This week on Dezeen, the Elizabeth Line in London designed by architecture studios Grimshaw, Maynard, Equation and AtkinsRéalis won the RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK's best new building.
The largest expansion to London's underground railway network for more than a century was described as "a flawless, efficient, beautifully choreographed solution", by the award jury.
Also at the awards ceremony, a group of five accessible holiday homes by London-based studio Clementine Blakemore Architects won the RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize, while Al-Jawad Pike won the Neave Brown Award for Housing for the Chowdury Walk affordable housing.
We profiled Danish architect Arne Jacobsen
We continued our mid century modern series with a profile of Danish architect Arne Jacobsen, who was a key figure in the movement and whose ethos saw him craft buildings down to the smallest details. In an opinion piece as part of the series, Dominic Bradbury argued that we should aim to bring back the interdisciplinary ethos embraced by mid-century modern designers.
"There was a profound belief in the power of the polymath during the mid-century period," he wrote.
MAD Architects unveiled a distinctive apartment block
In architecture news, MAD Architects unveiled an apartment block in Denver, Colorado, which has a facade that was described as "cracked open".
Named One River North, the building's canyon-like opening was designed as a nod to geographic formations found in the ne...