Springburn Winter Gardens: Glasgow approves a 'living ruin'
Glasgow has approved a £2m first phase to reopen the Springburn Winter Gardens, a ruined 1900 glasshouse, as a 'living ruin' with no glass after 43 years shut.
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Adaptive reuse
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Earth architecture trends: rammed earth, rock and reuse this week
Earth architecture led what was new in architecture trends from 6 to 12 October 2026: rammed earth, rock-cut rooms and stone, while reuse kept its hold.
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Current architecture trends: old buildings get second lives
Current architecture trends, week of 4–10 October 2026: what ArchDaily, Dezeen, designboom and AD featured and readers read, from reuse to timber and play.
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Cinerama Dome reopening: Sony brings Hollywood's dome back
The Cinerama Dome reopening is set for early 2028: Sony and Alamo Drafthouse are restoring the 1963 concrete dome on Sunset Boulevard and its 86-foot screen.
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Design Museum Gent reopens with a wing built from city waste
Design Museum Gent reopens after a four-year, €20m expansion: Carmody Groarke and ATAMA add a timber wing faced in 82,000 bricks made from Ghent's own waste.
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Zaha Hadid Foundation to open Hadid's London studio to the public
The Zaha Hadid Foundation opens Hadid's former studio, a listed 1870s school in Clerkenwell refurbished by Studio KA, to the public on 3 November 2026.
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Bilbao Fine Arts Museum extension by Foster + Partners opens
The Bilbao Fine Arts Museum extension by Foster + Partners and Luis María Uriarte opens: a 55-metre steel gallery lifted over the museum's 1945 and 1970 wings.
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Stirling Prize 2026 shortlist and winner: Lion Green Road
The Stirling Prize 2026 shortlist and winner: Lion Green Road, Mary Duggan Architects' 157 Coulsdon homes, beat five rivals at Old Billingsgate on 15 October.
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Thompson Center redesign: Google's plan for Helmut Jahn's atrium
Google's Thompson Center redesign cuts open Helmut Jahn's 1985 atrium with a stair down to the CTA. What the new renderings show — and what Chicago gives up.
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