Photos reveal Jeddah Tower reaching 100th floor in Saudi Arabia

US studio Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture has shared exclusive photos of construction progressing on Jeddah Tower, the world's next tallest building, which has reached its 100th floor.

The photos show the megatall skyscraper's tapered form rising in Saudi Arabia, with three prongs taking shape around a central core.

Glass cladding has been applied to some of the lower portions of the reinforced concrete structure, which reached its 100th floor this week.

Expected to be completed in 2028, Jeddah Tower is set to surpass Dubai's Burj Khalifa to become the world's tallest building. It...

Kora kitchen by Antonio Citterio for Arclinea

Dezeen Showroom: architect Antonio Citterio and Italian brand Arclinea aimed to bring a fresh design language into the kitchen with Kora, their new rounded kitchen island.

Fluid curves, a sculptural presence and monolithic materiality meet in Kora, which is intended to form the heart of the kitchen, integrating food preparation, cooking and storage.

The design is based on Citterio's careful study of the different elements of a kitchen island, which he reconceived to create a continuous form that can be ordered in marble, wood, stone, polished or PVD-coated steel.

"Over the years we have worked on...

"Of all the projects in Saudi Arabia, this was the one capable of meeting its deadline" says architect behind 1km-tall skyscraper

Saudi Arabia's Jeddah Tower is on course to be the world's first kilometre-tall building. But, architect Gordon Gill tells Dezeen in this interview, a skyscraper double that height is already realistic.

Together with Adrian Smith and Robert Forest, Gill co-founded Chicago-based studio Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, a skyscraper specialist and the firm behind Jeddah Tower.

One of the most hotly anticipated buildings of the century, the megatall skyscraper is currently rising just outside the port city of Jeddah.

It is set to soon surpass the 830-metre-tall Burj Khalifa in Dubai – designed by Gill's partner Smith while at SOM – as...

Designers rethink chopsticks in debut exhibition from design platform S—3

Sticks, pasta and braille all feature in an exhibition of chopsticks, presented at Milan design week by a new platform that brings together design from Japan, China and South Korea.

Chopsticks is the debut exhibition from S—3, an initiative from Yoko Choy of Cultural Associates and design fair Manifesto, aiming to connect East Asian design with a global audience.

Choy invited 11 product designers to redesign chopsticks, based on their experiences and understandings of this centuries-old object.

"Chopsticks are a rare design object: universally familiar, yet profoundly cultural and historically grounded," she told Dezeen. "Few East Asian typologies...

Ten furniture designs offering tasteful solutions for everyday spaces

With Milan design week in full swing, we've rounded-up some of our favourite furniture designs to inspire your entries to Dezeen Awards.

Centred around the Salone del Mobile furniture fair, this year's Milan design week takes place from 20 to 26 April and is set to host hundreds of designers, architects and brands with numerous must-see installations and exhibitions across the city.

From a minimalist log-like perch to timber furniture adorned with crayon marks, these seating and workplace furniture designs offer a tasteful touch of flair to spruce up everyday spaces.

Have you got a project to enter into our design categories? Read on...

Audi unveils Zaha Hadid Architects pavilion at Milan design week

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Car brand Audi has unveiled an installation created with Zaha Hadid Architects at Milan design week, as captured in this video produced by Dezeen.

According to the brand, the installation acts as "an architectural gesture that conceptually represents the portal to Audi's brand future".

Named Origin, the installation takes the values of clarity, emotion and intelligence as its inspiration. At the centre of the installation space sits a sculptural pavilion.

The installation is on show during Milan design week

The pavilion's surface reflects the surrounding light, with moving shadows and reflections altering the overall visual effect throughout the day.

The installation is located in the courtyard of...

The Dinosaurs - Title Sequence

Unearthing the giants. A deep dive into the visual camouflage, fluid simulations, and cinematic 3D animation used to build the world of Netflix's The Dinosaurs.

Snøhetta creates cloud-like Milan installation for USM

USM's classic Haller storage system forms the framework for a "breathing" textile membrane that cocoons visitors to this Milan design week installation, developed in collaboration with architecture studio Snøhetta and artist Annabelle Schneider.

The Swiss furniture brand partnered with Snøhetta and Schneider to create the multi-sensory Renaissance of the Real installation, which invites visitors to step away from the digital realm.

Snøhetta used the storage system to construct a rigid architectural skeleton around Schneider's soft, textile membrane, which is inflated using a system of fans. This causes it to gently...

Uzbekistan unveils yurt-inspired pavilion and bread-making exhibition in Milan

Promotion: architect Kulapat Yanatrast has unveiled a garden pavilion modelled on a "deconstructed yurt" alongside an exhibition exploring Uzbek craft traditions and bread-making practices at Milan design week.

Titled When Apricots Blossom, the exhibition takes over Palazzo Citterio from 20 to 26 April and marks the country's debut at the event.

The exhibition is named after a 1930s poem by Uzbek writer Hamid Olimjon, with its themes of renewal and resilience echoed throughout the exhibition.

The project was commissioned by Gayane Umerova, chairperson of the Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation (ACDF),...

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