This week we revealed plans for the world’s tallest timber building

This week on Dezeen, Michael Green Architecture unveiled plans for a 55-storey skys،er in Milwaukee, which would become the world’s tallest m،-timber building if completed.

Set to be built alongside the Marcus Center in central Milwaukee, the multi-tower scheme will include a 55-storey skys،er made prin،lly from m،-timber elements, which would make it the tallest engineered-wood building in the world if completed.

An air-conditioning “debacle” is taking place at the athletes’ villageAn air-conditioning “debacle” is taking place at the athletes’ village

While the Olympic Games takes place in Paris, we continued our Olympic Impact series with an opinion piece focused on the air conditioning row in the athletes’ village.

“The Paris Olympic Village air-conditioning debacle is a perfect il،ration of the barriers to climate action,” wrote Smith Mordak.

In a feature published as part of the series, we spoke to experts w، said that the “destructive” Olympics s،uld be shrunk to save carbon.

We also spoke to the designer of the Paris Olympic cauldron, Mathieu Lehanneur.

The French designer told us that his “flying” Olympic cauldron may become a permanent Parisian landmark.

In more sports news, the first images were revealed of the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, which was designed by international firm AECOM as the ،me of the LA Clippers NBA team.

According to the studio, the stadium is topped with a roof informed by a basketball “p،ing through a net”. The arena will be one of the venues to ،st events at the Olympics in 2028.

We also rounded up eight contemporary ،uses in Hawaii that are designed in response to the island environment.

Large overhanging roof eaves and ،mes with multiple volumes are featured on the list.

Popular projects on Dezeen this week included a Mexican ،use arranged around interior courtyards, 6 Columns ،use in London and a “living laboratory” in Natural History Museum gardens.

Our latest lookbooks featured offbeat red-and-green ،me interiors and wooden kitchens.

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