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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
Yuputira is a house that the Japanese multidisciplinary artist Mariko Mori designed for herself on Miyako Island, Japan. The island lies closer to Taiwan than to the Japanese mainland, a three-hour flight from Tokyo, and is known for white sand beaches, coral reefs and a mild climate. An artist who works in white Mori has […]
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 10, 2022
Design firm Studio Yimu has completed Fuwa Fuwa Golden Square, a Japanese pancake cafe in Mississauga, Canada. The interior is organised around a single strong gesture: a high, curved ceiling painted bright yellow. A yellow vault over the counter As visitors enter, the soft curve of the ceiling frames a modern structure that looks a […]
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
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
November 4, 2022 This modern cabin, with an all black board and batten exterior, is located in the mountains near Dahlonega, Georgia. Designed with privacy in mind, the cabin appears almost like a dark shadow in the trees, however, once across the entryway bridge and through a gate, there’s a large deck with expansive mountain […]
November 3, 2022
Neaco, or Norton Engineering Alloys Company as our full entity, was established in 1972 to design and manufacture a range of open grille flooring products utilising a patented swage-locked construction technique. Our design and engineering expertise soon facilitated expansion into related product areas. Based in North Yorkshire, all our products are manufactured in our 4,875-square-metre […]
November 2, 2022
Canadian practice MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects has designed a house perched on a granite hilltop overlooking the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, at the edge of a forested hillside. Its skin of rusty corrugated steel is meant to change over time along with the landscape around it. Weathered steel over a metal frame Corrugated steel, already […]
November 1, 2022
Rob Edwards, Trading Director at SIG Design and Technology, discusses the company’s core service principles and how these can benefit specifiers, with Architecture Today’s Technical Editor John Ramshaw. In association with While flat roofs have long been admired for their aesthetics, efficiency, and material economy, they remain technically challenging – not least in ensuring a long service […]
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