Articles by Amy Frearson

India’s young architects must be taught to appreciate their design heritage, says Balkrishna Doshi

July 12, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

India is at risk of losing its architectural identity, because the country’s design schools aren’t teaching students to respect local heritage and traditions, according to architect Balkrishna Doshi. The Indian architect, who turns 90 this year, said that many of the country’s architects are too concerned with mimicking the aesthetics and practices of other countries, rather than learning from the

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Call for entries to RIBA International Prize 2018

July 11, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

Dezeen promotion: architects from all around the world are invited to enter their projects for the second edition of the RIBA International Prize, to be judged by a panel led by Diller Scofidio + Renfro co-founder Liz Diller. Dezeen is media partner for the RIBA International Prize 2018, a biennial architecture award that aims to recognise the best new buildings

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Watch Balkrishna Doshi speak live at the Royal Academy annual architecture lecture 2017

July 10, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

Indian architect Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi reflects on 70 years of pioneering architectural projects in the Royal Academy of Arts’ annual architecture lecture, which we streamed live via our Facebook page. The live stream has now finished, but you can still watch the full talk here or on Dezeen’s Facebook page. As one of the most influential Indian

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Key projects by influential Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi

July 10, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

With Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi set to deliver the Royal Academy’s annual architecture lecture this evening, here’s a look at four pivotal projects the architect built in Ahmedabad, captured by photographer Edmund Sumner. As one of India’s most influential 20th century architects, and an important collaborator of both Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn, Doshi has an impressive portfolio spanning over 70 years. Through the

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Dirty Bones restaurant in London’s Soho aims to recreate the glamour of Studio 54

July 8, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

London restaurant Dirty Bones took inspiration from 1970s Brooklyn for its new space in Soho, which features velvet seating, a wood-panelled bar and a toilet hidden behind a faux bookshelf. In-house designer Lotti Lorenzetti oversaw the fit-out of the restaurant, located on Denman Street. The aim was to combine the “the loft-style apartments of Brooklyn and the glamour

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Eight exercise studios that are perfectly suited for yoga

June 21, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

To mark International Yoga Day, a worldwide celebration of the popular physical, mental and spiritual practice, here are eight spaces designed to offer the ideal setting for a meditative workout. Ashtanga Yoga Chile, Chile, by DX Arquitectos Chilean studio DX Arquitectos added a timber-framed roof extension to the home of a yoga teacher in Santiago to provide her with a

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OMA designs adaptable amphitheatre for fourth MPavilion in Melbourne

June 19, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

OMA founder Rem Koolhaas and colleague David Gianotten have unveiled plans to create a reconfigurable amphitheatre topped by a translucent, floating roof for this year’s MPavilion in Melbourne. The two architects plan to create a “theatre for ideas” in Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Gardens for the fourth edition of MPavilion, an annual commission billed as Australia’s answer to London’s Serpentine

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Vision unveiled for London school powered by Thames tide

June 14, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

Curl la Tourelle Head Architecture has drawn up plans for “London’s greenest public building”, a school that would be entirely powered using the tidal movements of the River Thames. The conceptual plans for the Thames Tidal Powered School involve a building that juts out over London’s principle waterway. A series of large turbines positioned underneath would then allow

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“The Iceberg” housing in Aarhus becomes a playground for penguins in new animation

June 12, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

Penguins slide and somersault down the sloping rooftops of a popular Aarhus housing complex in this animated movie, created by French film studio 11h45. The film features Isbjerget, also known as The Iceberg, the huge harbour-side housing development completed in 2013 by a team of architects and studios including JDS Architects, CEBRA, SeARCH and Louis Paillard. In the movie, this angular structure

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Foster and Heatherwick complete Shanghai theatre with curtain-like facade

June 9, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

Images have emerged of a new arts and culture centre by Foster + Partners and Heatherwick Studio, which forms part of a new financial quarter the two firms are building on Shanghai’s waterfront. The Fosun Foundation is the centrepiece of the Bund Finance Center, a new mixed-use complex designed by Norman Foster’s architecture firm and Thomas Heatherwick’s

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