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This week electric bicyle manufacturer VanMoof was declared bankrupt and Gensler completed a series of renovations to Chicago's Merchandise Mart. Read on for more...

 

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Seear-Budd Ross completes minimalist dwelling on New Zealand coast

Seear-Budd Ross completes minimalist dwelling on New Zealand coast

Pale pine cladding and a white-metal roof bring a minimalist feel to RK Residence, a home near the coast in New Zealand by architecture studio Seear-Budd Ross.

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World's "most well funded e-bike brand" VanMoof goes bankrupt

World's "most well funded e-bike brand" VanMoof goes bankrupt

Pioneering electric bicycle manufacturer VanMoof was declared bankrupt in the Netherlands last week by the Amsterdam District Court, following the company's pandemic-time boom.

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Gensler unveils latest renovations to Chicago's iconic Merchandise Mart

Gensler unveils latest renovations to Chicago's iconic Merchandise Mart

US firm Gensler has completed a series of renovations to the sprawling 1930s The Merchandise Mart in Chicago that include several amenity spaces.

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La Clairiere residence clad in black Glen-Gery bricks defined by "balanced imperfection"

La Clairiere residence clad in black Glen-Gery bricks defined by "balanced imperfection"

Promotion elongated black bricks by US brand Glen-Gery were chosen as cladding for a New Jersey residence designed by Brooklyn-based architecture firm Studio PHH, which sits within a forest.

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Saudi Arabia seeking loan of $2.7 billion to fund Neom

Saudi Arabia seeking loan of $2.7 billion to fund Neom

Saudi Arabia is reportedly looking to raise a loan of 10 billion riyals to develop its controversial Neom region that includes the 170-mile-long city, The Line.

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170-kilometre-long Saudi city The Line

The Line will "keep proving" critics wrong says Saudi crown prince

Saudi Arabia's crown prince Mohammed bin Salman has dismissed scepticism of The Line and claimed personal involvement in the design of the mega city in a recent documentary.

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Reset Materials exhibition shows building fragments made from eco-friendly materials

Reset Materials exhibition shows building fragments made from eco-friendly materials

An exhibition has opened at Copenhagen Contemporary that suggests what a city made out of experimental biomaterials might look like.

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Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer design "absurd" set for Barbie film

Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer design "absurd" set for Barbie film

Waterless swimming pools, fridges with 2D food and hand-painted sunsets feature in the set of the Barbie film, production designer Sarah Greenwood and set decorator Katie Spencer tell Dezeen in this interview.

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Brutalist Mäusebunker building saved from demolition in Berlin

Brutalist Mäusebunker building saved from demolition in Berlin

The brutalist Mäusebunker laboratory has been saved from demolition in Berlin after the local authorities listed it as a historical monument.

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Timber and hempcrete form patchwork facade of London mews house

Timber and hempcrete form patchwork facade of London mews house

Hempcrete walls and a patchwork facade characterise Hempcrete Mewshouse, a three-storey home that local studio Cathie Curran has added to a derelict site in east London.

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Carmody Groarke to add children's pavilion to Dulwich Picture Gallery

Carmody Groarke to add children's pavilion to Dulwich Picture Gallery

UK architecture studio Carmody Groarke has revealed plans to create a timber pavilion and extend a Grade II-listed cottage as part of its plans to transform London's Dulwich Picture Gallery.

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RIBA names best reuse architecture projects of 2023

RIBA names best reuse architecture projects of 2023

The RIBA has named the four UK projects shortlisted for its inaugural Reinvention Award, including a school in Warwickshire and a museum in east London.

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