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This week, readers are discussing the construction of "Arc de Trump" and Groupwork's completion of the "world-first" high-rise held up by a stone exoskeleton.

 

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Construction of "Arc de Trump" set to begin in next two weeks

"I just threw up a bit"

The construction of a 250-foot-high triumphal arch in Washington DC designed by Atlanta-based Harrison Design, is set to begin "over the next two-week period".

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Groupwork completes "world-first" high-rise held up by stone exoskeleton

"Jenga Towers"

A thousand tonnes of volcanic rock replace concrete and steel in Petra Heights, a housing development in north London by architecture studio Groupwork and engineer Webb Yates.

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Richard and Su Roger's seminal house in London "gifted to the nation"

"A commendable act from the Rogers family"

The modernist 22 Parkside house in Wimbledon, London, by Richard and Su Rogers has been given over to conservation charity The National Trust.

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Apple releases its first folding smartphone with "size of a passport"

"Nice and all, but well out of my price range!"

Technology company Apple has released its first folding smartphone that has the largest screen of any iPhone. Called iPhone Duo, the phone is the first folding-screen device in Apple's product lineup. It features a central hinge mechanism as well as an external screen visible when the device is folded.

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Mossy rooftop crowns Bather's Cabin in East Sussex woodland

"Wonderfully primeval"

Visitors to this woodland cabin in East Sussex enter via a planted roof terrace, which its architect, British studio Built Works, has "devoted entirely to the ritual of bathing".

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Daniel Libeskind wins 2026 Praemium Imperiale for architecture

"He should win the prize for the sickest leather jacket"

Polish-American architect Daniel Libeskind has been named architecture laureate for this year's Praemium Imperiale awards by the Japan Art Association.

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Studio KO transforms "basilica-like" tram depot into Tashkent art centre

"Incredible attention to detail!"

A metal tunnel guides visitors from underground into a lofty exhibition hall within a tram depot at the Centre for Contemporary Arts Tashkent, which was designed by French architecture practice Studio KO in Uzbekistan's capital.

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Orms plans to add rooftop swimming pool to London's BT Tower

"I guess the pool will be like flushing a big toilet when the building spins"

Architecture studio Orms has submitted a planning application to transform the BT Tower in London into a hotel with a rooftop swimming pool for American hotelier MCR.

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Oatelier draws on traditional rural architecture for timber home in Slovakia

"I imagine this house will age incredibly well"

Local architecture studio Oatelier has completed Husárik Hut, a barn-like timber home in Slovakia that was designed as a contemporary take on the area's traditional shepherd's huts.

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