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Thailand Begins Construction on “Curtain of Blossoms” for Expo 2020 Dubai Pavilion

April 29, 2019 Eric Baldwin 0

The Kingdom of Thailand has broken ground for its pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, becoming the first South East Asian country to begin the construction of its pavilion. The Thailand Pavilion will represent the country through its ‘Mobility for the Future’ theme to showcase transportation, logistics, digital connectivity and personal mobility. To help reduce the heat transmitting to the building, the pavilion will be draped in a curtain made from more than 500 artificial blossoms. Inspired by traditional floral garlands used to welcome guests, the design symbolizes hospitality, luck and respect.

Rise Design Studio brightens Harvist Road flat with glass-walled lightwell

April 29, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Harvist Road by Rise Design Studio

Expansive panels of glass helped Rise Design Studio connect the formerly light-starved living spaces of this northwest London flat to the outdoors. Situated in the neighbourhood of Kilburn, Harvist Road flat has been reconfigured by locally based Rise Design Studio to be more in contact with its immediate surroundings. The flat occupies the ground floor

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NUDES designs School in Malawi made from Straw Bales

April 29, 2019 Niall Patrick Walsh 0

Architecture firm NUDES has released details of their proposed secondary school in Malawi, constructed from straw bales. Responding to a brief focused on modularity, incremental expansion, deployment, and sustainable technology, the scheme is formed of a modular “ladder” component deployed to create a structural system that houses the pedagogical intent of the school.

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Absence of regulations in India “leads to exploitation of interns” says architecture graduate

April 29, 2019 Marcus Fairs 0
Architecture internships in India

Architects in India have to endure exploitative internships in order to complete their studies, according to recent graduate Urvashi Vasishtha. With unpaid internships under the spotlight, she spoke to Dezeen about the situation in her country. Working long hours for low wages “left us feeling unvalued,” Vasishtha said. “It dipped our confidence, decreased our drive

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360-degree video captures creation of Assemble’s Granby Winter Garden

April 29, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Granby Winter Garden by Assemble

This 360-degree movie documents the three-year process of creating Assemble’s Granby Winter Garden from two derelict houses in Liverpool, UK.  Created by London collective Assemble with producer Popla Media and director David Betteridge, the video explores the garden and the Granby neighbourhood throughout the course of the project. The 360-degree footage is teamed with the audio of local people

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