This week on Dezeen, we reported on a Patrik Schumacher-written paper that claimed “woke virtue signalling” has destroyed the intellectual rigour of the profession.
Zaha Hadid Architects principal Schumacher made his assertions in a paper titled The End of Architecture in the Khōrein journal.
“Architecture, as an autonomous, theory-led discipline, has ceased to exist,” he wrote. “The discipline has self-dissolved, eroding its intellectual and professional autonomy under the pressures of anti-capitalist politicisation and woke virtue signalling.”
In a busy week for Zaha Hadid Architects, the studio unveiled Beijing’s largest convention centre (above), which was animated with fluid shapes and ribbon-like bridges.
The studio also revealed its designs for two projects in Italy – a starfish-like cultural centre and a pair of conjoined towers in Naples.
Following last week’s feature on Brazil’s skyscraper capital Balneário Camboriú, we reported on the country’s tallest skyscraper, which recently completed in the city.
Designed by Pininfarina, the pair of Yachthouse skyscrapers were informed by “nautical heritage” and each rise to 294 metres high.
With news that the Jeddah Tower has restarted in Saudi Arabia, we created a piece explaining everything you need to know about the world’s next tallest building.
We also took a look at 10 record-breaking skyscrapers from around the world.
In design news, Norwegian robotics firm 1X unveiled a humanoid robot servant that is dressed head-to-toe in beige knitwear.
Named Neo Gamma, the robot’s Scandi, minimalist look was designed to “complement living spaces rather than disrupt them”.
In the UK, the government announced the shortlist for the Queen Elizabeth II Memorial, which is set to be built in St James’s Park near Buckingham Palace.
Among the shortlisted architecture studios was Foster + Partners, which is led by Norman Foster (pictured above with the Queen), along with Heatherwick Studio, WilkinsonEyre and Jamie Fobert Architects.
Popular projects on Dezeen this week include a DIY house supported by an exoskeleton, a football stadium with integrated housing in Finland and the regeneration of the landmark “Hanging Gardens of Basingstoke” office.
Our latest lookbooks focused on brutalist kitchens and stylistic entrance halls.
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