near a coastal village in Portugal’s Lourinhã region, the 120-square-metre home is described by the studio as a “radically simple” structure that draws on the area’s rural architecture. Extrastudio has completed […]

An underground air raid shelter designed to ensure “comfort and dignity” will form part of the Holy Trinity Church, which Ukrainian studio Aranchii Architects is designing in Kyiv. The 812-square-metre church is being built for the Ukrainian Greek Catholic community in the capital’s Obolon district, which is among those that have been impacted by the […]

Two creatives chosen to contribute to the Humanise Wall at Thomas Heatherwick’s Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism have criticised the installation for being insensitive to its South Korean context. South Korean writer Maya West and Seoul studio Kimchi and Chips, who were both part of teams selected in an open call to create pieces […]

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing the renovation of a 1950s country home in Surrey by architecture studio Medium. Hearth House was renovated to consolidate and unify a series of existing single-storey extensions, which suffered from poor thermal performance and a disjointed layout. Commenters struggled to reach a consensus on its merits. Medium […]

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features BIG’s “first built project in Los Angeles” at Claremont McKenna College. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. The four-storey building is made up of stacked rectangular volumes wrapped in steel trusses clad with reinforced concrete. BIG has completed its first built project in Los Angeles at […]

Local studio CRB Arquitectos has completed a timber apartment building with planted atriums and sculptural staircases in the heart of Mexico City. The 3,770-square metre (40,580-square foot) building – known as ONTO Álvaro Obregón – opened in 2025 in the Roma Norte neighbourhood, an area known for its vibrant social life. It consists of units […]

US President Donald Trump is doing “what dictators do” by passing executive orders that prescribe classical architecture for federal buildings, congresswoman Dina Titus tells Dezeen in this exclusive interview. “I’m a strong believer that architecture is the way that you display many of your cultural values,” Titus told Dezeen. The Democratic representative from Nevada’s first […]

Festivals Design Week Mexico, Dutch Design Week and Archtober are among the key creative events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this October. Other events taking place during the month include Frieze London, Design Miami.Paris, the Stirling Prize ceremony, Designblok and Sydney Craft Week. Archtober takes place from 1 to 31 October 2025. Photo is by […]

An approach of “frugality and honesty” informed the minimally-finished plywood and plaster surfaces of Twin Pitches, the renovation and extension to a home in London by local studio Atelier Baulier. Located in the west London borough of Ealing, the original Edwardian home suffered from poor environmental performance and insufficient space for its owners, who tasked […]

Architecture studio Henning Larsen has won a competition to design a swimming pool to replace Gothenburg’s historic Valhallabadet with a timber-framed building that will also house other sports facilities. Henning Larsen will deliver the project with Swedish studio Winell & Jern Architects, engineering firm Ramboll and John Dohlsten, a sports science lecturer at the University […]