Concrete

Dubai courtyard installation examines how “architecture evolved in the region”

November 11, 2025 Jane Englefield 0

Emirati studio Some Kind of Practice presented a palm-clad pavilion with a central courtyard at this year’s Dubai Design Week, exploring how this architectural feature has been shaped by climate and communities over time. Titled When Does a Threshold Become a Courtyard?, the installation was positioned in the Dubai Design District and created by studio

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Pezo von Ellrichshausen installs Miel beekeepers pavilion in Yungay forest

November 7, 2025 Amy Frearson 0

Architecture studio Pezo von Ellrichshausen has built a concrete structure that looks like a temple, but is actually a shed for storing beekeeping equipment in central Chile. Miel was installed in a forest clearing in Yungay, Chile, on a 130-hectare rural site owned by studio founders Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen. The 36-square-metre building

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Seven “immensely photogenic” features of UK’s under-threat cooling towers

November 5, 2025 Lizzie Crook 0

Conservation group Twentieth Century Society has selected seven photos from its latest book that reveal the sculptural yet little-known features of the UK’s under-threat cooling towers. Simply named Cooling Towers, the book explores the cultural significance of the concrete megastructures through the lens of art and design, photography and pop culture. It has been curated

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Adjaye Associates-designed Princeton University Art Museum opens

October 31, 2025 Ben Dreith 0

The concrete-clad Princeton University Art Museum has opened in New Jersey, USA, the first major project designed by British-Ghanaian architect David Adjaye to open since he was accused of sexual misconduct. The Princeton University Art Museum (PUAM) is a major expansion of the art museum on the Princeton University campus in New Jersey, which includes

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Rául Sánchez Architects creates “play of contrasts” at House in Cala Tamarit

October 30, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

Spanish studio Rául Sánchez Architects has taken advantage of a sloping site in Tarragona to create a concrete home with a sunken courtyard, which opens up into a double-height living area. Named House in Cala Tamarit, the orthogonal, exposed concrete dwelling was created for two online, remote workers who wanted a home that could offer a “tangible,

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Dezeen Debate features “cultural hit for generations to come”

November 5, 2024 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a conical community venue by Open Architecture. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. The 50-meter-tall Sun Tower, designed by Chinese studio Open Architecture in Yantai, northeast China, has a conical concrete shape crafted to align with the sun’s path. Commenters were captivated, with one describing it as a

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Open Architecture designs conical Sun Tower as “giant sundial”

November 4, 2024 Christina Yao 0

Chinese studio Open Architecture has completed the 50-metre-tall Sun Tower, which has a conical concrete form designed to follow the path of the sun, in Yantai, northeast China. Located in Yantai’s Yeda Development Zone, the cultural and community venue comprises exhibition spaces, a semi-outdoor theatre, a library, a viewing deck, a cafe and a bar. According

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BIG wraps Copenhagen headquarters with 140-metre-long concrete staircase

October 29, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Danish architecture studio BIG has completed its own concrete headquarters on an industrial harbour in Copenhagen. Situated along a pier in the city’s Nordhavn neighbourhood, the 27-metre-tall BIG HQ is wrapped by a protruding staircase that connects its seven floors. Expansive glazed openings arranged in a checkerboard pattern break up the monolithic form, which is

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Elías Rizo reinterprets vernacular Mexican cabin in concrete

October 28, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Mexican studio Elías Rizo Arquitectos has balanced a concrete house with a steep gabled roof on a hillside in Tapalpa, Mexico near Guadalajara. Known as El Mirador, the 2023 house measures 230 square metres (2475 square feet) and serves as an “ode” to the site’s preexisting landscape. “We wanted to design a house that became

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MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects adds concrete extension to Quebec spa

October 27, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Canadian studio MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects has expanded a thermal spa and baths complex in Quebec, adding a concrete plinth that houses an outdoor swimming pool and a hidden relaxation room. The Balnea Spa and Thermal Reserve is tucked away close to the ski town of Bromont in the Appalachian Mountains, southeast of Montreal and north

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