news

Researchers have found that buildings demolished during the 21st century in European cities had a shorter lifespan than those in US cities. A report titled Lifetimes of demolished buildings in US and European cities, published in the peer-reviewed Buildings & Cities journal, compared the ages of around 15,000 buildings demolished in nine US cities and

The post Demolished buildings 16 years older in US than in Europe, report finds appeared first on Dezeen.

National Capital Planning Commission chairman Will Scharf has suggested the planned stadium by architecture studio HKS for the NFL team Washington Commanders should have a “classical” design. According to reporting by Washington Business Journal, Scharf said the stadium should incorporate “architectural features in keeping with the capital more generally – classical, neoclassical elements that will align it

The post Trump aide wants Washington NFL stadium to incorporate “neoclassical elements” appeared first on Dezeen.

Portuguese studio OODA has designed a training centre for Saudi football club Al Nassr, which will have a triangular-patterned facade informed by the country’s traditional architecture. Currently under construction beside the club’s existing Al-Awwal Park stadium in Riyadh, the 4,000-square-metre House of Nassr complex, will comprise two training pitches alongside indoor facilities. A pair of rectilinear volumes

The post OODA reveals latticed training facility for Al Nassr FC in Saudi Arabia appeared first on Dezeen.

Soaring ventilation towers modelled on the wings of a falcon signal the Zayed National Museum, completed by British studio Foster + Partners on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi. The long-awaited museum by Foster + Partners is the centrepiece of Saadiyat Island’s cultural district, where the Louvre Abu Dhabi by Jean Nouvel and the upcoming Guggenheim

The post Foster + Partners unveils long-awaited Zayed National Museum on Saadiyat Island appeared first on Dezeen.