Detailed drawings of White House East Wing ballroom expansion released

Detailed drawings of the White House East Wing expansion project have been released by the Washington DC advisory committe the National Capital Planning Commission, which included several renders of the expanded building.

The documentation includes site plans, building plans, elevations, landscape drawings and renders of the East Wing by project architect Shalom Baranes Associates, which contained further details following the studio's original submission of plans on 8 January.

According to CNN, a PDF containing design details was posted on the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) advisory board website on 13 February, before being "swiftly" removed with no reported comment by the organisation.

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Images show construction of SOM skyscraper on infamous Spire site in Chicago

American architecture studio SOM has revealed construction images of a skyscraper at 400 Lake Shore, the site of the cancelled Chicago Spire skyscraper.

The 400 Lake Shore skyscraper by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is set to reach 841 feet (256 metres) by its completion in 2027, and photos taken late last year show the skyscraper nearly halfway complete.

With part of its glass facade and aluminium pilasters installed, the skyscraper is rectangular in form, with its long side running parallel to the Chicago River. It sits on a small outcropping of the city between the river and a slip.

Oasis seating system by Antonio Citterio for Flexform

Dezeen Showroom: woven backrests bring a sense of island tranquility to this outdoor seating system created by architect Antonio Citterio for Italian brand Flexform.

The Oasis seating system features a mesh-like backrest structure made from polypropylene cord that combines the relaxed Mediterranean look of woven furniture with a durability suited to outdoor conditions.

Citterio and Flexform designed the system to be adaptable to both small and expansive outdoor spaces, aiming to bring a sense of intimacy and comfort to either.

"The sinuous tubular metal structure, corded with a hand-woven mesh design, is a component that not only lends lightness...

Giant Crocheted ‘Dumb Phones’ by Nicole Nikolich Tap into Millennial Nostalgia

For all of the “progress” associated with advancing technologies and the purported conveniences of having tiny, powerful computers at our fingertips, there are certainly some drawbacks. Smartphones today—and their millions of apps—are data-collecting devices as much as they are portals to search engines, maps, social media, the news, and anything else on the internet. And the market for regular hardware upgrades and software updates can trap us in a perpetual loop, spending big money for faster speeds and the newest features.

There’s certainly some merit in phones and gear that are a bit “less smart.” Just as the Luddite Club, members...

Neiheiser Argyros adds steel "cabinet of curiosities" to London outhouse

A built-in "cabinet of curiosities" housing a collection of records, books and artworks forms the spine of this outhouse extension in London by local studio Neiheiser Argyros.

Named Exeter Road Pavilion, the project involved converting the Victorian outbuilding in the garden of a north London residence into an annexe for the client, an art collector and DJ, where they could house their collection and host gatherings.

Neiheiser Argyros said it chose to approach these requirements as "a single architectural problem rather than two separate tasks".

The studio created a 20-metre-long built-in storage unit,...

ShedKM transforms neglected Croydon office block into temporary accommodation

UK studio ShedKM has completed Zodiac, the transformation of a brutalist office block in Croydon, London, into temporary accommodation for families at risk of homelessness.

Located in Broad Green, the original office, Zodiac House, was built in the 1960s as part of a wider complex including the Zodiac Court tower block, which became a local icon after featuring as the home of Mark and Jez in the UK sitcom Peep Show.

When developer Common Projects acquired the office building in 2020 with a view to helping meet the Borough's need for temporary accommodation,...

Twelve upcoming Chinese projects to be completed in the Year of the Horse

To mark Chinese New Year today, Dezeen selects the 12 most anticipated architecture projects set to complete in China this year by studios including Snøhetta, Neri&Hu and Zaha Hadid Architects.

Among the projects to look out for are towering headquarters for two leading Chinese firms in Shenzhen, hotels on the site of a former porcelain factory and a linear museum.

OPPO Headquarters, Shenzhen, by Zaha Hadid Architects

The amorphous headquarters for OPPO, China's leading smartphone manufacturer, will comprise four interconnected towers with the highest reaching 200 metres.

Designed by British studio Zaha Hadid Architects, the towers will be unified by their sinuous glass forms...

Dorte Mandrup winds walkway around Wadden Sea World Heritage Centre

Danish studio Dorte Mandrup has completed the Wadden Sea World Heritage Centre in the Netherlands, creating a "360-degree experience" overlooking its coastal site in Lauwersoog.

Situated within the UNESCO-protected Wadden Sea area, the wood-clad research centre was designed to be a new landmark for the Dutch village, functioning as both an exhibition space and field station for the care of seals.

It is the second of three projects to be completed by Dorte Mandrup in the heritage-protected area. For its latest design, the studio looked to subtly reference its maritime surroundings, wrapping the building in a spiralling walkway that offers uninterrupted views...

Cielo tower by Sanjay Puri Architects references 17th-century screens

Curved screens envelope Cielo, a 12-storey residential building in Maharashtra, India, designed by Mumbai-based architecture studio Sanjay Puri Architects.

Cielo sits on a compact 900-square-metre site in Nagpur, a central Indian city in the state of Maharashtra that experiences extreme heat for most of the year.

Local regulations allowed for a maximum buildable area of 3,600 square metres, with open spaces required along all four edges of the site.

In response to the spatial regulations and the hot climate, Sanjay Puri Architects placed a single 270-square-metre, four-bedroom apartment unit on each level to...

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