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Hutch Design transforms concrete pig shed into rural retreat outside London

March 4, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Hutch Design has created The Maker’s Barn, a holiday home on the outskirts of London that is finished with a palette of “natural and honest” materials. Set among wild grassland bordered by a forest, the 65-square-metre holiday rental was originally a concrete pig shed and has been transformed with materials that are hoped

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Foster + Partners designing two-kilometre-high skyscraper in Saudi Arabia

March 4, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

UK studio Foster + Partners is reportedly designing a two-kilometre-high skyscraper in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which if completed would be the world’s tallest building. According to a report in UK architecture magazine Architects’ Journal (AJ), the UK studio is designing the megatall skyscraper for a site to the north of the Saudi capital. The AJ

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OMA juxtaposes orange-steel cylinder with modernist building for Singapore restaurant

March 4, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Dutch studio OMA has transformed a modernist building in Singapore into the Air Circular Campus and Cooking Club, adding a cylindrical orange steel frame encompassing a bar and kitchen. Aiming to create a dining experience that encourages visitors to think about food and its connection to the environment, OMA altered the 1970s building and added outdoor

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Interior designer Iris Apfel dies aged 102

March 4, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

American interior designer, fashion influencer and “geriatric starlet” Iris Apfel has passed away at the age of 102. The death of the multidisciplinary creative, who was recognised for her flamboyant personal style, was announced on her account on Instagram with an image of Apfel in her trademark oversized glasses. Apfel, who worked in the interiors

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“We need a major shift in the way we look at public housing”

March 4, 2024 Peter Apps 0

To help kick off our Social Housing Revival series, Peter Apps calls for a return to mass public house-building in cities around the world. What does the future hold for our major cities? Urbanisation has been one of the most important trends of the modern era. More than half of the world’s population now lives

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