Month: May 2019

Studio NAB proposes turning Notre-Dame’s roof into public greenhouse

May 1, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Notre-Dame Cathedral greenhouse roof by NAB Studio

Paris-based Studio NAB thinks a giant greenhouse could be built on top of Notre-Dame Cathedral to replace the roof lost in last month’s devastating fire. The covered garden would stretch the length of the Paris cathedral and along both arms of its crossing, while the building’s spire would be rebuilt as a multi-storey platform filled with beehives.

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Indonesia to replace sinking Jakarta with new capital city

May 1, 2019 Amy Frearson 0
Indonesia to replace sinking Jakarta with new capital city

President of Indonesia Joko Widodo is planning to relocate the nation’s capital away from Jakarta, the world’s fastest-sinking city. Bambang Brodjonegoro, national development planning minister of Indonesia, revealed the president’s plans to move the capital off the island of Java. Speaking to Jakarta Globe after a cabinet meeting on Monday, Brodjonegoro said ministers have been told to suggest viable

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Careers guide: Kelvin Ho of Akin Atelier reveals how he started his own design firm

May 1, 2019 Cara Bray 0
Careers guide: Kelvin Ho of Akin Atelier

Kelvin Ho designs interior concepts for boutique hospitality clients and high-end fashion retailers at Akin Atelier. The architect tells the Dezeen Jobs careers guide how he accumulated experience needed to found his own studio. Completing his first internship at the studio of architect Lorenzo Natale, Ho came to appreciate the traditional and fundamental values of

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JP Residence / Sarau Arquitetura

May 1, 2019 Andreas Luco 0

In a corner lot with 1,119.66m², approximately 400 meters from the nearby lagoon, the single storey building was implemented due to climatic conditions, the immediate surroundings, the trapezoidal shape of the site and the client’s intentions to have a residence that could enjoy the connection between the indoor spaces and the garden, which also needed to have a 25-meter long streak pool.

Art, fashion and interiors merge in Mrs and Mr Bateman pop-up shop

May 1, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Mrs and Mr Bateman pop-up shop

An eccentric fictional family informed the vivid interiors of this pop-up shop in west London, which has been designed by creatives Selena Beaudry, Clemmie Myers and Natalie Tredgett. Nestled amongst a parade of shops in the neighbourhood of Notting Hill, the Mrs and Mr Bateman pop-up store offers a mix of art, fashion and home

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‘The Proposal’, a Documentary that Explores the Legacy of the Mexican Architect Luis Barragán

May 1, 2019 Mónica Arellano 0

The artist and writer Jill Magid presents a documentary dedicated to the life of the “artist among the architects”: Luis Barragán, who is one of the most famous architects of the 20th century. Upon his death in 1988, much of his work was locked in a Swiss bunker, hidden from view of the world. In an attempt to resurrect Barragán’s life and art, the redefinition of “The Proposal” limits creates an audacious proposal that becomes a fascinating work of art in itself, a cable negotiation act that explores how far it will go an artist to democratize access to art.