This week on Dezeen, aerial pictures confirmed development progress on initiatives concerned within the Saudi mega-development Neom, together with The Line megacity, Oxagon Port and the island resort of Sindalah.
In an try to show that the controversial mission goes forward, The Line's COO Giles Pendleton shared the pictures in a LinkedIn put up titled “Neom is actual”.
Aerial footage revealed excavations for The Line, which can comprise two 170km skyscrapers spaced 200m aside, in addition to preparatory work on the Oxagon improvement and lodges being constructed at Sindalah.
In different Neom information, the event additionally revealed the design of the beachside members' membership Xaynor, courtesy of Mexican studio Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos.
We've been broadcasting dwell from Sweden this week to share unique previews of the merchandise, installations and occasions going down at Stockholm Design Week.
Day one among our Dezeen Stay weblog on the occasion featured new lighting and furnishings collections from Färg & Blanche, day two was noticed by actor Will Ferrell, and our third day protection included a hardboard Masonite furnishings set up by design studio Folkform.
Additionally this week, French jeweler Chaumet unveiled the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic medals, which characteristic reverses embedded with a bit of the Eiffel Tower.
Fragments had been faraway from the enduring monument throughout numerous renovation works within the 20th century and preserved. For the medals, the hexagonal items had been stamped with the symbol of the Paris 2024 video games.
In different sports activities information, the NFL Tremendous Bowl shall be held this weekend on the Raiders' 62,000-seat Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada, which opened in 2020.
Designed by Manica Structure, the stadium's cylindrical form and black steel exterior had been influenced by the magnificence and energy of sports activities vehicles.
After launching in China final yr, the Polestar four electrical five-door coupé SUV has now gone on sale in Europe and Australia, making it the world's first mainstream automotive and not using a rear window.
Created by Swedish producer Polestar, the automotive has a roof-mounted rear digicam that gives a extra dependable picture than the rear-view mirrors in normal coupés.
Following the information that Californian structure studio AO and developer Matteson Capital plan to construct the tallest constructing within the US in Oklahoma Metropolis, structure critic Ryan Scavnicky argued that the mission sends the fallacious message.
“Legends Tower is a 20th-century method of claiming that you’re really coming into the 21st century of cultural and financial change,” he wrote in an opinion piece for Dezeen.
This week's well-liked initiatives included a Los Angeles home clad in white aluminum screens, a home in Japan with a blackened wooden and corten metal exterior, and a minimalist Tokyo condominium with interiors lined with native wooden.
The most recent lookbooks featured brightly coloured dwelling renovations and playful homes with indoor slides.
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