Month: December 2019

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“The past has a lot to offer to contemporary debates”, says Museum of the Home director

December 16, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Geffrye Museum reopens as Museum of the Home

As London’s Geffrye Museum sets to reopen as the Museum of the Home for summer 2020, director Sonia Solicari explains why she thinks the history of interiors is “absolutely relevant” in contemporary society. After receiving an £18.1 million capital development fund, the Geffrye Museum in east London’s Hoxton neighbourhood will reopen its doors in 2020

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Dezeen’s top 10 architecture trends of 2019

December 16, 2019 India Block 0
Doug Aitken Gstaad mirrored house installation

Continuing our review of 2019, assistant editor India Block looks back at the 10 biggest trends in architecture, including celebrity collaborations, mirrored buildings and architects on strike. Notre-Dame reimagined 2019 will go down in history as the year that Notre-Dame Cathedral was devastated by fire. Before the embers had stopped smoking questions about how to rebuild

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Havnehusene Housing / SANGBERG Architects

December 16, 2019 Daniel Tapia 0

Havnehusene are part of a large redevelopment project in the former industrial eastern harbor of Aalborg. The design is a modern take on the former industrial heritage of the surrounding context. This is achieved by using raw and unembellished materiality, combined with a precise sense of architectural detail. The project contains compact housing for students, young people, and families with young children.

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The Traveller Pavilion / Powerhouse Company

December 16, 2019 Daniel Tapia 0

A bold architectural statement at the heart of New Amsterdam innovation district Cumulus Park in the up-and-coming Zuidoost area, The Traveller is a curvilinear glass pavilion designed by Powerhouse Company and developed by EDGE and G&S Vastgoed, in collaboration with ING. It helps to define the neighborhood by bringing together ING employees, students, entrepreneurs, the local community and visitors for food and fun.