Category: Architecture

  • The Blueprint curated diary: Lydia Yee

    The Blueprint curated diary: Lydia Yee

    [ad_1] Chief curator of the Whitechapel Gallery, Lydia Yee, shares her recommendations for the best shows to kick off 2019 Lydia Yee has been chief curator at Whitechapel Gallery since 2015 and most recently curated Ulla von Brandenburg: Sweet Feast (2018), Leonor Antunes: the frisson of the togetherness (2017) and Mary Heilmann: Looking at…

  • Futurebuild welcomes Vision in 2019

    Futurebuild welcomes Vision in 2019

    [ad_1] Futurebuild is excited to partner with and welcome Vision to the 2019 event, to provide a London focused seminar programme alongside an unrivalled networking opportunity for architects, housebuilders and developers. Content supplied by Futurebuild The seminar programme on the show floor, curated by Vision, will be surrounded by an exhibition of the brands…

  • Street life: Ordnance Road by Peter Barber Architects

    Street life: Ordnance Road by Peter Barber Architects

    [ad_1] Eleven townhouses and four bungalows — all for social rent — have been created in the London suburb of Enfield. With a brand new mews and a focus on social space, the low-rise buildings bring a sense of warmth and intimacy to the streetscape Words by Herbert Wright The ongoing densification of London…

  • Chicago’s hidden intervention: Wrightwood 659 by Tadao Ando

    Chicago’s hidden intervention: Wrightwood 659 by Tadao Ando

    [ad_1] In a wealthy, residential Chicago neighbourhood, a 1920s apartment block has been radically transformed inside by Tadao Ando’s concrete minimalism. As a new space for socially engaged art and architecture, Wrightwood 659 finds surprising opportunity in adapting historic fabric Words by Ian Spula From the get-go, it’s clear Wrightwood 659 is a different…

  • Library in the clouds: Oodi by ALA Architects

    Library in the clouds: Oodi by ALA Architects

    [ad_1] In Finland the right to visit a library has been enshrined in law for almost a century. Now in Helsinki, ALA Architects has created the crown jewel of libraries, Oodi, on the most prime piece of real estate in the country. Don’t expect too many books though — that’s just not what the…

  • Timber Trades Journal announces its Wood and Wellness Conference

    Timber Trades Journal announces its Wood and Wellness Conference

    [ad_1] Exploring the positive impact that timber can have on health and well-being, Timber Trade Journal will be hosting its Wood and Wellness Conference at the Hilton London Tower Bridge on the 13th of February, 2019. One of the most widely respected titles in its market, Timber Trade Journal (TTJ) is well-known for its…

  • The Gantry by HawkinsBrown – DesignCurial

    The Gantry by HawkinsBrown – DesignCurial

    [ad_1] The London 2012 Olympic Legacy is being realised at Here East, where HawkinsBrown have made a new space for artists and makers within the existing steel gantry of the former broadcast centre Project Info Client/s – Here East / The TramperyArchitects – HawkinsBrown;Architecture 00Size – 240 metre long steel structure / 21 freestanding…

  • The top 10 best Art Deco buildings in the world

    The top 10 best Art Deco buildings in the world

    [ad_1] We share a selection of the best Art Deco buildings in the world, chosen by the author of ‘Art Deco City: The World’s Most Beautiful Buildings’, Arnold Schwartsman. Words by Arnold Schwartsman To be asked to choose your favourite Art Deco buildings is akin to being asked to select your favourite child; there…

  • ‘We need to actively encourage a collaborative culture’: Pooja Agrawal on the architect-planner divide

    ‘We need to actively encourage a collaborative culture’: Pooja Agrawal on the architect-planner divide

    [ad_1] Public Practice co-founder Pooja Agrawal reflects on the ‘ever-widening chasm’ between built environment disciplines — and why architects and planners need to collaborate better The recent furore over the proposed demolition of Amin Taha’s 15 Clerkenwell Close brought to light the growing hostility between architects and planners in the UK. My Twitter feed,…

  • Retirement done differently: Moor’s Nook by Coffey Architects

    Retirement done differently: Moor’s Nook by Coffey Architects

    [ad_1] A light-filled, community-focused housing complex for the over-55s in suburban Surrey proposes a new kind of residential scheme for retirees Words by Cate St Hill In just under 50 years it is predicted that there will be an additional 8.6 million people living in the UK aged 65 years and over — the…

  • Check out the cosy interiors of a garage-turned-house, The Gouse

    Check out the cosy interiors of a garage-turned-house, The Gouse

    [ad_1] Award-winning interior architect Marta Nowicka has recently completed her latest project: a three-bedroom house that was built on a 45-square metre plot. A cosy, unique three-bedroom new build property has recently been completed in Dalston, East London. Named ‘The Gouse’, the property’s name is derived from ‘garage-house’ – it was built on the…

  • Breeze block: National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts by Mecanoo

    Breeze block: National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts by Mecanoo

    [ad_1] Mecanoo’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts in Taiwan, houses four auditoria under the largest performing arts venue roof in the world, and another one on top of it. This futuristic mega-volume creates new public space and takes its inspiration from the banyan tree Words by Herbert Wright ‘I remember empty barracks, barking…

  • Moonbase Helsinki: Amos Rex by JKMM Architects

    Moonbase Helsinki: Amos Rex by JKMM Architects

    [ad_1] The Finnish capital’s new cultural centre, Amos Rex by JKMM Architects, establishes a synergy between a restored modernist icon and new underground galleries, beneath a surrealistic public square Words by Herbert Wright Even before the Amos Rex museum opened, central Helsinki offered one of the most extraordinary clusters of cultural centres in Europe…

  • ARCHITECT@WORK ANNOUNCES STELLAR LINE-UP OF SPEAKERS

    ARCHITECT@WORK ANNOUNCES STELLAR LINE-UP OF SPEAKERS

    [ad_1] An impressive list of industry experts from architecture, development and the arts are set to share their knowledge at ARCHITECT@WORK, 30th to 31st January. This two-day trade show with a focus on architectural innovation will take place at The Old Truman Brewery in Shoreditch. It includes free admission for registered trade visitors and…

  • Westminster Fire Station helps transform Victoria

    Westminster Fire Station helps transform Victoria

    [ad_1] In partnership with Far East Orchard Ltd, development manager Alchemi Group reveals its restoration of the Edwardian Grade II listed Westminster Fire Station. Victoria, a thriving district in London, was once famous for its workforce of civil servants and politicians. Nowadays, its reputation stems from the fact that it is one of the…

  • From car park to arts centre: Ty Pawb by Featherstone Young

    From car park to arts centre: Ty Pawb by Featherstone Young

    [ad_1] In the heart of Wrexham, Wales, Featherstone Young has created Tŷ Pawb, a market and community arts centre under one roof Words by Veronica Simpson Take a struggling covered market below an unlovely Nineties car park and a local arts centre that has funding to expand, and not many local councils would think…

  • Architect@Work moves to the Old Truman Brewery for 2019 show

    Architect@Work moves to the Old Truman Brewery for 2019 show

    [ad_1] ARCHITECT@WORK, a carefully curated annual two-day trade event aimed at architects, interior designers and specifiers, will move to Old Truman Brewery in Shoreditch for the seventh London edition 30th to 31st January 2019. The two days include free admission for registered trade visitors and complimentary catering throughout, encouraging networking and downtime as well…

  • Ship shape: V&A Dundee by Kengo Kuma

    Ship shape: V&A Dundee by Kengo Kuma

    [ad_1] Kengo Kuma’s magnificent V&A Dundee opened its doors this autumn, attracting record numbers in its opening weeks. We take a closer look at, and around, this iconic building — and examine the context and collective energy that helped bring the project to fruition Words by Veronica Simpson Photography by Paul Raftery They say…

  • King’s Cross Kit-Kats: Coal Drops Yard by Heatherwick Studio

    King’s Cross Kit-Kats: Coal Drops Yard by Heatherwick Studio

    [ad_1] The long-anticipated and Heatherwick Studio-designed shopping complex in King’s Cross, Coal Drops Yard, finally opens Words by Johnny Tucker So very often these days, there is little or nothing to get excited about in the world of new retail developments. Coal Drops Yard in the Argent-developed King’s Cross area of London is different…

  • Studio Mieke Meijer creates a festive light installation for Coal Drops Yard

    Studio Mieke Meijer creates a festive light installation for Coal Drops Yard

    [ad_1] Eindhoven-based design practice Studio Mieke Meijer unveils a special, festive light installation at King’s Cross’ new shopping and restaurant district, Coal Drops Yard. After the opening of Coal Drops Yard last week, the new Heatherwick Studio-designed shopping and restaurant district in Kings Cross, London, will now also be home to a unique light…

  • Mountaintop majesty: 007 Elements by Obermoser Architects

    Mountaintop majesty: 007 Elements by Obermoser Architects

    [ad_1] High up in the Austrian Alps, a new museum experience for James Bond lovers, 007 Elements, has been created by Obermoser Architects. Following multiple technical challenges, what has resulted is a breathtaking brutalist building, buried in a mountain Words by Guy Bird If someone down the pub told you a guy who runs…

  • Joyful architecture: King Bill by Austin Maynard Architects

    Joyful architecture: King Bill by Austin Maynard Architects

    [ad_1] A bold and playful rethink of a family home in Melbourne, complete with corrugated metal cladding and a sinuous glazed bridge, creates a pocket of joy for its owners — and neighbourhood Words by Hayley Curnow On the back streets of Melbourne’s bustling northern suburb of Fitzroy sits the family residence King Bill,…

  • EQUITONE Facade Materials; offering unparalleled design flexibility

    EQUITONE Facade Materials; offering unparalleled design flexibility

    [ad_1] EQUITONE is a through-coloured facade material designed by and for architects. No matter what facade design options you explore, the through-coloured materials can be transformed into crisp, monolithic facade details. Content supplied by EQUITONE Click here to request your EQUITONE Sample and Brochure Caulfield Grammar School The material can be perforated or printed…

  • MoreySmith’s Linda Morey-Burrows speaks to DesignCurial

    MoreySmith’s Linda Morey-Burrows speaks to DesignCurial

    [ad_1] The founder of leading interior design and architecture practice, MoreySmith, speaks to DesignCurial about the journey her practice has been on over the last 25 years. Having worked with the likes of Sony Music, Primark, British Land and Coca-Cola, MoreySmith is an interior design and architecture practice that has proved it is a…

  • Five English cathedrals that are architectural treasures, chosen by Antic Disposition

    Five English cathedrals that are architectural treasures, chosen by Antic Disposition

    [ad_1] Ahead of their touring production of Henry V, theatre company Antic Disposition’s directors share five English cathedrals that they think are architectural treasures. Founded in 2005 by director Ben Horslen and director/designer John Risebero, Antic Disposition is an award-winning theatre company based in London, which prides itself on presenting innovative interpretations of classic…

  • PICK NEW IDEAS, MADE IN MILAN

    PICK NEW IDEAS, MADE IN MILAN

    [ad_1] Made Expo, the leading trade event for the Italian Construction and Architecture sector will be held in Milan in March 2019. Here’s a preview of what to expect. Content supplied by Made Expo As in the rest of Europe, in 2018 the Italian construction market is showing signs of life with progress being…

  • Red hot drama: Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology by McCullough Mulvin Architects

    Red hot drama: Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology by McCullough Mulvin Architects

    [ad_1] McCullough Mulvin Architects’ new project for the Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology features dramatic accommodation blocks in red, a connective walkway and landscaping that responds to the scorching climate, expressing both Mughal and modernist architectural influences with a 21st-century sensibility Words by Johnny Tucker The grand vision of an Indian businessman is…

  • Deep Lumen – Reshaping Architecture

    Deep Lumen – Reshaping Architecture

    [ad_1] Deep Lumen is the first installation of its kind, designed by artist Marc Gumpinger and innovative entrepreneur Christof Babinsky. Content supplied by DeepLumen “It is our intention to empower public and private spaces with the use of LED screens in architecture, publicly as well as privately.  The LED wall is used to create…

  • The skyscraper college dorm: The Atlas by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

    The skyscraper college dorm: The Atlas by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

    [ad_1] The Atlas belongs to the trending typology of the student residential tower. It responds to the urban heritage of its London location, and its rigorous geometry efficiently enables accommodation on a mass scale Words by Herbert Wright There was a big surprise in Chicago in 2010 when the Council on Tall Buildings and…

  • Taking the long view: AHMM opens up the University of Amsterdam

    Taking the long view: AHMM opens up the University of Amsterdam

    [ad_1] The University of Amsterdam’s Roeterseiland Campus — dating from the Sixties — has been completely rethought by AHMM to form a better relationship with students and the city Words by Francesca Perry After 11 years and an iterative, collaborative process, AHMM’s repurposing of the University of Amsterdam’s Roeterseiland Campus, on the southeast edge…

  • EQUITONE; helping to create an architectural fusion between impressive mountainous setting and neighbouring historical building

    EQUITONE; helping to create an architectural fusion between impressive mountainous setting and neighbouring historical building

    [ad_1] EQUITONE [natura] fibre cement facade material has created an architectural fusion on The Festival Hall in Erl, Austria. Content supplied by Marley Eternit Ltd Incorporating the sites impressive mountainous setting and neighbouring historical building, EQUITONE façade allowed the creation of complex, geometric forms, which enabled the architects, Delugan Meissl Associated Architects, to create…

  • Writing wrongs: the National Memorial for Peace and Justice

    Writing wrongs: the National Memorial for Peace and Justice

    [ad_1] Created by the Equal Justice Initiative, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, solemnly remembers the black victims of lynching in the USA Words by Adina Solomon Progressing through the National Memorial for Peace and Justice feels like a journey. The summer day’s heat has just started to get thick,…

  • Pragmatic and poetic: St Teresa’s sixth-form centre by IF_DO

    Pragmatic and poetic: St Teresa’s sixth-form centre by IF_DO

    [ad_1] IF_DO’s St Teresa’s sixth-form building in the Surrey Hills immerses students in nature to enhance wellbeing Words by Veronica Simpson St Teresa’s independent girls school enjoys a stately home setting in the Surrey Hills in south England. But as the modest 18th-century home transitioned in the 20th century from private home through convent…

  • Next Office explores architecture’s public-private boundaries

    Next Office explores architecture’s public-private boundaries

    [ad_1] George Kafka talks to Alireza Taghaboni, recent recipient of the inaugural Royal Academy Dorfman Award, about his Tehran-based practice, Next Office Who: Next OfficeWhat: Architecture practiceWhere: Tehran, Iran Words by George Kafka On winning in July the inaugural Royal Academy Dorfman Award that honours international talent representing the future of architecture, Alireza Taghaboni…

  • Civic gesture: Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art by Assemble

    Civic gesture: Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art by Assemble

    [ad_1] In its biggest architectural commission to date, Turner Prize-winning Assemble has sensitively transformed a complex of Victorian baths in Lewisham into an open, adaptable public gallery for Goldsmiths, University of London Words by George Kafka Portraits by Ivan Jones Along with the town halls, libraries and schools of Victorian Britain, the public baths…

  • The Blueprint curated diary: Jan Boelen

    The Blueprint curated diary: Jan Boelen

    [ad_1] Curator of this year’s Istanbul Design Biennial, Jan Boelen shares his highlights for the autumn Jan Boelen is artistic director of Z33 House for Contemporary Art in Hasselt, Belgium, and artistic director of Atelier Luma, an experimental laboratory for design in Arles, France. He also holds the position of head of the social…

  • Louis Kahn – six most important buildings

    Louis Kahn – six most important buildings

    [ad_1] Regarded as one of the great master builders of the Twentieth Century, Louis Kahn was one of America’s most influential modernist architects. His era-defining work is also the subject of an exhibition at the Design Museum in London. We asked curator Alex Newson to select six of Kahn’s most important projects Main picture:…

  • A marriage of architecture and engineering: UCL Here East by HawkinsBrown

    A marriage of architecture and engineering: UCL Here East by HawkinsBrown

    [ad_1] UCL’s new outpost at Here East in Stratford has been designed by HawkinsBrown to faciliatate innovation and cross-disciplinarity, with a 2,000 sq m prototyping laboratory Words by Francesca Perry The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park remains a strange place for many Londoners. Squeezed between the characterless megamall of Westfield Stratford and the fast-gentrifying Hackney…

  • The architects tackling the housing crisis

    The architects tackling the housing crisis

    [ad_1] Having once been the envy of the world for the quality of its housing, the UK’s current output is now regarded as one of the worst. How can architects bring their ingenuity and vision to remedy this situation? Words by Veronica Simpson The UK is in the midst of a housing crisis. More…

  • Meet Forensic Architecture — the first ‘architectural detective agency’

    Meet Forensic Architecture — the first ‘architectural detective agency’

    [ad_1] Forensic Architecture is redefining the profession — and getting nominated for the Turner Prize in the process. Veronica Simpson meets the team behind it Words by Veronica Simpson Who Director Eyal Weizman, deputy director Christina Varvia + 14 staff What Architectural detective agency Where London, UK Forensic Architecture is an architectural detective agency.…

  • Transforming an art-deco icon: Finsbury Office by BDG architecture + design

    Transforming an art-deco icon: Finsbury Office by BDG architecture + design

    [ad_1] The practice has taken a space within the art-deco icon and, while respecting its heritage, has transformed it into a modern office for the 21st century Project Info Client: FinsburyArchitect: BDG architecture + Design bdg-a-d.comSize: 1,300 sq m Words by Ellen Peirson For a global leader in strategic communications, a new London HQ for…

  • A 21st-century castle: Fjordenhus by Studio Olafur Eliasson

    A 21st-century castle: Fjordenhus by Studio Olafur Eliasson

    [ad_1] Sitting in the water at Vejle, Denmark, Fjordenhus is Studio Olafur Eliasson’s first (and last) solo architectural project, embracing ‘outsider’ architecture and with hardly a right angle to be seen Words by Oliver Lowenstein Consider the following ‘what ifs?’ What if there had been no 20th-century modernism, no Corbusier or van de Rohe,…

  • Meet STUFISH: the world’s leading entertainment architects

    Meet STUFISH: the world’s leading entertainment architects

    [ad_1] DesignCurial speak to two partners at STUFISH, Alicia Tkacz and MAciej Woroniecki, about the studio, its ethos, and what ‘entertainment architecture’ really means. Founded by the late, great Mark Fisher, STUFISH is a studio that has produced award-winning, monumental structures on a global scale. Able to name-drop clients including the likes of U2,…

  • Book review: Design as an Attitude by Alice Rawsthorn

    Book review: Design as an Attitude by Alice Rawsthorn

    [ad_1] Alice Rawsthorn’s new book, Design as an Attitude, proposes an expansion of what we consider as design, championing its social and facilitatory role Alice Rawsthorn, JRP | Ringier Documents Series Review by Peter Maxwell Critic Alice Rawsthorn has spent the bulk of her career striving to make design appeal beyond the subject’s parochial…

  • Art of the invisible: The new Royal Academy by David Chipperfield Architects

    Art of the invisible: The new Royal Academy by David Chipperfield Architects

    [ad_1] London’s Royal Academy of Arts has been surgically attached and integrated with its neighbouring building, nearly doubling in size, adding new galleries and making visible the art school at its heart Words by Veronica Simpson On the morning of the Royal Academy’s grand reopening in May, master planner and architect of this strategic…

  • Tom de Paor reveals his concrete arthouse cinema

    Tom de Paor reveals his concrete arthouse cinema

    [ad_1] We speak to celebrated architect Tom de Paor about his latest project in the heart of Galway, the monolithic Pálás Cinema. After over ten years of planning and a few jumped hurdles, the highly anticipated Palas (Palace) Cinema has finally opened its doors in the Irish city of Galway. Managed by film production…

  • The 16th Venice Architecture Biennale — review

    The 16th Venice Architecture Biennale — review

    [ad_1] The 16th Venice Architecture Biennale takes as its theme the concept of Freespace. With 71 exhibition participants and 63 national pavilions, there’s much to explore. Here we bring you all the highlights — and reflect on how architects from around the world have interpreted the idea of generous, inclusive and humane architecture Photography…

  • Pixel HUT 3.0 shines down on the Marlborough Sports Garden

    Pixel HUT 3.0 shines down on the Marlborough Sports Garden

    [ad_1] The third iteration of HUT Architecture’s Pixel HUT stretches over the heads of pedestrians at the Marlborough Sports Garden. The Pixel HUT, a project by HUT architecture in partnership with Rise Management Consultant, was originally created in a forest in East Sussex – in its second iteration, it took on an immersive life…

  • ANARCHITECT’s Jonathan Ashmore speaks to DesignCurial

    ANARCHITECT’s Jonathan Ashmore speaks to DesignCurial

    [ad_1] We sit down with founder and director of ANARCHITECT, Jonathan Ashmore, to find out more about his award-winning boutique practice. Based in Dubai and set up in 2013, ANARCHITECT is a multi-award winning architecture, interior architecture and design practice that specialises in creating bespoke projects for their international clients. Working within a range of…

  • Review: Night fever – designing club culture

    Review: Night fever – designing club culture

    [ad_1] Vitra Design Museum’s latest show immerses visitors in the world of nightclubs, to explore how design has shaped our nightlife Vitra Design Museum Until 9 September Review by Veronica Simpson ‘You should be dancing, yeah…’ Against the pulsing primary colours of the backlit dance floor, John Travolta, aka Tony Manero, is showing us…

  • See the best graduate work at Blueprint for the Future

    See the best graduate work at Blueprint for the Future

    [ad_1] Blueprint for the Future is a free, three-day showcase of the work of the brightest, most interesting and challenging architecture students graduating Part II across London, as selected by Blueprint Magazine. We have paired nine of the capital’s best architecture schools with nine of the most exciting international design brands, resulting in a…

  • Bauhaus in Barcelona: Francesc Macià 10

    Bauhaus in Barcelona: Francesc Macià 10

    [ad_1] A new luxury residence in the heart of Barcelona brings together the best of old and new. Set in the heart of Barcelona – one of the world’s most famed and architecturally inspiring cities – is the city’s first super-prime residential building, Francesc Macia 10. Recently launched by international developer Squircle Capital, the new…

  • Immersed in nature: Stepping Stone House by Hamish & Lyons

    Immersed in nature: Stepping Stone House by Hamish & Lyons

    [ad_1] Floating within its own bespoke landscape of lake and giant tree ferns, Stepping Stone House provides a family of five with an enchanting space for playing, sleeping and partying Words by Veronica Simpson With the lightness of an origami construction, Stepping Stone House perches over its watery setting, harnessing the immersive qualities of…

  • The new industry: former factories transform into modern makerspaces

    The new industry: former factories transform into modern makerspaces

    [ad_1] Around the world, many former industrial buildings have been transformed into high-end housing or art galleries. But now a new wave of projects honours the manufacturing heritage of these built structures, repurposing them for the makers of today Words by Francesca Perry Twentieth-century urbanisation and deindustralisation left behind scores of empty buildings in…

  • Nature, craft and modern design meet at this coastal Costa Rican hotel

    Nature, craft and modern design meet at this coastal Costa Rican hotel

    [ad_1] A new, boutique hotel in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica, blends modern design, traditional craftsmanship, and the natural environment. Award-winning international architectural practice, Studio Saxe, have recently revealed their latest completed project: Mint Santa Teresa. A new hotel that blends European design aesthetic with Costa Rican craftsmanship, Mint has been created for guests to…

  • Architects on sensory design – DesignCurial

    Architects on sensory design – DesignCurial

    [ad_1] The design of spaces can powerfully shape sensory experiences, but how important is it to think about sound, smell, touch and sight when planning a building? Leading architects around the world share their thoughts about sensory design with Blueprint Illustrations by Harry Tennant   ‘Thinking holistically about the sensorial experience of a space…

  • Tastemakers – DesignCurial

    [ad_1] From tasty teardrops to inhalable clouds of gin, from conceptual edibles to curated eating experiences, from Nestlé to Nandos, the art of food design comes in many guises with varied goals and outcomes. Words by Alyn Griffiths Photography by Bompas & Parr, Studio Appétit, Marije Vogelzang, Bompas & Parr, Donal Murphy, Marcus Peel,…

  • Access all areas: designing spaces and places for diverse sensory needs

    Access all areas: designing spaces and places for diverse sensory needs

    [ad_1] For those with specific sensory experiences — from deafness and blindness to autism — the design of spaces can help or hinder. Increasingly, architects and clients are working together to create environments that are more inclusive than ever before Words by George Kafka In this age of visual over-stimulation it is hardly surprising…

  • The Blueprint curated diary: Katerina Gregos

    The Blueprint curated diary: Katerina Gregos

    [ad_1] The curator of the first-ever Riga Biennale of Contemporary Art (RIBOCA), Katerina Gregos, shares her pick of the season’s best exhibitions, events and books Katerina Gregos is the chief curator of the first-ever Riga Biennial of Contemporary Art, RIBOCA1, which opens on 2 June in Latvia’s capital. A prominent international curator, historian and…

  • A road runs through it: Blox by OMA

    A road runs through it: Blox by OMA

    [ad_1] OMA’s long anticipated home for the Danish Architecture Centre has opened as a waterside stack of blocks in Copenhagen. The project, which embraces a major road physically and metaphorically, sits at odds with Denmark’s pedestrian-friendly urbanism — but does it work? Words by Francesca Perry The picturesque city of Copenhagen is well known…

  • Renzo Piano’s new building floats effortlessly above land and sea

    Renzo Piano’s new building floats effortlessly above land and sea

    [ad_1] Designed by Renzo Piano, a new 66-unit luxury residential development in Miami has been designed to complement its natural surroundings. On the cusp of Miami Beach and Surfside, a private, luxury beachfront condominium has been designed to seamlessly embrace the park and brilliant coastline that surrounds it. Named Eighty Seven Park, the development…

  • ‘The city is our canvas’: Art on the Underground in 2018

    ‘The city is our canvas’: Art on the Underground in 2018

    [ad_1] In honour of the suffrage centenary, Art on the Underground’s 2018 programme focuses solely on female artists, bringing creativity and feminism to London’s public transport network Words by Francesca Perry We often think about how public transport systems can be improved in terms of functionality, capacity, efficiency and accessibility — but what about…

  • Bohlin Cywinski Jackson design West Seattle’s new, modern firehouse

    Bohlin Cywinski Jackson design West Seattle’s new, modern firehouse

    [ad_1] Built on the site of the previous facility, BCJ have completed West Seattle’s newest firehouse, Fire Station 32. Based in the US, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Architects (BCJ) are known for their elegant designs, with projects ranging from charming residential properties to academic, civic and cultural buildings – to name a few. BCJ maintain…

  • Meet: COBE Architects – DesignCurial

    Meet: COBE Architects – DesignCurial

    [ad_1] Danish practice COBE Architects is busy reimagining the petrol station of the future as a social, healthy hub for people and electric vehicles Words by Cate St Hill Who: COBE ArchitectsWhat: Architecture practiceWhere: Copenhagen, Denmark For a young practice that started a little more than a decade ago, things have gathered pace quickly…

  • Explore Postmodernism at Sir John Soane’s Museum

    Explore Postmodernism at Sir John Soane’s Museum

    [ad_1] Sir John Soane’s Museum presents a new free exhibition devoted to Postmodernist British Architecture. On the 16th May 2018, Sir John Soane’s Museum launches a new exhibition called The Return of the Past: Postmodernism in British Architecture. Hailed as the first show dedicated to Postmodernist British Architecture, the exhibition will specifically look at…

  • Tetris brutalism: 81–87 Weston St by Solidspace and AHMM

    Tetris brutalism: 81–87 Weston St by Solidspace and AHMM

    [ad_1] Next to the transformed London Bridge Station, a new kind of mansion flat block has risen, with a 21st-century, high-quality take on brutalism — and a craft-focused design approach described as ‘slow architecture’ Words by Francesca Perry In the shadow of The Shard, a mere one-minute walk south from the new London Bridge,…

  • Focus: Balance – DesignCurial

    Focus: Balance – DesignCurial

    [ad_1] Sally Storey of Lighting Design International examines the anatomy of a luxury Swiss hotel lighting scheme The brief was to design a scheme that complemented the use of vernacular materials blended with contemporary interior styles, and to use light to create a different atmosphere for the diverse seasonal usage of the hotel –…

  • The Felix: the airport hotel you won’t want to leave

    The Felix: the airport hotel you won’t want to leave

    [ad_1] Overlooking Sydney’s major airport, The Felix Hotel is designed to turn the ‘short stay’ airport hotel stereotype on its head. Words by Rebecca Cameron Designed by Fox Johnston Architects, with interiors by Space Control, The Felix Hotel is a new hotel in Mascot, Australia. The 150-room development was designed adjacent to one of…

  • Flying into the future: 10 new airport projects

    Flying into the future: 10 new airport projects

    [ad_1] We look at 10 new airport projects around the globe due to be built over the next five years, including two completely new hubs set to become the largest airports in the world Words by Anthea Gerrie Once they were all about function rather than form, and today’s airports still have to fulfil…

  • Buoyant futures: architecture turns to urban waterways

    Buoyant futures: architecture turns to urban waterways

    [ad_1] Urban waterways, once so vital as transport arteries for trade, are now targets for the newest kind of development: floating architecture. Words by Francesca Perry While much of the world’s cargo is still transported by sea, most port cities have seen such functions move out of the urban centre to more strategic heavy-industry…

  • Social housing goes for gold: 168 rue de Crimée by Metek Architecture

    Social housing goes for gold: 168 rue de Crimée by Metek Architecture

    [ad_1] A bold and unusual social housing project in Paris by Metek Architecture has an eye-catching golden exterior — but it’s hidden away in two redesigned off-street courtyards Words by Francesca Perry Off an unremarkable residential street in Paris’ peripheral La Villette neighbourhood, through a non-descript door, behind the facades of typical Parisian townhouses,…

  • Continuing an architectural journey: Kettle’s Yard by Jamie Fobert Architects

    Continuing an architectural journey: Kettle’s Yard by Jamie Fobert Architects

    [ad_1] Kettle’s Yard, the eccentric museum in Cambridge, has undergone a renovation by Fobert that improves accessibility while complementing the museum’s existing Victorian vernacular and mid-century modernism From 1957 onwards, every afternoon at 2pm, anyone who so wished could ring the bell at a discreet set of converted cottages in a quiet corner of…

  • Tom Brown brings Cornwall to London

    Tom Brown brings Cornwall to London

    [ad_1] Designed by Holland Harvey Architects, celebrated chef Tom Brown will be opening his new restaurant, Cornerstone, at the end of April. Words by Dorothy Musariri Due to open in April in the heart of Hackney Wick, Cornerstone is the new solo venture from Chef Tom Brown – who will be bringing his Cornish…

  • Review: Andreas Gursky at Hayward Gallery

    Review: Andreas Gursky at Hayward Gallery

    [ad_1] London’s Hayward Gallery reopens after two years with a high-impact retrospective of German photographer Andreas Gursky Until 22 AprilReview by Francesca Perry In January, the much-loved brutalist staple of London’s art scene, the Hayward Gallery, reopened after being closed for two years. Long-planned, the closure took place in order for the shuttered concrete…

  • Billion dollar cube: the new US Embassy by KieranTimberlake

    Billion dollar cube: the new US Embassy by KieranTimberlake

    [ad_1] Donald Trump may have complained about it, but the new US Embassy in London is one of the most extraordinary projects the capital and the world of diplomacy have seen Words by Herbert Wright President Trump skipped the January opening of the new American embassy in London. In December, the USA’s ambassador to…

  • Karen Cook: wellbeing-friendly workplaces have commercial benefits too

    Karen Cook: wellbeing-friendly workplaces have commercial benefits too

    [ad_1] Karen Cook, founding partner of PLP Architecture, describes how integrating wellbeing into workplace design has vital commercial advantages For some decades, office buildings have been designed and measured against certain building regulations and workplace guidelines. These standards have served to reassure funders, remote from the design process, that their speculative commercial real estate…

  • The revolutionary rise of cross-laminated timber

    The revolutionary rise of cross-laminated timber

    [ad_1] The growth of cross-laminated timber (CLT) is revolutionising the construction industry. Two recent projects from dRMM and Waugh Thistleton demonstrate its potential Words by Oliver Lowenstein Two new buildings vividly underline the contrasts and breadth of possibilities of the latest stages in the revolution of engineered timber — and particularly Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT).…

  • Zaha Hadid’s last project: the Morpheus hotel

    Zaha Hadid’s last project: the Morpheus hotel

    [ad_1] One of the final projects designed by the late Zaha Hadid, The Morpheus Hotel, is set to open this spring. We spoke to the woman behind the helm, project director Viviana Muscettola, to find out more. Words by Sam Forsdick Unique in the fact that it is the first tower in the world…

  • The British Mosque: investigating Islamic architecture in Britain

    The British Mosque: investigating Islamic architecture in Britain

    [ad_1] Published by Historic Britain and authored by Shahed Saleem, ‘The British Mosque: an Architectural and Social History” is an insight into Britain’s Muslim history. Presenting  first ever overview and explanation of Islamic architecture in Britain, Historic Britain presents a new book by architect, lecturer and researcher at the University of Westminster, Shahed Saleem.…

  • Glassy mountains in a megacity: Chaoyang Park Plaza by MAD Architects

    Glassy mountains in a megacity: Chaoyang Park Plaza by MAD Architects

    [ad_1] Ma Yansong’s latest mixed-use development resembles jet-black mountains in the Beijing cityscape Words by Oscar Holland From downtown Beijing the mountains surrounding the city are only visible on the clearest, crispest of days. And given the Chinese capital’s well-documented battle with air pollution, such opportunities are a genuine rarity. As such, architect Ma…

  • The rolling waves of Long Beach inspire the Rainbow Bridge

    The rolling waves of Long Beach inspire the Rainbow Bridge

    [ad_1] SPF:a, an award winning design studio, have recently finished work on their latest project – a pedestrian Rainbow Bridge in Long Beach, California. Award winning design studio Studio Pali Fekete architects (SPF:a) have recently completed work on the ‘Seaside Way Convention and Performing Arts Centre Pedestrian Bridge’ – more colloquially known as the…

  • On The Drawing Board: Stephenson House by Marks Barfield Architects

    On The Drawing Board: Stephenson House by Marks Barfield Architects

    [ad_1] Marks Barfield Architects’ new mixed-use project is aiming to create a step change in well-being led office design, with its abundance of greenery and healthy features Words by Francesca Perry Imagine an office where you can access a ‘cottage garden’ on one floor and a ‘meadow’ on another. Most offices don’t even have…