No Image

“It’s time for architects to choose ethics over aesthetics”

March 28, 2019 Christine Murray 0
Opinion by Christine Murray: "It's time for architects to choose ethics over aesthetics"

Architects can limit the environmental impact building has on our changing climate using their power as specifiers, they just need to take responsibility and do it, says Christine Murray. Architects are quick to bemoan their loss of status, sensing the growing lack of respect for the profession. The unveiling of £250m trinkets, such as Thomas Heatherwick’s stairs-to-nowhere The

The post “It’s time for architects to choose ethics over aesthetics” appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

Studio Gang to Lead Winning Chicago O’Hare Airport Expansion

March 28, 2019 Eric Baldwin 0

Studio Gang has been selected to lead the $8.5 billon O’Hare 21 International Airport expansion in Chicago. Chosen from a list of firms including BIG, Calatrava and SOM, the Studio Gang team is part of the Studio ORD partnership. They won the project for the Global Terminal and Concourse with three volumes converging in a central hub. Designed to celebrate Chicago’s history as a city shaped by lines of movement, the project represents O’Hare’s first major overhaul in 25 years.

Boca Chica Hotel was “like an archaeology project” says Frida Escobedo

March 28, 2019 Siufan Adey 0
Boca Chica Hotel by Frida Escobedo

Frida Escobedo explains how she renovated the 1950s Boca Chica Hotel in Acapulco, Mexico, in this exclusive interview with Dezeen. Situated on the Pacific coast of Mexico in the beach town of Acapulco, Boca Chica Hotel is a renovation project born of a collaboration between Escobedo and her friend José Rojas. The hotel was originally constructed

The post Boca Chica Hotel was “like an archaeology project” says Frida Escobedo appeared first on Dezeen.

Boca Chica Hotel was “like an archaeology project” says Frida Escobedo

March 28, 2019 Siufan Adey 0
Boca Chica Hotel by Frida Escobedo

Frida Escobedo explains how she renovated the 1950s Boca Chica Hotel in Acapulco, Mexico, in this exclusive interview with Dezeen. Situated on the Pacific coast of Mexico in the beach town of Acapulco, Boca Chica Hotel is a renovation project born of a collaboration between Escobedo and her friend José Rojas. The hotel was originally constructed

The post Boca Chica Hotel was “like an archaeology project” says Frida Escobedo appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

Two Houses in Calçada Dos Mestres / Organica, Arquitectura

March 28, 2019 Rayen Sagredo 0

Orgânica architecture office has just completed the rehabilitation of two semi-detached houses in Calçada dos Mestres neighborhood, facing ‘Águas Livres’, Lisbon 18th century aqueduct. The original neighborhood was a social development of mid twentieth century. These streets have no name, their names are still merely numerical.

Watch our talk on creating office spaces people want to work in live from London

March 28, 2019 Sebastian Jordahn 0

Watch our talk with Coalesse about designing office spaces that people want to work in, rather than have to work in, live from Steelcase’s WorkLife Center in London.  The livestream has not started yet. You can watch it here or on Dezeen’s Facebook page from 6:30pm UK time. Dezeen’s editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs will speak to office

The post Watch our talk on creating office spaces people want to work in live from London appeared first on Dezeen.

Nook Architects completes shared workspace The Room in Barcelona

March 28, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
The Room shared workspace by Nook Architects in Barcelona

Nook Architects has used rosy-pink walls and wooden joinery to foster a warm and inviting atmosphere inside this small-scale co-working space in Barcelona. Located in Barcelona’s El Poblenou neighbourhood, The Room is a shared office for just 14 people that’s been designed to suit a variety of work styles. Its an offshoot of Zamness, another co-working

The post Nook Architects completes shared workspace The Room in Barcelona appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

Serpentine Bans Use of Unpaid Interns for 2019 Pavilion Design Team

March 28, 2019 Niall Patrick Walsh 0

Following a controversy surrounding unpaid internships at the office of Serpentine Pavilion architects Junya Ishigami + Associates, the Serpentine Gallery has ordered the firm to pay all staff who will work on the design of the 2019 pavilion. Criticism of the working conditions of interns at the firm followed an email reportedly seen by The Architects’ Journal, with a prospective intern highlighting a lack of pay, six-day work weeks, and long office hours.