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Guided by the principles of ‘spirit’ and ‘silence,’ Louis Kahn’s visionary design of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, or National Parliament House, showcases a harmonious blend of form and function. Organized... The post Bangladesh’s National Parliament …

The General Services Administration (GSA) has returned to their Design Awards program for the first time since 2016 with a selection of 19 recently-completed projects honored over their contributions to the architecture and design of …

Even architecture (especially) must avoid the path of ineffective environmental activism Archiobjects Toni Hamel is an artist who uses her oil paintings to explore the madness of human beings and their inadequate responses to important …

Drawn in by the propulsive four-on-the-floor bass that could be heard blocks away through the then-derelict streets of Chicago’s West Loop, in the late 1970s and early ’80s young club-goers The post Preservation Chicago names …

Art is something made. Any work that demonstrates labor shows evidence of human effort. Not everything is art. This essay is like a walk in the park from the blogger of Architectural Comment.… Continue reading …

Architectural Review Competition insights: Jeannette Henderson on the UK’s Water Discovery Challenge The principal of Ofwat’s Innovation Fund discusses her ambitions for the £4 million Water Discovery Challenge competition The post Competition insights: Jeannette Henderson …

Ever wanted to create your own custom t-shirt designs? Thanks to heat transfer printing, you can now achieve that goal. Whether you are a fashionista or an artist who wants to make custom t-shirts, you …

The Architects’ Journal Light for the Metro, Prague An open international contest is being held to create a new lighting feature for the Prague Metro [Deadline: 21 April 2023] The post Light for the Metro, …

Hilltop TB Sanatorium, Verona, 1907myveronanjThe first modern sanatorium for treating tuberculosis was the Royal Sea Bathing Infirmary for Scrofula, founded by a Quaker physician in Margate in 1791. Built for 36 patients and later expanded, …

Exercise has been a central part of my life since at least the age of 17. Nearly three decades’ worth of hiking, running, lifting, and more have taught me conclusively that physical activity, combined with …

On 12 January 2023 social media was awash with blogs and posts – including ones published by respected bodies like the British Library and Historic England – celebrating the opening of ‘the first British supermarket’ …

neonconflagrations: Colorful waterfront cabins and shacks sit abandoned along a rural beach on the island of Aruba.https://raisethestakeseditions.com/rincon-beach-cabins/

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features shelters designed by architect Shigeru Ban for victims of the Turkey-Syria earthquake. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Ban has supplied victims …

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Light thrown on the familiar A brief stop in Taunton on my way deeper into southern Somerset a while ago saw the south facade of the castle bathed in sunlight. I took time to pause …

It is often the case that the labels favoured by street kids do not showcase their collections during Tokyo Fashion Week. This year, though, something changed and some Japanese labels appreciated by alternative fashion fans, …

The meandering river that connects Lake Huron to Lake Erie via the smaller Lake St. Clair leads to a quirk of geography where, for a few kilometres of the border, Canada is lying to the …

This week, I’m very pleased to be featuring a special guest post and some significant new research from Aaron Smith. Aaron is an Architectural Assistant working at Levitt Bernstein in their Manchester office. He graduated …

The picture above shows the underside of a stair landing in an Old-Law tenement, with the structure exposed because leaks from above have caused the plaster to fall. The landing in the stairwell is fireproof …