Lizzie Crook

Sheffield

Assistant Editor at Dezeen

Architecture editor @dezeen

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Grand Palais fully reopens following Chatillon Architectes restoration

1 week ago | dezeen.com | Lizzie Crook

French studio Chatillon Architectes has completed the final phase of its transformation of the historic Grand Palais on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, now set to become the temporary home of Centre Pompidou. The renovation follows the studio's restoration of the landmark building's iconic glass-roofed atrium, or nave, which was completed in 2024 in time to host the city's Olympic Games.
Tadao Ando's concrete MPavilion 10 to remain on site for five years

1 week ago | dezeen.com | Lizzie Crook

Melbourne mayor Nicholas Reece has decided that the MPavilion by Japanese architect Tadao Ando will remain in Queen Victoria Gardens until 2030. The decision follows a petition for the structure to remain in place permanently, beyond its original planned five-month installation period, due to its concrete walls being difficult to relocate. Ando "honoured" by city's decisionMPavilion is an annual commission for an architect-designed pavilion in Melbourne's Queen Victoria Gardens.
Urban foxes inhabit roof of BIG and Heatherwick's Google landscraper

1 week ago | dezeen.com | Lizzie Crook

Foxes are reported to be digging burrows in the rooftop gardens of Google's upcoming office in King's Cross, London, designed by BIG and Heatherwick Studio. The manicured terraces, which are one of the 11-storey building's key features, have been inhabited by urban foxes since the early stages of the construction project, according to website London Centric. However, according to a Google spokesperson, the damage caused is minimal.
World Expo "goes beyond" limits of Venice Architecture Biennale

1 week ago | dezeen.com | Lizzie Crook

Venice Architecture Biennale is regarded as architecture's most important international event – but is this year's edition being overshadowed by the Expo 2025 in Osaka? Dezeen reports. "The World Expo offers architects a unique opportunity that goes beyond what exhibit-focused events like the Venice Architecture Biennale typically allow," said Marta Roy of Dutch studio RAU Architects, which designed this year's Dutch pavilion at the expo.
Ten ethereal buildings screened by ghostly metal mesh

1 week ago | msn.com | Lizzie Crook

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Ten ethereal buildings screened by ghostly metal mesh

1 week ago | dezeen.com | Lizzie Crook

From an open house on a corner plot in Tokyo to an otherworldly office building in Bologna, here is an eclectic mix of projects to illustrate the versatility of hazy metal mesh as a contemporary facade treatment. Metal mesh, otherwise known as wire mesh, is a lightweight material made of metal wires woven into sheets with a net-like appearance. While the material is often associated with gates and fences, the examples in this lookbook demonstrate its potential as a distinctive facade treatment.
Davidson Prize winner proposes Plymouth high street regeneration

2 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Lizzie Crook

The winner of this year's Davidson Prize is 300 Homes within a Union Street Mile, a proposal that imagines the transformation of Plymouth's high street with "pattern book" housing. It proposes the revival of the port city's Union Street by gradually repurposing and extending its disused units to create affordable housing and shared amenities for residents.
David Chipperfield Architects unveils contemporary art museum for Lake Bled

3 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Lizzie Crook

Staggered volumes with angled roofs will make up Muzej Lah, a contemporary art museum that British studio David Chipperfield Architects is designing beside Lake Bled in Slovenia. Set to open in summer 2026, the 5,000-square-metre museum is being built to showcase the art collection of Swiss non-profit organisation Fundacija Lah for the first time. David Chipperfield Architects said that Muzej Lah's design draws on "the location of the museum in the beautiful landscape near Bled Castle".
BIG and Heatherwick's landscraper revealed nearing completion in London

3 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Lizzie Crook

Construction work is wrapping up on Google's upcoming office in King's Cross, London, designed by the studios of architect Bjarke Ingels and designer Thomas Heatherwick. The vast building, widely known as a landscraper, is slated for completion later this year and will become Google's first wholly-owned space outside the USA.
Naqi & Partners designs Earthenware House in Vietnam as row of terracotta pots

4 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Lizzie Crook

Art, Sound and Form Converge in ‘The Rule of Three’ Exhibition at otherthings by THE SHOPHOUSEFeaturinf ceramics by Karena Lam, paintings by Hilarie Hon and music by Olivier Cong. The Rule of Three exhibition is currently on view at otherthings …