Month: July 2022

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Kanye West’s Yeezy Gap collection launched in bins at Herzog & de Meuron Miami car park

July 29, 2022 James Parkes 0
Image of a person wearing Yeezy Gap engineered by Balenciaga

Musician Kanye West’s latest collaboration with retailer Gap and fashion brand Balenciaga has launched at a series of dumpster-style pop-ups across the US and at Gap’s Times Square store. The much-anticipated launch of the second Yeezy Gap engineered by Balenciaga collection took place at several pop-ups including one at Herzog & de Meuron’s 1111 Lincoln Road multi-storey car park. Yeezy Gap

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Summer House / GinnerupArkitekter

July 29, 2022 Andreas Luco 0

On a small Danish island sits a simple summerhouse, built right next to the coastline and with an open meadow landscape as a backdrop. The natural stone house, with a pitched roof that takes its inspiration from nature, is situated on a small plinth that acts as coastal protection against severe storms and elevated water levels.

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Summer House / GinnerupArkitekter

July 29, 2022 Andreas Luco 0

On a small Danish island sits a simple summerhouse, built right next to the coastline and with an open meadow landscape as a backdrop. The natural stone house, with a pitched roof that takes its inspiration from nature, is situated on a small plinth that acts as coastal protection against severe storms and elevated water levels.

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Ugandan architect Doreen Adengo dies aged 45

July 29, 2022 Alice Finney 0
Doreen Adengo headshot

Doreen Adengo, founder of Ugandan architecture firm Adengo Architecture, has passed away following a long-term illness at the age of 45. Adengo, who founded her studio Adengo Architecture in 2005, died on 22 July. Her best-known projects include a cluster of single-storey buildings called Bujuuko Schools and the L-Building, a mixed-use building in central Uganda. “Pillar of the

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“True architecture is life” says RIBA Royal Gold Medal-winner Balkrishna Doshi

July 29, 2022 Nat Barker 0
Balkrishna Doshi

Architecture should seek to respond to human behaviour and not dictate it, says this year’s RIBA Royal Gold Medal-winner Balkrishna Doshi in this interview. “Design is accommodating lifestyles, merging with them,” Doshi told Dezeen on a video call from his studio in Ahmedabad in western India. “I’m not really saying that this is measurable –

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Fyra celebrates bohemian history of Helsinki’s Hotel Torni in contemporary revamp

July 29, 2022 Ali Morris 0
Lobby of Hotel Torni by Fyra with Up 50 armchair by B&B Italia in front of pink wallpaper

Finnish interiors studio Fyra has fostered a “bohemian ambience” in this hotel in Helsinki by layering different styles, colours and historical references within its public spaces. Hotel Torni was originally built in 1931 based on designs by architects Jung & Jung, with its 14 storeys making it the tallest building in Finland at the time.

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“The Idea of Elasticity and the Pliability of the Architectural Grid is a Fundamental Aspect of Our Thinking “: Florian Idenburg on Their Work With SO–IL

July 29, 2022 Paula Pintos 0

Fortunately, architecture has the power to solve numerous issues of the modern world and how we live in it, and there are infinite ways of doing so. However, not all architecture is effective in providing solutions while also being sensitive and thought-provoking. With a portfolio that is getting richer every year, SO–IL, an architecture practice based in New York City, has proven that buildings can actually do this and much more.

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Greyfriars Charteris Center / Konishi Gaffney Architects

July 29, 2022 Paula Pintos 0

Konishi Gaffney Architects have completed the overhaul of Greyfriars Charteris Centre in Edinburgh’s city center following an invited competition in 2017. The £1.7m refurbishment, improvement, and extension of the former church provides a flexible workspace, a community hub, events spaces, and a non-denominational sanctuary.