Beyer Blinder Belle creates National Urban League HQ in Harlem

Local architecture studio Beyer Blinder Belle has created a Harlem headquarters for the National Urban League, which houses the "first Civil Rights Museum" in New York. Civil rights advocacy organisation The National Urban League is relocating from their Lower Manhattan office at 80 Pine Street to historic West 125th Street in Harlem. The headquarters replaces

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Eleven US houses with bold black exteriors

From a home formed of two overlapping volumes in Alabama to a structure on a narrow site in San Francisco, we've rounded up 11 houses in the United States with striking black facades. While there is a variety of different styles and material choices between the different states, black cladding is a unifying trend throughout

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Kingston University spotlights ten architecture student projects

Dezeen School Shows: a leisure centre which utilises an energy-saving model through sustainable heating and cooling methods is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Kingston University. Also included is the proposal for a reimagined building in London, UK which utilises materials like rammed earth and stone and a vineyard in Portugal built atop

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Stuart Graff steps down as Frank Lloyd Wright foundation CEO

American architecture organisation The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation has announced its president and CEO Stuart Graff will step down after eight years of acting as the head executive. The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, an organisation dedicated to preserving the intellectual and physical legacy of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, announced that Graff would be stepping

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Vote for your favourite skyscraper from the past year!

Ahead of World Skyscraper Day next week, Dezeen is inviting readers to vote for their favourite skyscraper completed in the last 12 months. The Dezeen team has selected the 10 most significant tall buildings from the past 12 months and now we're asking you to pick a winner, to be revealed on World Skyscraper Day

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Dezeen Events Guide launches digital guide to London Design Festival 2024

Dezeen Events Guide has launched the 2024 edition of its London Design Week guide, which spotlights exhibitions, open showrooms, talks, workshops and product launches across the city. London Design Festival 2024 takes place over nine days, from 14 to 22 September, and is located across 11 districts in the capital. This year's edition marks the

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Dezeen Events Guide launches digital guide to London Design Festival 2024

Dezeen Events Guide has launched the 2024 edition of its London Design Week guide, which spotlights exhibitions, open showrooms, talks, workshops and product launches across the city. London Design Festival 2024 takes place over nine days, from 14 to 22 September, and is located across 11 districts in the capital. This year's edition marks the

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Sixteen Japanese architecture studios photographed by Marc Goodwin

British architectural photographer Marc Goodwin has gone behind the scenes to capture 16 architecture workspaces in Japan. The project by Goodwin – who is the founder of photography studio Archmospheres – forms part of his latest photography series that documents architecture workspaces, most recently spanning Taiwan, Vienna and Munich. Focusing on "young, non-traditional studios" in

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Reusable formwork by Studio Part moulds trees into living bench

Belgian design firm Studio Part has developed a demountable metal mould that encourages young willow trees to grow into a self-supporting bench. Tenir, which means to hold or hold on to in French, was designed to guide the willow branches so they become intertwined and follow a curving form that will eventually provide a comfortable

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Reusable formwork by Studio Part moulds trees into living bench

Belgian design firm Studio Part has developed a demountable metal mould that encourages young willow trees to grow into a self-supporting bench. Tenir, which means to hold or hold on to in French, was designed to guide the willow branches so they become intertwined and follow a curving form that will eventually provide a comfortable

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Foster + Partners designs "elegant" Miami supertall skyscraper

Architecture studio Foster + Partners has unveiled designs for a supertall skyscraper in Miami that is set to house the relocated headquarters of hedge fund Citadel. Designed at 54 storeys and 1,032 feet (314 metres), 1201 Brickell Bay Drive is a symmetrical supertall skyscraper designed by Foster + Partners in Miami's Brickell neighbourhood. Developed by

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Foster + Partners designs "elegant" Miami supertall skyscraper

Architecture studio Foster + Partners has unveiled designs for a supertall skyscraper in Miami that is set to house the relocated headquarters of hedge fund Citadel. Designed at 54 storeys and 1,032 feet (314 metres), 1201 Brickell Bay Drive is a symmetrical supertall skyscraper designed by Foster + Partners in Miami's Brickell neighbourhood. Developed by

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Insulation made of discarded sheep wool used for Argentina guest house

Argentine studio DUB Arquitectura has created a metal-clad house called Casa La Escocesa, which features "insulating blankets" made of sheep wool that otherwise would have been incinerated. The 150-square-metre project is located on a farm in Argentina's subtropical Pampas region, which consists of agricultural fields that stretch over flat plains. The building site is surrounded

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Dezeen Debate features yoghurt window coating "crazy enough to work"

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features British engineer Tom Greenhill's proposal to use yoghurt as a solution for combating heat waves. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. British engineer Tom Greenhill has proposed using yoghurt to coat windows as a low-cost and low-energy solution to keep UK homes cool during heatwaves. Commenters were

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Jahn creates "rough and tough" military archive in Wisconsin

Chicago architecture studio Jahn has used massive steel trusses and a glass envelope for a military archive building with a structure informed by amphibious landing vehicles. The Pritzker Military Archives Center is a facility for the storage, preservation and exhibition of documents and artefacts from participants in the US military, especially from the two world

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Ten architecture projects by students at the University of Sheffield

Dezeen School Shows: a biodiversity research centre in Doncaster, UK, that aims to educate schoolchildren is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the University of Sheffield. Also included is a converted gatehouse that preserves energy and a school focusing on combatting the climate emergency through architecture. University of Sheffield Institution: The University

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Ten architecture projects by students at the University of Sheffield

Dezeen School Shows: a biodiversity research centre in Doncaster, UK, that aims to educate schoolchildren is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the University of Sheffield. Also included is a converted gatehouse that preserves energy and a school focusing on combatting the climate emergency through architecture. University of Sheffield Institution: The University

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Eight scenic products informed by earth's diverse landscapes

Dezeen Showroom: modular seating informed by highways in Germany and rugs made from plastic depicting polluted rivers are among products on Dezeen Showroom that are informed by landscapes. Pieces in the following selection are all among those created by designers that have looked to both natural landscapes and those altered by human-made interventions. The autobahns

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Stone ruins turned into Spanish home by H Arquitectes

The crumbling stone walls of an old farmhouse formed the starting point for Casa 1627, a house in Spain completed by local studio H Arquitectes. In the agricultural landscape of Pals in Girona's Baix Empordà, all that was left of the Mas Geli farmhouse was two outer cyclopean masonry walls supported by large buttresses. H

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Stufish creates festival stage informed by Barbican Conservatory for Lana Del Rey

Entertainment architecture studio Stufish has designed 12-metre-high columns and ornate window frames for a stage for artist Lana Del Rey, which was shown at the Reading and Leeds festivals over the weekend. Del Rey headlined the two British festivals against a backdrop that was created by Stufish to appear both delicate and brutalist, informed by

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