Local studio Office Winhov has completed the sensitive restoration of two historic local buildings, converting them into a museum and memorial for the Dutch victims of the Holocaust. Located on Amsterdam's Plantage Middenlaan, the National Holocaust Museum by Office Winhov was designed to commemorate the Dutch Jews who were persecuted and killed during the war. Two historic local buildings were converted into a museum and memorial. Photo by Stefan Müller Its facilities are spread across two existing buildings on opposite sides of a street, including an updated 1950s extension, which are nest ..read more

Berlin architects Gustav Düsing and Max Hacke have been awarded this year's Mies van der Rohe Award for Study Pavilion, a steel-framed university building in Germany. Düsing and Hacke, who founded their eponymous studios in 2015 and 2016 respectively, are the youngest people to have ever received the biennial accolade, also known as the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture or EUmies Award. Study Pavilion has won this year's Mies van der Rohe Award The gridded Study Pavilion was created for the Technical University of Braunschweig as a campus building containing flexible sp ..read more

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features this year's Don't Move, Improve! awards shortlist. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Annual awards programme Don't Move, Improve! has revealed its shortlist for this year's competition, hosted by New London Architecture (NLA). A colourful home by Charles Holland Architects and a residence by Mike Tuck Studio are among the 16 London homes vying for the fourteenth edition of the prize. Foster + Partners designs tiered supertall Park Avenue skyscraper This week's newsletter also featured Foster + Partners' design for a superta ..read more

The windmill sails of the Moulin Rouge, an iconic 135-year-old cabaret venue in Paris, collapsed to the ground in the early hours. Just before 2am this morning, the four blades attached to a red-painted windmill on top of the Moulin Rouge venue fell off and landed bent in front of the building, according to newspaper The Guardian. Blades atop Paris landmark Moulin Rouge windmill collapse overnight https://t.co/8o98mZ6FRh pic.twitter.com/cTJa8BjM4h — FRANCE 24 (@FRANCE24) April 25, 2024 The windmill sails of the Moulin Rouge have fallen off The letters M, O and U from the front sign also app ..read more

US studio Rafael Viñoly Architects has designed four skyscrapers and a series of public spaces in Toronto, which will be the studio's first built project in Canada. Developed by Madison Group and totalling two million square feet (185,806 square metres) the project will consist of two individual properties holding two skyscrapers each, which will host a mix of residential, retail, and office spaces. Studio founder Rafael Viñoly died last year, and the studio said he played a role in the design before his passing. Rafael Viñoly Architects has designed a four skyscrapers in Toronto "This will b ..read more

British studio Mole Architects has created Alde Valley Barn, a brick-clad holiday home on a farmyard in Suffolk that dates back to the 17th century. The four-bedroom house replaces a steel-framed barn, which was added to the farm in the English town of Aldeburgh in the 20th century. Mole Architects has created Alde Valley Barn on a 17-century farmyard Mole Architects' design is deliberately simple, referencing the architecture of the barn it replaced while respecting the main 17th-century farmhouse beside it. "The new building is designed as one of the barn structures that are subservien ..read more

Indonesian architecture practice Dhaniē & Sal has completed Mawi Garage in South Tangerang, creating a steel structure that references the engineering of the cars and motorcycles inside. The client, a car collector, tasked the local practice with renovating an existing 488-square-metre shed that housed his extensive fleet, as well as extending it to add a small office space and apartment. The studio renovated an existing 488-square-metre shed Located on a large, one-acre estate surrounded by gardens, Dhaniē & Sal stripped back the existing building and used it as the basis for a new ..read more

Dezeen has teamed up with DesignMarch to livestream a day of talks on the role of architecture and design in addressing global imbalances. Watch the concluding session here from 2:30pm London time. DesignTalks is a programme of panel discussions that take place at the Henning Larsen Architects-designed Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre in Reykjavík, Iceland. The final session explores the design of movement and the "otherworld" through media such as choreography, fashion, embroidery and queer culture, featuring choreographer and playwright Sigríður Soffía Níelsdóttir, author and filmma ..read more

Planted balconies surround open living spaces at this house in Bangalore, designed by Indian studio 4site Architects for a nature-loving family. Named House of Greens, the four-bedroom home is informed by Bangalore's history of green spaces and parks, which have earned it the moniker of the "garden city" of India. Planted balconies surround House of Greens "As a tribute to Bangalore, the theme of the house is to reflect the garden and abundance of green spaces," 4site Architect's founder Chandrakant Kanthigavi told Dezeen. "The concept of the house was carefully conceived to offer a garden ex ..read more

Photographer Jamie McGregor Smith has spent the last five years capturing brutalist and modernist churches across Europe. Here, he picks his 12 favourites from his Sacred Modernity book. With 139 photographs of 100 churches, McGregor Smith created the book to showcase the sculptural and unique forms of some of the churches built in the post-war period in countries including Italy, Germany, Austria, Poland and the UK. Published by Hatje Cantz with essays by writers Jonathan Meades and Ivica Brnic, Sacred Modernity: The Holy Embrace of Modernist Architecture aims to bring attention to the uncon ..read more