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Chilean Smiljan Radić Clarke wins top Pritzker Architecture Prize

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London's V&A museum acquires first ever YouTube upload

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Baz Luhrmann-designed private train experience to launch this summer

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Objects of desire: Everyday items celebrated in Hungarian design show

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The end of The Line? Saudi Arabia scales down plans for Neom megacity

After years of cost overruns and delays, Saudi Arabia’s flagship futuristic megaproject, Neom, is set to be significantly scaled back. The futuristic super-city, meant to run entirely on alternative energy sources, was due to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games, which has now been postponed.

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Mercedes-Benz CLA claims 2026 European Car of the Year award

Mercedes-Benz CLA has won the 2026 European Car of the Year award at the Brussels Motor Show. The German brand last collected the prestigious title in 1974.

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Amazing architecture: Frank Gehry's most iconic designs

Frank Gehry's buildings are routinely described as organic, spellbinding and striking. His architecture was unconventional, challenging traditional forms and therefore divisive, but few, if any, could claim indifference . Here's Euronews Culture's look at some of his most provocative works.

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Barça return home: how Spotify Camp Nou has been transformed

Barcelona return to the Spotify Camp Nou after 906 days of exile, with a partial reopening of the stadium and a big celebration for members and fans as the ambitious transformation of the Espai Barça progresses.

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Discover the Hansen House and Poland's open form architecture pioneers

Just an hour away from Warsaw, along the River Bug, stands a wooden house, hiding layers of history, complexity and architectural innovation. The creation and residence of renowned Polish architects Oskar and Sofia Hansen is both a showcase and a moving tribute to the "Open Form" style.

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Dubai Design Week 2025 puts community at heart of regional goals

As Dubai Design Week marks its 11th year and takes community as its focus, director Natasha Carella reflects on the festival's growth while championing regional voices and authentic design narratives.

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Prix Versailles picks the world's most beautiful passenger stations

The Prix Versailles World Ceremony has picked its 'magnificent seven' passenger stations as the world's most beautiful train and metro stops. From Australia to Belgium via Saudi Arabia, the prizes show the jury's penchant towards modernity.

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Barcelona's Sagrada Família becomes the world's tallest church

Barcelona's basilica reached 162.91 metres in height on Thursday after the placement of a piece of its central tower, surpassing the German cathedral in Ulm by just over a metre. Gaudí's masterpiece will continue to grow to 172 metres in the coming months.

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Stirling Prize: Appleby Blue Almshouse wins top UK architecture award

Appleby Blue, a pioneering social housing project in London to help people downsize and live communally has won this year's Stirling Prize, Britain's most prestigious architecture award for a new building.

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Barcelona's Sagrada Família reveals Gaudí' centenary celebrations

The basilica of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona will reach 172 metres with the completion of the tower of Jesus Christ, scheduled for late 2025 or early 2026, surpassing the cathedral of Ulm in Germany.

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A peek inside David Lynch's Hollywood home that's up for sale

The spectacular compound includes Lynch's editing suite, a private screening room, and the iconic house featured in his film 'Lost Highway'.

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RIBA reveals Sterling Prize shortlist for best British architecture

The Royal Institute of British Architects has announced six nominees for its prestigious Stirling Prize, the UK's highest honour recognising top design.

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Jack White blasts Donald Trump’s 'vulgar' Oval Office redecoration

Following a copyright infringement lawsuit last year, The White Stripes frontman has been vocal online about Trump's 'vulgar, gold leafed' redecoration efforts in the White House...

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RIBA announces architecture shortlist for Stephen Lawrence Prize 2025

Diverse, innovative and inspirational creations are at the forefront of six outstanding designs shortlisted for the prestigious Stephen Lawrence Prize, the annual award for early career architects, named after the south London teenager fatally stabbed in a racist attack in 1993.

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Benfica's Stadium of Light prepares for new revitalising design

The plans will boost Benfica's stadium capacity to 70,000, add three more pavilions and a series of other facilities, such as a community swimming pool, a theatre and a hotel. Work is due to start in mid-2027 and last two years.

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Beamish: Unique open-air attraction named UK's Museum of the Year

Featuring a recreated 1950s town, Beamish in County Durham was awarded the prestigious prize for its "joyous, immersive and unique" atmosphere that's shaped by "the stories and experiences of its community."

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Norman Foster design selected for UK memorial to Queen Elizabeth II

The legendary British architect Norman Foster has won the contest to transform St James’s Park in central London into tribute to late queen’s "unifying force".

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Gaudí's best-kept secret revealed in Casa Batlló restauration

More than a century after its construction, Casa Batlló has completed one of its most ambitious restorations, bringing back to light the original design that Antoni Gaudí conceived for the Batlló family in 1906.

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Louis Vuitton fights Portuguese liqueur firm over 'same logo' use

Louis Vuitton has filed a lawsuit against a small Portuguese liqueur firm it accuses of using a logo too similar to the French luxury fashion label's own famous lettering.

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Falling in Love 'is possible only in Berlin' says Jean Paul Gaultier

Only the biggest stage will do for 'Falling in Love', a musical with costumes curated by Jean Paul Gaultier and its current run in Berlin more than lives up to its billing. Jez Fielder finds corsets and cone bras abound with the French designer eager to make the show the most spectacular in Europe.

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Manchester Museum is the European Museum of the Year 2025

The Manchester Museum has won the European Museum of the Year Award for creating “new spaces to foster deeper community connections and promote intercultural dialogue."

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Cannes 2025: Chopard unveils this year’s Palme d’Or trophy

Chopard unveiled the latest Palme d'Or trophy - consisting of 19 leaflets in 18 karat sustainable gold and mounted on a crystal rock cushion - that is to be given to the winner of the 78th Cannes Film Festival.

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Bahrain wins top prize at the Venice Architecture Biennale

Titled "Heatwave", the Bahrain Pavilion's award-winning project addresses the issue of extreme heat by suspending a cooling ceiling over public seating.

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In Pictures: Final designs for Queen Elizabeth II memorial unveiled

A final shortlist of designs for the national memorial to Queen Elizabeth II have been unveiled. The competition has been hailed as one of the most significant design initiatives in modern British history. The final design is expected to be revealed in 2026.

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High buildings, loose morals: 100 years of Art Deco style and fashion

Deriving from a Parisian design fair 100 years ago, "Art Deco" rose up out of the ashes of World War One, bringing confidence, prosperity, very big parties and new, instantly recognisable bold buildings.

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Multi-million Frank Lloyd Wright lamp to be auctioned

The lamp could be the most expensive ever sold from the legendary designer.

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Meet the German architects behind the Uzbekistan Pavilion at Expo 2025

ATELIER BRÜCKNER have become known for immersive, narrative-driven architecture - and at Expo 2025 in Osaka, they've created one of the most poetic pavilions on site.

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Fancy walking on water in this Dutch former church?

This bold new design transforms a historic Dutch church into a swimming pool, where you can “walk on water” and lifeguards sit in the former pulpit.

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Milan Salone del Mobile 2025: Spinning libraries and daring designs

Milan's Salone del Mobile, the world-renowned design fair, showcased cutting-edge furniture from 2,100 exhibitors across 37 countries, with highlights like Es Devlin’s stunning "Library of Light".

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Inside LA Almazara: Philippe Starck’s bold olive oil project in Ronda

Euronews Culture spoke with Philippe Starck about his love of organic olive oil and LA Almazara, his surrealist olive oil mill and unique museum in Spain's Andalusia region, that's been 15-years in the making.

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The end of an odyssey: Ancient Greek theatre uncovered in Lefkada

After a decade-long excavation following the theatre's first discovery more than 100 years ago, experts describe its revelation as “undoubtedly the most important and imposing monument that has come to light in ancient Lefkada.”

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How Fulham's Craven Cottage is being remade for more than football

Fulham FC boosted their bid to play in Europe next year with a record breaking Premier League win against table-topping Liverpool on Sunday. The club are also celebrating having Craven Cottage stadium redesigned; a project led by Populous, an architecture firm specialising in entertainment venues.

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Art Paris returns: Sunshine, sculpture, and a century of design

With 170 art galleries from 25 countries and nearly 1,000 artists represented, Art Paris showcases works of great diversity. The aim has remained unchanged for more than 25 years; to cultivate its difference.

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Style and substance: Rotterdam's dramatic new exhibition centre

The massive Portlantis building in Rotterdam celebrates the past, present and future of Europe's largest port, and the spirit of an underdog city. The centre, billed as "a machine for storytelling", is one of a series of new cultural attractions in a city known for innovation and experimentation.

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Italian architect Stefano Boeri wins award for Dutch vertical forest

Stefano Boeri has been promoting urban forestation through his design, which incorporates greenery into high-rises.

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Chinese architect Liu Jiakun honoured with Pritzker Prize

Jiakun's notable works include the West Village in Chengdu, a five-story urban hub blending culture and commerce, and the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in Chongqing.

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French architect Anne Lacaton wins 2025 Jane Drew Prize

French architect Anne Lacaton has been awarded the 2025 Jane Drew Prize for her pivotal role in advancing women in architecture, recognised for her inventive and socially conscious design work.

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Wonderful wallpaper: meet the designers changing homes from inside out

Long perceived by some as old-fashioned, undesirable or even ugly, wallpaper is in leading a design revolution that's taking the world of interior decoration by storm.

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Scotland honours witch hunt victims with new tartan design

Discover the way to commemorate the Witchcraft Act’s many victims in Scotland through a “living memorial”.

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Casa Gomis, the architectural gem saved from ruin by the Spanish state

Last month, the Spanish government spent €7.2 million to protect and preserve Casa Gomis, a rationalist architectural gem hidden in the outskirts of Barcelona. Graham Keeley visited the house to find out more about how it may be conserved and used by the public.

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Sagrada Familia to proceed with expansion plans amid local protests

The Sagrada Familia's controversial plan to build a stairway, displacing 1,000 families and businesses, is facing fierce opposition from locals and legal challenges.

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Yrjö Kukkapuro, designer of Finland’s most iconic chairs, dies aged 91

His iconic designs, including the Experiment chair, grace homes, offices, and museums like New York's MoMA and London's V&A.

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Japanese architecture studio SANAA honoured with RIBA Gold Medal

Known for their elegant designs, including the Louvre Lens in France, the Rolex Learning Center in Switzerland, and the Grace Farms Center in the US, SANAA adds another prestigious award to their portfolio.

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Who were the Brutalist architects behind the Oscar-nominated film?

A firm favourite for Oscar glory this year 'The Brutalist' is not a biopic but rather a film loosely based of several real people. All share one common denominator; they were the godfathers of Brutalism, an influential, and divisive architectural movement.

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