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Dezeen Agenda newsletter features an elevated circular metropolis proposed for Dubai

August 30, 2022 Rupert Bickersteth 0
A circular structure around a skyscraper

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features an elevated circular metropolis proposed to encircle the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! This week, architecture studio ZN Era envisioned a skyscraper called Downtown Circle, which would be built around the world’s tallest building in downtown Dubai. Set to be 550-metres tall and 3,000

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Dezeen Debate newsletter features a “fantastic treehouse” in the bush of Sydney’s Palm Beach

August 25, 2022 Rupert Bickersteth 0
Treehouse-style Balmy Palmy House in Sydney by CplusC Architectural Workshop

The latest edition of Dezeen Debate features a house on stilts in Palm Beach, Sydney, and PETA’s claim that architects are responsible for billions of bird deaths. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now! Australian studio CplusC Architectural Workshop has elevated a house on posts above a sloping site in Sydney’s Palm Beach suburb to create the feeling of

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“The world at large doesn’t value architecture in the slightest” says commenter

August 24, 2022 Rupert Bickersteth 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are debating Andrew Daley’s opinion piece which argued that “architects must reject the ‘follow your passion’ narrative and see themselves as workers”. Widespread unionisation should be supported by studio leaders as it would help architecture businesses thrive as well as giving workers a fair deal, wrote Andrew Daley of

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Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Brad Pitt’s foundation defective homes settlement

August 23, 2022 Rupert Bickersteth 0
Duplex by Frank Gehry for Make it Right

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the $20.5 million settlement that Brad Pitt’s foundation has agreed with the owners of defective New Orleans homes. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! This week, actor Pitt reportedly agreed to a settlement of $20.5 million for the owners of homes built by his Make It Right Foundation housing

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“Limiting any experimental city model is a mistake” says commenter

August 17, 2022 Rupert Bickersteth 0
170-kilometre-long Saudi city The Line.

In this week’s comments update, readers are debating two stories we published further exploring plans for the 170-kilometre-long Saudi city The Line. Dezeen spoke to experts who called the project’s sustainability and liveability claims “naive”. We also exclusively interviewed the executive director from the developer, Neom, who claims The Line will “revolutionise our current way of

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Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the Dezeen Awards 2022 longlists

August 16, 2022 Rupert Bickersteth 0
The Victorian Tunnelling Centre by Grimshaw from Dezeen awards 2022 longlists

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the longlists for this year’s Dezeen Awards. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! This week, Dezeen revealed the longlists for Dezeen Awards 2022, which feature over 1,000 of the world’s best projects and practitioners across more than 40 categories. The architecture longlist highlights the best recently

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“Nothing about skyscrapers has anything to do with nature” says commenter

August 10, 2022 Rupert Bickersteth 0
Aerial visual of 55 Bishopsgate in London skyline

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a proposal for a London skyscraper designed by Arney Fender Katsalidis, which the studio said “takes inspiration from nature”. The proposed design is animated by an exposed structural system, which the practice has modelled on organic forms such as shells and leaves. The project at 55 Bishopsgate, which

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