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November 15, 2022
Architecture and interior design firm ASWA (Architectural Studio of Work – Aholic), has recently completed the Khao Niao Restaurant + Onda Cafe in Bangkok, Thailand. One key design feature that sets it apart from the surrounding buildings is the wavy precast concrete facade. The L-shaped building, with its corrugated horizontal facade, also includes a series […]
November 15, 2022
An AT Schüco Webinar, on Wednesday 30 November, how various stakeholders in the built environment are designing for net-zero performance. 2 and 3 Angel Square in Manchester, designed by Cartwright Pickard. The UK is aiming for ‘Net-Zero’ emissions by 2050. Meanwhile, the most recent carbon budget puts into law the target to reduce emissions by […]
November 14, 2022
Perhaps best described as a concrete wall with a split personality disorder, an on-site fire house for Swiss mega-brand Vitra exploded the myth that Zaha Hadid’s experimental image-making was unsuited to translation into built work. A sharp, trapezoidal marquee hoisted on spindly pilot is points the way towards the primary pedestrian entrance on the long […]
November 13, 2022
Japanese multidisciplinary artist Mariko Mori (b. 1967) reminds us in many ways of another Japanese female multidisciplinary artist, the 93-year-old Yayoi Kusama. Both are eccentric and persistent, and both have a spiritual dimension in their attitude towards their art. Both also have a slightly surrealistic style and both work or have worked in sculpture, installations […]
November 11, 2022
An AT webinar, supported by Geberit and Oscar Acoustics, explored the post-covid workplace and what can be done to maximise health and wellbeing. Since Covid restrictions eased, UK workers have been going into the office an average of 1.5 days a week. In an attempt to encourage employees back, businesses have been trying to make […]
November 11, 2022
Photo courtesty of De Zwarte Hond | Photo by Ronald Tilleman Design firm De Zwarte Hond has completed SuperHub, a grocery store and cafe in Groningen, The Netherlands. The eye-catching design of the building is expansive and transparent, with a supporting structure made entirely of cross-shaped laminated wood columns and beams, providing the building with […]
November 9, 2022
Sarah Featherstone explains how a modest community building in Grangetown, Cardiff, challenges the way we define and measure value and shows how universities can partner with local residents to facilitate community-led projects. Familiar forms, such as pitched roofs and a perforated steel screen whose pattern was designed by local young people, capture the richness of […]
November 9, 2022
Klopf Architecture has shared one of their latest projects with us, a new home in California, whose design is inspired by mid-century modern houses. When looking at the house, you can immediately see the mid-century inspired design elements, from the flat roof to the exposed post and beam structure. Upon arrival at the home, there’s […]
November 9, 2022
Encasement explores how bespoke column casings can improve the aesthetics and performance of transport hubs. In association with Circa column casings at Gatwick Airport South Terminal Whether it’s an airport, train station or bus terminus, transport hubs are usually places that travellers want to pass through with ease and speed, with little time or interest […]
November 9, 2022
Exploring the design of discontinuous ceiling systems, and specifically Sonify, a brand new high-performance product that Zentia is bringing to market. In the first episode of the series, Zentia’s John Spicer, Head of New Product Development, and Graham Taylor, Director of Sales and Marketing, talk to Architecture Today’s Technical Editor John Ramshaw about the design […]
November 7, 2022
Ben Hancock of Oscar Acoustics answers readers’ questions. Acoustic spray was applied to the concrete slabs of Herbal House in London as part of an office refurbishment scheme by TP Bennett What is acoustic design and why is it important? Acoustic design is the fine tuning of sound for a specific interior space. While architects […]
November 4, 2022
Jonathan Spratt from Bennetts Associates argues that, for ‘young’ buildings from the 1990s and early 2000s architects should steer clients away from a comprehensive retrofit approach towards a strategy of ‘keyhole surgery’ – minimal interventions that have a transformative effect. Commercial office space is subject to several contradictions right now. There is an abundance of […]
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