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Saudi Arabia unveils 2034 World Cup stadium on The Line at Neom

August 1, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Saudi Arabia has unveiled plans for a stadium 350 metres above the ground on top of The Line mega city, which is being built as part of Neom. Revealed as part of Saudi Arabia’s official bid submission to FIFA for the 2034 World Cup, the 46,000-seat stadium will host games at the tournament including a

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Populous designing 92,000-seat stadium for Saudi World Cup

August 1, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

The Royal Commission for Riyadh City and the Ministry of Sport have unveiled a stadium designed by architecture studio Populous in Riyadh, which will host the 2034 World Cup final. Named King Salman Stadium, the stadium is planned for a site in north of Riyadh alongside the Riyadh 2030 Expo site and near the Zaha

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Fifteen Olympic architecture icons from the last 100 years

July 31, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

For most of the last hundred years, statement architecture has played a central role at the Olympic and Paralympic Games. With that potentially set to change, we look back at 15 of the most significant examples as part of our Olympic Impact series. Due to growing concerns about sustainability, far fewer permanent venues are likely

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Pharrell Williams calls for architecture competitions to return to Olympics at LA 2028

July 31, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Louis Vuitton creative director Pharrell Williams wants to bring the arts competitions, which were last held in 1948, back to the Olympics. Speaking at an event at the Frank Gehry-designed Louis Vuitton Foundation building to mark the opening of the 2024 Olympics in Paris, William suggested that he would like to see the arts competitions

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First images revealed of world’s largest football stadium planned for Morocco

July 26, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

The first images of the 115,000-seat Grand Stade Hassan II stadium, designed by architecture studios Oualalou + Choi and Populous for the 2030 World Cup, have been revealed online. Images of the building, which will become the world’s largest football stadium, were revealed during a meeting held by the 2030 World Cup organising committee in

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Populous set to design stadium “inspired by classical Roman architecture” for AS Roma

July 25, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Italian football club AS Roma has unveiled the design concept for a stadium that is planned for the Pietralata area in Rome. Designed by architecture studio Populous, the stadium would be a permanent home for AS Roma, which has shared the Stadio Olimpico with rival club Lazio since 1953. The stadium, which is expected to

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This week we revealed Buckingham Palace’s interiors

July 20, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

This week on Dezeen, we published photos of the inside of Buckingham Palace’s newly refurbished east wing. Opened to the public for the first time in its 175-year history earlier this month, the chinoiserie interiors contain porcelain lions, nine-tiered pagodas and a lotus-shaped chandelier. The wing also contains the room with the palace’s famed balcony that overlooks

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OMA unveils “anti-iconic” Simone Veil Bridge in Bordeaux

July 16, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Dutch studio OMA has completed a wide bridge across the River Garonne in Bordeaux, France, which is intended to double as a public space for the city. Designed by OMA partners Rem Koolhaas and Chris van Duijn, the Simone Veil Bridge is 549 metres long and 44 metres wide to accommodate a large pedestrianised space.

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Financial Times defends Adjaye sexual misconduct reporting after London CEO calls it “unfair”

July 2, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

The Financial Times has said it stands by its investigation of sexual misconduct allegations against David Adjaye, describing it as “carefully prepared”, following criticism of its reporting by Adjaye Associates London CEO Lucy Tilley. Tilley described the reporting by the Financial Times (FT) as “really unfair” and said that “there are two sides to a

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