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OMA’s prefabricated concrete tower has “echoes of brutalist architecture”
This week a folding smartphone and bricks made from urine were unveiled
Government urged to sack Roger Scruton over controversial comments on Jewish people, rape and homosexuality
Wave-shaped roof of recycled tiles tops Wang Shu’s Fuyang Cultural Complex
Zaha Hadid Architects and ETH Zurich debut concrete pavilion with 3D-knitted formwork
India unveils world’s tallest statue
Artificial mountain made of soil could soak up pollution in Turin
Bell Phillips adds red brick social housing block to south London estate
This week, human blinkers were proposed to help office workers focus
MVRDV builds Beijing shopping centre covered in shimmering ceramic tiles
Álvaro Siza clads International Design Museum of China in red sandstone
David Chipperfield Architects reveals images of “city palace” apartments in Munich
BIG’s prefabricated timber housing in Stockholm is designed to be “manmade hillside”
Herzog & de Meuron unveils plans for mountaintop outpost in Swiss Alps
UK’s new commission for beautiful buildings is “tedious hangover from 1980s” say architects
This week, plans were abandoned for Foster’s Mexico City airport and SOM’s Chicago towers
Skylights and stairways puncture Studio Libeskind’s MO Museum in Lithuania
This week, a 3D-printed bridge and plans for an artificial moon were unveiled
Sagrada Familia agrees €36 million payment after building for 136 years with no permit
Norman Foster steps back from Saudi tech city over journalist’s murder
Schmidt Hammer Lassen wraps earthquake-resistant Christchurch library in golden screen
Mutual recognition of UK and EU architect qualifications would end with no-deal Brexit