Lizzie Crook

Sheffield

Assistant Editor at Dezeen

Architecture editor @dezeen

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Unknown Untitled

3 days ago | dezeen.com | Amina Amber |Lizzie Crook

French design studio Unknown Untitled has launched a range of colourful tiles with added functions, offering a more considered alternative to drilling through ceramic when adding wall-hung fixtures. More
Foster + Partners creates "a village" for Saudi Arabia at Expo 2025 Osaka

1 week ago | dezeen.com | Lizzie Crook

Angular buildings linked by street-like passages distinguish the Saudi Arabia Pavilion at Osaka Expo, designed by British studio Foster + Partners and design agency Journey to mimic traditional villages in the kingdom. Located within The Grand Ring on Yumeshima island, the pavilion is broken into a series of immersive audio-visual exhibits aimed at helping visitors feel they have stepped foot into Saudi Arabia.
Coldefy | Dezeen

1 week ago | dezeen.com | Lizzie Crook |Amy Frearson |Rose Etherington

New! Dezeen Agenda US Sent on alternate Fridays, this US edition of Dezeen Agenda is a fortnightly newsletter rounding up everything you need to know from America, featuring news, projects and interviews with industry figures. Plus occasional updates and invitations to Dezeen events. New! Dezeen Showroom New Releases A quarterly newsletter rounding up a selection of recently launched products by designers and studios, published on Dezeen Showroom.
Huge helical staircase emblazons France Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka

1 week ago | dezeen.com | Lizzie Crook

A lush secret garden is among the spaces to discover inside the France Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, which French firm Coldefy and Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati have fronted with a giant copper staircase. Positioned on a wedge-shaped site beside the USA Pavilion, the structure has a reusable steel frame and draws on references ranging from romance and connectedness to theatre architecture.
Ten stand-out pavilions at Expo 2025 Osaka

1 week ago | dezeen.com | Lizzie Crook

Pavilions designed by leading Japanese architects Kengo Kuma, Shigeru Ban and SANAA feature in this preview of 10 must-see pavilions at Expo 2025 Osaka, which opens this weekend. Taking place on the artificial island Yumeshima in Osaka Bay, the upcoming World Expo centres on the theme titled Designing Future Society for Our Lives. A total of 158 countries are exhibiting at the event, alongside pavilions and installations contributed by international organisations, groups and companies.
Uzbekistan Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka draws on ancient Silk Road shelters

2 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Lizzie Crook

A forest-like cluster of wooden columns crowns the Uzbekistan Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, designed by German studio Atelier Brückner as a nod to ancient shelters along the Silk Road. Named the Garden of Knowledge: A Laboratory for a Future Society, the pavilion comprises two storeys with exhibits showcasing both Uzbek heritage and contemporary innovations.
Seven unfitted kitchens where freestanding units add character

2 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Lizzie Crook

Our latest lookbook features seven examples of unfitted kitchens with mix-and-match furnishings that ditch a conventional copy-paste style in favour of flexibility and personality. Unfitted kitchens, or freestanding kitchens, are finished with one or several standalone elements, such as islands, pantries or shelving, rather than uniform built-in units.
Ten art deco structures that encapsulate the 1925 Paris Exposition

3 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Lizzie Crook

Our Art Deco Centenary series rounds off where it began, with the 1925 exposition in Paris. We take a look at 10 stand-out structures built for the landmark event, which catapulted art deco onto the world stage. A total of 15,000 exhibitors from 20 countries made up the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, which took place in central Paris between April and October 1925.
Zaha Hadid Architects nears completion on Guangzhou sporting complex

3 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Lizzie Crook

Architecture studio Zaha Hadid Architects has released construction photos of the Greater Bay Area Sports Centre, a sporting complex with a 60,000-seat stadium nearing completion in China. Set to open in June, the multi-venue complex sits in a 70-hectare park in Guangzhou's Nansha district and will host the China National Games in November.
Surat | Dezeen

4 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Tom Ravenscroft |Lizzie Crook

New! Dezeen Agenda US Sent on alternate Fridays, this US edition of Dezeen Agenda is a fortnightly newsletter rounding up everything you need to know from America, featuring news, projects and interviews with industry figures. Plus occasional updates and invitations to Dezeen events. New! Dezeen Showroom New Releases A quarterly newsletter rounding up a selection of recently launched products by designers and studios, published on Dezeen Showroom.