Architecture News
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Benthem Crouwel Completes the Afsluitdijk Revamp with a Fish Passage and Domed Pumping Stations
The 32 km Afsluitdijk in the Netherlands has been raised, armoured and given pumping stations, a fish passage and a cycle path in...
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Luxembourg Pavilion Tackles the Overconsumption of Living Space at the 2027 Venice Biennale
Curated by Céline Zimmer and Exutoire, the Luxembourg Pavilion's Excess! will compare Luxembourg and Vietnam to examine overconsumption of living space.
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Frida Escobedo Studio to Design MALBA Underground Wing in Buenos Aires
MALBA has tapped Frida Escobedo Studio to build a subterranean expansion beneath Plaza Perú, doubling its exhibition space by 2029 or 2030.
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CF Møller Turns a Former Psychiatric Hospital in Denmark into the Mind Museum
In Middelfart on Funen, CF Møller has turned an 1888 psychiatric hospital building into the Mind Museum while keeping its original character and...
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Design Museum Gent Reopens with a Carmody Groarke Extension Built from Waste-Based Bricks
Design Museum Gent reopens on 3 October 2026 with a 2,200 sqm timber-framed wing by Carmody Groarke, Atama and Re-st, clad in waste-based...
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A Record El Niño Threatens More Than 10,000 Adobe Heritage Sites on Peru’s Coast
With a possibly record-breaking El Niño under way, Peru's coastal adobe heritage faces heavy rain and floods, and experts warn that preparation came...
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Es Devlin: Other Worlds Opens at London’s Design Museum with a 2,000-Book Kinetic Library
Es Devlin: Other Worlds, the multidisciplinary artist and designer's first European retrospective, runs at London's Design Museum from 2 October 2026 to 4...
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Aspendos Excavation Uncovers 6,000-Year-Old Settlement Traces Near Antalya
Digs beneath Aspendos shop floors turned up Chalcolithic pottery and tools, pushing the site's known history back roughly 6,000 years.
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