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Undulating concrete landscape conceals Chinese cultural centre by Change Architects

February 9, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

A flowing landscape of grass-topped, terracotta-coloured concrete animates the Chaohu Natural and Cultural Centre designed by Chinese studio Change Architects to reference mountains in Anhui province. Commissioned by OCT Group, the centre provides a community hub and restaurant for the Bantung Hot Spring Town resort, which forms part of a new economic development zone at the

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Rotating fluorescent panels define zones in “co-being space” by Ab Rogers Design

February 9, 2023 Alyn Griffiths 0

Ab Rogers Design has completed an artist’s studio and residence in Kanazawa, Japan, featuring a series of fluorescent partition walls that can be rotated to transform how the space is used. Called Fishmarket, the multipurpose creative and living space was designed for Japanese artist Hiraki Sawa, who lives in London but regularly visits his home

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“Tate Modern court ruling could mark the beginning of the end for one of London’s greatest joys”

February 9, 2023 Helen Barrett 0

The Supreme Court’s ruling in the Tate Modern privacy case is part of a depressing trend towards London’s views becoming increasingly controlled and commoditised, writes Helen Barrett. Absolute Beginners, Colin MacInnes’s 1959 novel about London on the brink of social revolution, opens in “a glass garden under the top roof of a department store”. Its narrator,

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ARB proposes scraping UK architecture education’s three-part structure

February 9, 2023 James Parkes 0

The UK’s Architects Registration Board has announced plans to reform architectural education and training that will scrap the current three-part structure in place of two accredited qualifications. The proposal would scrap the current education and training system that exists as Part 1, 2 and 3 and replace it with a “flexible framework” that introduces new entry points

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Studio Prineas adds concrete tower to fisherman’s cottage in Sydney

February 9, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Architecture studio Studio Prineas has added a three-storey concrete extension to a 19th-century fisherman’s cottage to create a home overlooking the harbour in Sydney, Australia. Located on a steeply sloping site in the Birchgrove area of Sydney, the home consists of two distinct elements an old timber fisherman’s cottage and a concrete tower intended to contrast with it. Containing the

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South Loft / Fria Folket

February 9, 2023 Pilar Caballero 0

Bergaliv landscape hotel has completed its second of four planned getaways by Swedish studio Fria Folket. Situated on the hillside of Åsberget Mountain in Northern Sweden, within walking distance from its sibling The Lofthouse, The South Loft shares the same stunning view of the Ljusnan river valley.

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A Modernist Church Set in Stone: The Story Behind the Temppeliaukio Kirkko in Helsinki, Finland

February 9, 2023 Maria-Cristina Florian 0

Near the center of Helsinki, Finland, in the Töölö neighborhood, one can find the Temppeliaukio Church, an unusual-looking Lutheran church nestled between granite rocks. Approaching the square from Fredrikinkatu street, the church appears subtly, a flat dome barely rising above its surrounding landscape. An unassuming entrance, flanked by concrete walls, leads visitors through a dark hallway, and into the light-filled sanctuary carved directly into the bedrock. The exposed rock walls earned it the alternative name “The Church of the Rock.” To contrast the heaviness of the materials, skylights surrounding the dome create a play of light and shadows and a feeling of airiness.