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The latest Dezeen Debate newsletter features MVRDV's winning proposal to design a "new world wonder" in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. The architectural studio's proposal, dubbed Rotterdam Rocks!, was the winner of social enterprise Shift's competition to design a €240 million landmark in the city. Commenters are u

Stadiums are becoming more distinctive with clubs and countries using them to attract attention. As part of our Future Stadium series, we look at why stadium design is becoming more icon-focused. UK-based Heatherwick Studio had never designed a stadium before, so its recent win in the competition to design Birmingham City's stadium – along wit

Dezeen Showroom: a matching chair-and-table set that share graphic, playful shapes is among five new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. Linde table and chair by OUT Design brand OUT's Linde table and chair set are designed in Berlin and manufactured in Germany. The chair aims to have the "comfort of an armchair, brought to the dining The po

Granite cloaks the sweeping form of Shenzhen Natural History Museum, completed in China by architecture studios 3XN, B+H Architects and Zhubo Design. Now officially open in the Pingshan District, the 100,000-square-metre building was planned as a new cultural landmark for Shenzhen. It is distinguished by its fluid form that rises from the grou

The long-awaited Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, designed by the late architect Frank Gehry, is set to open its doors in December. In a statement released today, Abu Dhabi's department of culture and tourism said the museum will open on Saadiyat Island on 11 December 2026, officially becoming the largest of the four Guggenheim outposts. It is The post F

UNESCO has updated its World Heritage List with 13 modernist buildings in Finland designed by architects Aino, Elissa, and Alvar Aalto. Collectively known as Aalto Works, the group of buildings is one of 25 sites added to this year's World Heritage List, which also included a collection of 10 significant modernist buildings in Tashkent. The Th

If the Glasgow School of Art cannot afford to rebuild the twice-destroyed Mackintosh Building it should transfer ownership to a trust that would enable a faithful restoration, writes Rory Olcayto. For a brief moment, before the second fire in 2018, Glasgow School of Art's Mackintosh Building was reborn. Johnny Rodger captured it beautifully in

Tashkent's key modernist buildings from the 1960s, 70s and 80s have been listed by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites. Here, we round up the 10 buildings in Uzbekistan's capital that are now protected. The collection of 10 buildings was recognised following the multi-year Tashkent Modernism XX/XXI research and preservation project led by the Uzbek