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Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen / MVRDV

September 24, 2020 Paula Pintos 0

Located in Rotterdam’s Museumpark, the depot features a new type of experience for museum visitors: a sturdy engine room where the complete collection of 151,000 objects is made accessible to the public. In addition to the various storage and care areas, the depot has a restaurant and an award-winning rooftop forest at a height of 35 metres.

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Apartment on the Belgian coast balances natural and industrial materials

September 24, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
Apartment in Belgium features green kitchen

A steel staircase offsets seaweed-coloured joinery and marble surfaces inside this Belgian apartment designed by local architects Carmine Van Der Linden and Thomas Geldof. Van Der Linden and Geldof thought using natural materials and colours would reflect the calming coastal location of the two-floor apartment, which is encircled by sand dunes and grassy banks. In

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Adjaye Associates unveils “romantic and porous” Princeton University Art Museum

September 24, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Princeton University Art Museum expansion Adjaye Associates

Architecture studio Adjaye Associates has revealed its design for a new art gallery at Princeton University that will have numerous entrances to connect it to the campus. Adjaye Associates, working with Cooper Robertson as executive architect, has designed a series of pavilions wrapped in bands of alternating rough and polished stone for the art gallery. The new building will replace

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Undulating roof of Siobhan Davies Dance Studio echoes movements of its users

September 24, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0
Siobhan Davies Dance Studio by Sarah Wigglesworth Architecture in London

This video tour published in collaboration with Open House London offers a look inside the dynamic and tactile Siobhan Davies Dance Studio, designed by Sarah Wigglesworth Architects. The movie, filmed by Ed Bishop, is one of a series of videos that are being published on Dezeen throughout the festival to spotlight unusual and overlooked places

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My Room in the Garden / Boano Prišmontas

September 24, 2020 Andreas Luco 0

Boano Prišmontas launched “My Room in The Garden”, an affordable prefab home office. The low-cost solution is easy to assemble and it can be built in one day. The structure is made in London and the modular design can fit a garden of any size. The project aims to address the need for affordable and remote working spaces. “My Room in the garden” is an answer to the future way of working, is a cozy prefab hideout for London gardens and courtyard spaces, perfect for those working from home or whoever is in need of pocket space, tailored to their needs and comforts. Boano Prišmontas has been working on this topic for several years, developing successful projects such as Minima Moralia (2016) and The Arches Project (2019).

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Seven wooden kitchens that offer a different take on timber

September 24, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
Wooden kitchens: Ti Clara by Atelier Espaco P2

Wood has long been used to create kitchens, but architects and designers are finding subtle ways to reimagine the material in the cooking space. Interiors reporter Natasha Levy selects seven standout examples. The Rye Apartments, UK, by Tikari Works Spruce-wood cupboards inset with subtle grooves feature in the kitchens of these apartments in south London’s

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