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A winning design for a new National Museum of Ecuador building in Quito by Spanish outfit Studio Alberto Campo Baeza and local studio MAODA has been called back by the government, with the studios claiming the move "breaks the transparency and integrity of a public competition". The swift change in direction on the part of The post National Mu

Continuing our Future Stadium series, we take a close look at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. Designed by US studio HKS, it has one of the world's largest videoboards and the highest price tag in the history of sports architecture. The HKS-designed stadium set the standard for technology-centred sports stadiums on a global scale, and Th

Dezeen Showroom: completing Italian tile manufacturer Casalgrande Padana's Essence line of wood-inspired tiles, Essence Cannetté has a slatted, dimensional surface to bring texture into interiors. The Essence Cannetté tiles are the decorative option in Casalgrande Padana's Essence porcelain stoneware line, which mimics the look of richly-grain

New Zealand studio Roberts Gray Architects has completed a coastal home near Aukland, wrapping two contrasting courtyards with low-slung volumes of rammed earth. Named Double Courtyard House, the home sits atop a sand dune in Te Arai that is hugged by a pine forest to one side and faces expansive coastal views to the other. The post Roberts Gr

The unopened Rike Concert Hall in Tbilisi, designed by Italian practice Studio Fuksas, is set to be demolished less than 15 years after it was completed. Tbilisi's city hall architecture department has issued a permit allowing the owner of the concert hall to demolish the building. According to reports in the Georgian press, its owners The pos

Architecture firm Studio Libeskind has unveiled designs for six skyscrapers set to form a residential complex in Seoul's Gangnam district. Studio Libeskind collaborated with local architecture studios Samoo and HJ Design Partners on the design for the Daechi Ssangyong redevelopment project, which aims to connect residents with the landscape. T

Swedish brand IKEA has unveiled its Kompishäng collection for short-term renters, featuring a £7 wardrobe organiser that doubles as a backpack and a side table that can be carried over the arm like a handbag. Kompishäng is a 12-piece range of "affordable and portable" furniture and homeware, none of which costs more than £70. The The post IKEA

Colombian artist Delcy Morelos discusses how earth, darkness and the qualities of a mother's womb informed her installation for the Barbican Centre in London in this exclusive video produced by Dezeen. The 24-metre-wide installation, named Origo, was built by hand using more than 30 tonnes of soil and clay. It takes the form of an The post Del