Construction

Miguel Arraiz designs "natural and futuristic" temple for Burning Man 2025 Spanish architect Miguel Arraiz has released designs informed by Japanese craft and volcanic stone for a monumental temple to be installed at this year's Burning Man event in Nevada. The first Spaniard to design the yearly temple, a central installation at the art and music event, Arraiz has opted for a monumental design with a geologic dome supported by buttresses. Called The Temple of the Deep, the design was informed by the volcanic geography of Black Rock City, the city formed as tens of thousands of people descend on...

How a small coastal city in Brazil became South America's skyscraper capital Balneário Camboriú is home to four of South America's five tallest buildings, set to be joined by the world's tallest residential skyscraper. Ellen Eberhardt explores how the city became a developers' high-rise playground. Located on Brazil's southern coast in the state of Santa Catarina, the relatively small Brazilian tourist city has become a hotbed of construction in the last few years, with skyscrapers rising to meet Brazil's growing desire for vertical living. It contains many of South America's tallest buildings, as well as the most expensive plots of...

Foster + Partners to transform brownfield site in Romanian port city into new districy British studio Foster + Partners has unveiled plans to revitalise a former industrial area in Romania's coastal city of Constanța, including transforming existing silos into theatres and pavilions. Foster + Partners collaborated with local stakeholders and Romanian real estate developer Iulius on the 38-hectare masterplan. The intention was to design a district that would benefit the wider city and include educational buildings, retail, entertainment, sport and leisure facilities, parks and botanical gardens. Situated on a brownfield at the centre of Constanța, a port city on the...

Foster + Partners designs "largest all-electric tower" for JPMorgan Chase in Manhattan Foster + Partners has released plans for the new global headquarters for JPMorgan Chase in Manhattan, which the architecture firm claims will be New York's largest all-electric tower. The skyscraper for the finance company at 270 Park Avenue will be "New York City's largest all-electric tower with net-zero operational emissions", according to Foster + Partners. "[It] will be 100 per cent powered by renewable energy sourced from a New York State hydroelectric plant," the studio continued. Foster + Partners will design a tower on the site of the...

Natural Material Studio turns wood offcuts into biomaterials to utilise the whole tree Danish firm Natural Material Studio has created four biomaterials out of sawdust salvaged from the sawmill of flooring manufacturer Dinesen to explore the potential of using wood waste to make building materials. The biomaterials are showcased in the gallery space of the Dinesen showroom in central Copenhagen via an "architectural installation" called Smuld – meaning "sawdust" in Danish – designed in collaboration with local practice Office Kim Lenschow. Natural Material Studio has created four biomaterials out of sawdust The installation features four brown-hued materials made of a...