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Fettle channels Soho’s “grittier” years at 1 Warwick members’ club

May 30, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Interiors studio Fettle drew on the neo-baroque architecture of this Edwardian building in London’s Soho when converting it into a members’ club, as well as nodding to the area’s colourful history of the 1950s and 60s. Owned by Maslow’s, the group behind Fitzrovia club Mortimer House, 1 Warwick features mid-century furniture and lighting along with

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Roundhouse Works / Reed Watts Architects + Paddy Dillon

May 30, 2023 Pilar Caballero 0

Architects Paddy Dillon with Reed Watts Architects have completed Roundhouse Works, a new creative center for young people at the heart of Roundhouse’s creative campus in Camden, London.

investigation into china’s xinjiang detention camps sparks controversy at the venice biennale

May 30, 2023 christina petridou I designboom 0

is china exiting this year’s biennale over killing architects’ installation at the main exhibition, ‘the laboratory of the future’?
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Philippe Starck unveils design for Ecuadorian skyscraper

May 30, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Developer Uribe Schwarzkopf has unveiled the design for the residential YOO GYE skyscraper in Guayaquil, Ecuador, which will be designed in collaboration with YOO Inspired by Starck. Set to be built in Guayaquil, the 176-metre-high skyscraper will be located alongside the Rio Guayas river, which runs through Ecuador’s largest city. French designer Philippe Starck, who

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Pedro Pegenaute photographs Spanish “foodscapes” for Venice Architecture Biennale

May 30, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

The Spanish pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale spotlights the country’s agro-architectural infrastructure, with imagery by photographer Pedro Pegenaute. Pegenaute visited over 50 sites across the country to create a photography series that reveals the buildings and landscapes involved in producing everyday food products. These locations include factory buildings, farms, distribution centres, workshops and a

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Raúl Sanchez Architects divides Barcelona apartment with 21-metre-long wooden wall

May 30, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

A lengthy walnut-panelled wall runs through the bright white living spaces inside this Barcelona apartment, renovated by local studio Raúl Sanchez Architects. The Girona Street apartment is set within a 19th-century building in Barcelona’s affluent Dreta de l’Eixample neighbourhood and belongs to a design-savvy couple with two young children. Prior to the renovation, the apartment

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Mesmerizing Zigzags: Exploring the Herringbone Pattern in Architecture

May 30, 2023 Camila Prieto 0

Created by a series of angled parallel lines that form a mesmerizing zigzag, the herringbone pattern has withstood the test of time and remains present in diverse design styles. Named after the resemblance to a fish’s bones –a herring, for instance–, this classic V-shaped pattern arranges rectangular blocks in different proportions. With varying block edge length ratios, such as 2:1 or sometimes 3:1, the versatile design adapts to a wide range of uses, dimensions and materials.

Greenhouse for the Coexistence of Plants and Humans / salazarsequeromedina

May 30, 2023 Benjamin Zapico 0

A hybrid of agriculture and domesticity, the greenhouse is a Siamese scenario for plant and human life. Two adjacent bodies are perfectly asymmetrical twins: half greenhouse and half exterior living room. Their contiguity favors a certain symbiosis between two dissimilar functions: an interior for plants and an exterior for people. This relationship between the living room and the greenhouse creates a microclimate that conditions the open living room throughout the year. Fruit goes to the table; hands clean the leaves.

from giacometti to scarpa & aalto: explore 10 architectural pavilions at the biennale’s giardini

May 30, 2023 lea zeitoun I designboom 0

we round up ten pavilion designs and spotlight the visionaries that brought them to life.
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Design Immersion Days: Introducing Architecture and Design to High School Students

May 30, 2023 Camila Prieto 0

Introducing high school students to their potential future careers is key in helping them to envision how the next years of their lives may be. With an immersive four-week summer program, Design Immersion Days (DID) gives an insight into design and architecture experimentation to high school students. Aiming to inspire their curiosity about architecture, the program’s proposal integrates the introduction of basic design knowledge and critical thinking skills, as well as familiarizing them with the wider architecture and design culture of Los Angeles.