Tom Ravenscroft

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Luxembourgish architect and theorist Léon Krier, who was a key driver of New Urbanism and well-known critic of modernism, has passed away aged 79. Krier, who is best known for his masterplan of King Charles III's Poundbury development in Dorset, died earlier this week on 17 June in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

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Architecture studio Henning Larsen has collaborated with furniture brand Brdr Krüger to release the Ekko Chair, which was designed for the recently completed Højvangen Church in Skanderborg. Unveiled at an exhibition at Brdr Krüger's Copenhagen showroom during the 3 Days of Design festival, it is the first chair designed by the studio in over 60 years.

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Architecture studio Henning Larsen has unveiled Højvangen Church in Skanderborg, Denmark, which aims to balance the community and spiritual needs of a contemporary church. Set within woodland on the outskirts of Skanderborg, it is the first church built in the town for 500 years. Henning Larsen aimed to design a church that would act as a community centre, while also being a contemporary spiritual space.

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UK-based Architects for Gaza has written an open letter to RIBA demanding it table a resolution to remove Israel from the UAI and publicly condemn the destruction in Gaza. The letter, which was addressed to Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) president Muyiwa Oki and the RIBA council on June 9, asked the institution to "take a position regarding genocide, urbicide and ecocide in Palestine". Architects for Gaza is inviting architects to add their signatures to support the letter.

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Porto studio Dyvik Kahlen Architects has topped a pavilion in Oslo with a turf roof for growing edible plants to mark the New Nordic exhibition at the National Museum of Norway. The pavilion, which is set within the courtyard of the Kleihues + Schuwerk-designed museum, is designed as an extension of the current New Nordic. Cuisine, Aesthetics and Place exhibition.