Architecture

Former gasworks chosen as site for Eden Project Dundee The Eden Project charity has announced its plans for its first ecological attraction in Scotland, which is set to be built on a disused industrial site in Dundee. Eden Project Dundee will transform the city's former gasworks on the banks of the River Tay, close to Kengo Kuma's V&A Dundee, into a large verdant park. The feasibility study for the scheme has been conducted by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and Nicoll Russell Studios with Eden Project's in-house creative team. Attraction will be "powerful symbol of regeneration" Eden Project Dundee is expected...

Revolution designs coloured concrete Mazul Beachfront Villas in Oaxaca Mazul Beachfront Villas are a collection of holiday homes with coloured concrete facades designed to match their sandy surrounds on the coast of Oaxaca in Mexico. The Mazul development was designed by Mexican architecture firm Revolution and features 50 private villas located in the town of Santa Elena El Tule. Mazul Beachfront Villas are on the Oaxacan coast Each villa is built from a combination of smooth concrete and rough brick that mimics large stones found on the site. "There are dozens of mega stones called chicharrón that are naturally distributed...

Bamboo-framed majlis installed at Venice Architecture Biennale as model of nomadic architecture Architects Simón Vélez and Stefana Simic have worked with craftspeople from Colombia, Morocco and Italy to create The Majlis, which recreates a traditional Islamic gathering space from bamboo and handwoven textiles. The structure is installed in the gardens of the Abbazia di San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice for the 2021 edition of the Venice Architecture Biennale. It aims to bring wider attention to the global importance of majlis, which feature on UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The Majlis structure is made from bamboo and hand-woven textiles In pre-Islamic Arabia, a...

The Venice Architecture Biennale Kicks Off—And This Exhibition Will Steal the Show The theme of the 17th International Architecture Exhibition revolves around sustainability All images are courtesy of the Venice Architecture Biennale While many events in Europe are still canceled, one reigns on—the 17th International Architecture Exhibition, which kicked off on May 22 in Venice. This year’s theme of the Venice Architecture Biennale is “How will we live together?” and showcases more than 100 exhibitors from 46 countries, which will be on view through November 21. At the Italian Pavilion, one exhibit is bound to steal the show. “Plasticity,” as...

Washington ferry terminal informed by Native American longhouses Seattle firm LMN Architects worked with the Coast Salish tribes to design the Mukilteo Multimodal Ferry Terminal on a sacred waterfront in Washington State. Mukilteo Multimodal Ferry Terminal is a two-storey building and a toll booth serving the Mukilteo-Clinton transport route for vehicles and pedestrians. A metal spindle whorl decorates the exterior Built to replace the 1957 terminal building, LMN Architects designed the new complex to be both environmentally sustainable and respectful of the site's history as the fishing and burial grounds of the Coast Salish tribes. The ferry terminal takes the form...