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August 22, 2022
Henrietta Billings, director of SAVE Britain’s Heritage, says the planning inquiry into controversial plans to raze and rebuild Marks & Spencer’s flagship Oxford Street store could change the future of construction. Designed by Trehearne & Norman with WA Lewis, Orchard House was completed in 1930 and has been Marks & Spencer’s flagship Oxford Street store […]
August 22, 2022
Returning to the office after working from home has made Grimshaw’s Angela Dapper acutely aware of the value of the memories and friendships entwined with practice life. The most important part of being an architect is to make a positive difference to our built environment. Doing that is what gets me out of bed: crafting […]
August 22, 2022
August 22, 2022 Tanzo Space Design has completed a house in Beijing, China, and included in the design, is a sunken conversation pit. Hidden away from public view, but still visible from many areas of the home, the sunken conversation pit was created as a place for the family to gather and entertain. Surrounded by […]
August 17, 2022
Herzog & de Meuron’s adaptable and dynamic flagship building for the Royal College of Art has its sights set firmly on the future, while also acknowledging the institution’s past successes, finds Vicky Richardson. Architecture, it is often said, reflects the conditions in which it is made. But it can also anticipate the future. Herzog & […]
August 16, 2022
Residential design studio Charlie & Co. Design, Ltd., together with custom builders John Kraemer & Sons, have completed a new home on the shores of Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota. A key design element of the house, are the floor-to-ceiling windows and sliding doors that are featured on either side of the great room. Vertical wood siding […]
August 15, 2022
Designed and built by Bob’s Containers in Texas, this modern Airbnb in Johnson City, was once a simple 40-foot x 8-foot shipping container. The transformation included adding a rooftop deck, a hammock, a spiral staircase, and a large garage door. Let’s take a look around… The exterior of the 320 square foot (29sqm) shipping container […]
August 12, 2022
Read about the ‘Build Back Safer: Best practice for building and fire safety’ panel discussion hosted at Schüco’s London showroom. Speakers (from left to right): Benjamin Ralph, partner & head of fire safety, Foster + Partners; Joanne Drew, director of regeneration and housing, Enfield Council; Scott Sanderson, partner, PRP Architects; Panel Chair, Jane Duncan, founder, […]
August 11, 2022
Richard Pain argues that proposed amendments to the National Gallery’s Sainsbury Wing should take heed of the building’s intrinsic qualities, as well as Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown’s sophisticated, spirited design. Located on the north-west corner of Trafalgar Square, the Grade I listed Sainsbury Wing is locked into its site and into the circulation […]
August 11, 2022
David Mikhail and his partner are combining their passion for woodland and architecture by using chestnut and ash from overgrown woodland for their own new-build Passive House in Whitstable. I’m sitting on a log of a sweet chestnut, in Combwell Wood, Kent. It is one of 40 or so coppice stands felled in winter 2021-2 […]
August 10, 2022
Artist Morag Myerscough has unveiled an aerial art installation running the length of London’s Oxford Street to encourage action on the transition to a low carbon future. Made of recycled plastic from marine environments, the artwork consists of 105 vast, 4-metre flags emblazoned with the words TIME FOR CLEAN POWER, which span the entire length […]
August 10, 2022
Squire and Partners has designed a bespoke ‘cogwheel’ façade for art’otel, a 26-storey art-inspired hotel in London’s Hoxton. Partner Murray Levinson talks to Architecture Today about the challenges involved. Located in the South Shoreditch Conservation Area, the flagship development includes a hotel, creative studios, workshops, an arts hub, spa and cinema Squire and Partners is […]
August 10, 2022
Canadian design practice STACKLAB, have shared one of their latest projects with us, a greenhouse for their clients in Toronto. Located in the backyard of a long and narrow lot, the bulbous-shaped Greenhouse replaces an under-utilized lap pool. By keeping the footprint the same, the designers were able to circumvent the need for building permits […]
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