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Heatherwick's Vessel set to reopen with "floor-to-ceiling steel mesh"

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The Vessel viewpoint by Thomas Heatherwick is expected to reopen in New York this year, shrouded by steel netting to prevent people from jumping from its platforms. Related Companies , the developer behind Hudson Yards, has revealed that the Vessel is now due to reopen with more stringent suicide-prevention safety measures in place.

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Dezeen's top 10 quotes of 2023

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Dezeen has published more than 100 interviews and over 50 opinion pieces this year, featuring some of the best-known voices in architecture and design. The more I hear the word, the less I understand it," he wrote, in a continuation of his ongoing attempt to deconstruct architectural jargon.

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Newport Spotlight: St. George’s Chapel

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The noble, elegant and magnificent architecture of Newport County is not just located in the city of Newport but is found in each of the other five communities that are also part of the county, including Middletown, Portsmouth, Tiverton, Little Compton and Jamestown. By the time the design for St. George’s alumni and served as U.S.

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This week we celebrated Earth Day

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This week on Dezeen, we marked Earth Day by showcasing 50 architects and designers who are pushing the boundaries of sustainable architecture and design. To mark the 420 cannabis celebration, we rounded up eight well-designed products for marijuana smokers. Author Geraint Franklin spotlighted John Outram's key buildings.

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"Listening to any contemporary conversation on architecture is like being indulged in a form of Orwellian Newspeak"

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The language to promote architecture has become universal. Be it The Line , King Charles ' Poundbury or, more recently, the idea to create a School of Place to "revitalize Britain's built environment" , backed by UK housing secretary Michael Gove, anything to do with architecture is invariably marketed with the same buzzwords.

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Newport Spotlight: Rose Island Lighthouse

A4 Architects

While these lighthouses have all been automated, or adapted for other uses like the conversion of the Lime Rock lighthouse into the Ida Lewis Yacht Club, these structures are an important part of the architectural history and heritage of the communities in which they exist.

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Silvertown Pedestrian Bridge, Royal Docks, London

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An existing Royal Victoria Dock Footbridge already provides a connection over the dock, however its elevated design to allow for marine traffic creates a 14m level difference between the dock side and the bridge deck, making it only accessible by several flights of stairs and lifts.