Dezeen's Weekly Roundup: Pritzker Winner Radić Interview, Newson Retrospective, and Global Design News

Dezeen published its weekly summary covering multiple architecture and design stories. The publication interviewed Smiljan Radić, who recently received the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Radić expressed surprise at winning the award and stated he does not intend his architectural work to convey moral judgments about what constitutes good or bad design. In a separate feature, Australian designer Marc Newson discussed his four-decade career during an exclusive interview at his retrospective exhibition held at Château La Coste in southern France. Newson, known for creating the most expensive piece by a living designer sold at auction, commented on the relationship between quality and cost in design. In sports design, the host nations for the upcoming World Cup—the United States, Mexico, and Canada—unveiled their team kits. The U.S. home shirts feature prominent red stripes, while Mexico's designs reference Aztec sculpture. England's World Cup uniforms were also revealed, described by Nike as distinctly English. The report also covered a surge in skyscraper construction across Africa, with notable projects in Egypt, Ethiopia, and Ivory Coast, prompting questions about the implications of this building trend. Additionally, several construction contracts for the Neom development in Saudi Arabia were canceled, affecting companies including Eversendai, Webuild, and Hyundai Engineering and Construction. Popular architectural projects featured this week included a London loft extension with cork cladding, a timber-lined residence in the Netherlands, and a house on a Washington island. The Dezeen Weekly podcast highlighted the American Institute of Architects' legal proceedings against Donald Trump.