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“I didn’t expect to build in Manhattan” says Álvaro Siza

July 24, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
611 West 56th Street by Álvaro Siza

In this exclusive video interview, Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza Viera discusses his first building in the US, a luxury condominium tower in New York City. Speaking to Dezeen in New York, the 86-year-old architect said that he did not imagine he would ever receive such a commission. “I didn’t expect to build in Manhattan,” he

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Foster + Partners Wins International Competition for Bilbao Fine Arts Museum

July 24, 2019 Eric Baldwin 0

Foster + Partners have won the international competition to design the new Bilbao Fine Arts Museum in Spain. The winning proposal was revealed by the president of the Provincial Council of Bizkaia and the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum Foundation Board. The revitalization will turn Plaza Arriaga into the new heart along the museum’s spine. The proposal seeks to reorient the museum towards the city by restoring the façade of the existing building and making it more permeable, while enhancing the institution’s unique identity.

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Honglin Li Designs Waste-to-Energy Skyscraper in Great Pacific Garbage Patch

July 24, 2019 Eric Baldwin 0

Designer Honglin Li has created a proposal for a waste-to-energy skyscraper in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Called FILTRATION, the project was awarded Honorable Mention in the 2019 eVolo Skyscraper Competition. The modular, prefabricated megastructure contains several Material Recovery Facilities and Water Treatment Plants to recycle the floating garbage and clean seawater while taking on the world energy crisis.

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Dominic McKenzie Architects creates industrial-style office for Tap Music

July 24, 2019 Amy Frearson 0
Tap Music London office by Dominic McKenzie Architects

The music management company behind Lana Del Rey, Dua Lipa and Ellie Goulding has unveiled an expanded London office designed by Dominic McKenzie Architects. Dominic McKenzie’s firm has doubled the size of Tap Music’s London headquarters by converting a former artist’s studio next door. The design celebrates the building’s industrial architecture, with breeze-block walls painted rather

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Discovery Drive Healthcare Village / NBBJ

July 24, 2019 Andreas Luco 0

Designed by international architecture and design firm NBBJ, Discovery Drive forms part of the second phase of Cambridge Biomedical Campus’ new globa The 100,000 sq ft laboratory and office facility is now home to over 450 Abcam staff, from all business functions – including R&D, laboratory, logistics, corporate and commercial departments.

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Roger Scruton re-instated as chair of the UK housing commission

July 24, 2019 India Block 0
Roger Scruton at Policy Exchange, November 2018

British philosopher Roger Scruton has returned to the role of chair of the Building Better Building Beautiful housing commission, a role he was sacked from earlier this year. In one of her last actions as the UK’s prime minister, Theresa May offered Scruton his role as chair back on the commission, which is setting out guidelines

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