Category Archives: Architecture

Populous’ spherical music venue gets go ahead to be built in London | Dezeen

Tom Ravenscroft | 29 March 2022 Architecture studio Populous has won planning approval for the MSG Sphere music and esports arena, which will be London’s largest indoor venue. Architecture studio Populous has won planning approval for the MSG Sphere music and … Continue reading

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Architectural Drawings Detail the Spatial Dimensions and Unique Amenities of Japanese Hotel Rooms | Colossal

MARCH 25, 2022. GRACE EBERT All images © Kei Endo In preparing for her own design projects, Tokyo-based architect Kei Endo sketches elaborate diagrams of hotel rooms. The watercolor works depict overhead views of floor layouts, color schemes, lighting, and … Continue reading

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How the Dorze in Ethiopia make ‘beehive’ houses from bamboo that last a lifetime | Aeon Videos

On the Nomadic Architecture YouTube channel, the UK architect Gordon Clarke chronicles how people across the globe use ancient traditions and local resources to construct sustainable houses that suit their needs. In this instalment, he captures the Dorze people of … Continue reading

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Christ the Redeemer! | @giulia_couto 

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Francis Kéré Is First Black Man Awarded Pritzker Architecture Prize | My Modern Met

By Arnesia Young on March 17, 2022 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize Winner, Diébédo Francis Kéré. (Photo: Lars Borges, courtesy of The Pritzker Architecture Prize) “This is not just a prize for myself” In the world of architecture, the Pritzker Architecture … Continue reading

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Converted London Church Is Now A Swimming Pool With Gothic Architecture – DesignTAXI.com

By Mikelle Leow, 07 Mar 2022 Fitness devotees may find enlightenment here. Throughout its life, this building in Essex has pretty much nourished the mind, body, and spirit. The mind was (maybe) taken care of when it opened as a … Continue reading

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Paris set to build four-kilometre-long urban cable car | Dezeen

James Parkes | 18 February 2022 Construction is set to begin on Paris’ first urban cable car to connect several suburbs in the southeast of the city to the Metro system. Construction is set to begin on Paris‘ first urban cable … Continue reading

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Maison Saint-Cyr – 11 square Ambiorix, Bruxelles – Architecte Gustave Strauven (1903) | Yvette Gauthier

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Exploring SOVIET abandoned buildings // Why there are so many abandoned constructions in Russia?

n Russia, we a lot of abandoned buildings. Mostly this is constructions that were started just before the fall of the USSR and since that time have never been continued. And while it’s not really safe to walk there, let’s … Continue reading

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The giant chainmail box that stops a house dissolving

The Hill House, in Helensburgh, Scotland was decades ahead of its time… but that means it’s also experimental. And damp. ■ More about the Hill House and how to visit: https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/t… Edited by Michelle Martin: https://twitter.com/mrsmmartin Camera by Ben Fitzhugh … Continue reading

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