This week on Dezeen, we introduced David Chipperfield because the winner of this yr’s Pritzker Structure Prize and rounded up his key tasks.
British architect Chipperfield turned the 52nd winner of the distinguished award for his “understated however transformative” physique of labor that spans 4 many years.
The jury counseled him for “steering away from traits” whereas having a “dedication to an structure of understated however transformative civic presence”.
To mark Chipperfield’s win, we took a take a look at the important thing tasks from his 40-year profession, together with the Stirling Prize-winning Museum of Trendy Literature, Turner Up to date gallery, Neues Museum and Hepworth Wakefield gallery (above).
We additionally printed an interview with the architect, the place he questioned his personal expertise. “I do not consider I am that gifted,” he mentioned. “Willpower and dedication can compensate for a expertise.”
Persevering with our Timber Revolution collection, we printed a collection of case research taking a look at key mass-timber buildings.
We regarded on the Ölzbündt housing block in Austria (above), which exhibits that “criticism of the longevity of picket buildings is unfounded” and the Murray Grove housing block, which kickstarted the “tall-timber motion”.
Trying to the longer term, we additionally rounded up 10 upcoming mass-timber buildings together with a stadium designed by Zaha Hadid Architects and housing by Adjaye Associates.
This week was Worldwide Ladies’s Day and to mark the event we requested a roster of present and former Dezeen Awards judges to appoint a girl in structure and design, who they consider ought to have larger recognition.
The judges nominated 25 spectacular architects, designers, artists and restore specialists from all the world over.
Following the dying of Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly on the finish of final week, we regarded again on the stand-out tasks he designed throughout his profession, together with the Tokyo Worldwide Discussion board (above).
This week additionally noticed the dying of A Eugene Kohn, the co-founder of Kohn Pedersen Fox who was chargeable for designing lots of the world’s tallest skyscrapers.
In America, sports activities gear producer Wilson revealed a prototype for an airless basketball that doesn’t must be inflated.
“My boss, Kevin Krysiak, initially charged me with reinventing the basketball,” Lippa informed Dezeen. “One of many parameters or attributes that we felt might be improved upon is the truth that all inflatable balls finally go flat.”
Standard tasks on Dezeen this week included a home with an outsized roof in Vietnam, an residence in a former bakery and a red-painted home in northern Sweden.
Our newest lookbooks featured properties with uncovered cross-laminated timber and loos with vibrant bogs and sinks.
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