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Faulty Wedding Cake pavilion to be dismantled at Waddesdon Manor thumbnail
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Faulty Wedding Cake pavilion to be dismantled at Waddesdon Manor

A 12-metre-high pavilion shaped like a wedding cake is set to be dismantled at Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire, UK, after it was closed...

EMBT shelters Naples metro station beneath "natural and welcoming" vaulted timber roof thumbnail
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EMBT shelters Naples metro station beneath "natural and welcoming" vaulted timber roof

Spanish architecture studio EMBT has completed the Naples Underground Central Station in Italy, contrasting its modernist surroundings with a wavy timber roof. The...

RooMoo transforms abandoned mountain cabins into hotel in China thumbnail
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RooMoo transforms abandoned mountain cabins into hotel in China

Concrete drill cores, discarded bricks and timber salvaged from abandoned mountain cabins have been repurposed for a 24-room retreat by Chinese studio RooMoo...

Renovation delays pose "Notre Dame-like" fire risk for Houses of Parliament  thumbnail
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Renovation delays pose "Notre Dame-like" fire risk for Houses of Parliament 

A government report has found that risks of a major fire at the Palace of Westminster are rising as health and safety incidents...

Steven Holl designs The Sculpture Watch as a tribute to Álvaro Siza thumbnail
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Steven Holl designs The Sculpture Watch as a tribute to Álvaro Siza

American architect Steven Holl has designed a colourful watch for Swiss watch brand Cauny that was informed by conversations with Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza....

Public toilets in Paris by Chartier-Corbasson "elevate the ordinary" thumbnail
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Public toilets in Paris by Chartier-Corbasson "elevate the ordinary"

French studio Chartier-Corbasson Architectes has transformed a neglected underground passage beneath the Trocadero Gardens in Paris into a public restroom, using an industrial-feeling...

Tonkin Liu creates pair of glulam buildings for craftspeople restoring York Minster thumbnail
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Tonkin Liu creates pair of glulam buildings for craftspeople restoring York Minster

London architecture studio Tonkin Liu has created two timber buildings on either side of York Minster, which contain facilities for workers restoring the Gothic...

Not a Hotel Architects converts brutalist Tokyo warehouse into own office and headquarters thumbnail
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Not a Hotel Architects converts brutalist Tokyo warehouse into own office and headquarters

Japanese company Not a Hotel‘s in-house architecture team has turned a 1967 warehouse into a workspace divided by glass partitions and filled with...

Five little-known stage designs from the archives of Zaha Hadid thumbnail
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Five little-known stage designs from the archives of Zaha Hadid

The unsung set designs of Zaha Hadid take centre stage in the latest exhibition curated by her foundation in London. In this roundup,...

Sumayya Vally to design Dubai art foundation around the "memory of a house" thumbnail
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Sumayya Vally to design Dubai art foundation around the "memory of a house"

South African architect Sumayya Vally is designing a permanent home for the Elie Khouri Art Foundation (EKAF), which will be located within a...