Dezeen Weekly: Data-Centre Design Under Scrutiny, RIBA Settlement, Vietnam Stadium Revealed
In its weekly summary, Dezeen explored the transformation of data-centre design, spurred by the rise of AI-driven hyperscale facilities. The environmental implications of these structures have sparked public discourse, with Marina Otero Verzier, the 2022 Wheelwright Prize winner from Spain, voicing her concerns about their architecture. Meanwhile, in the UK, the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) compensated former president Alan Jones with £150,000 to resolve a legal matter regarding the handling of personal data and a press leak from 2020. In Vietnam, Dezeen unveiled Populous's design for the Rach Chiec Stadium, which will accommodate 70,000 spectators, nearly twice the capacity of any current stadium. Highlights from September featured a narrow house in Kyoto, a lime-rendered residence in Mexico, a London pod hotel, and a renovation of a 1970s townhouse. The Dezeen Weekly podcast also discussed Apple's folding phone.
Key facts
- Dezeen examined how data-centre architecture is changing due to rapid development of hyperscale facilities driven by AI.
- Marina Otero Verzier, who won the 2022 Wheelwright Prize, told Dezeen that data centers are generally an example of poor design.
- RIBA paid £150,000 to former president Alan Jones to settle a legal dispute over handling of personal information and 2020 press leaks.
- The Rach Chiec Stadium, designed by Populous, will have 70,000 seats and be built on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
- The stadium will be almost double the size of any existing stadium in Vietnam.
- September's top houses included a 30-metre-long skinny house in Kyoto and a lime-rendered house in Mexico.
- Popular projects this week included a pod hotel in London by SODA, the Skywalker Grill at the Lucas Museum in LA, and a 1970s townhouse renovation in Hampstead.
- The Dezeen Weekly podcast focused on Apple's folding phone this week.
Entities
Artists
- Marina Otero Verzier
- Alan Jones
Institutions
- Dezeen
- Royal Institute of British Architects
- Populous
- SODA
- Lucas Museum
- Tato Architects
Locations
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Vietnam
- Ho Chi Minh City
- Kyoto
- Japan
- Mexico
- London
- Los Angeles
- Hampstead
Sources
- Dezeen —