Articles by Cajsa Carlson

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KCC Design creates monochrome office for own studio in former factory space

October 5, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Reception of the KCC Office by KCC Design

KCC Design has completed the interior design for its own office in Shanghai, which features an exhibition space and 21 enclosed boxes for individual work in a subdued colour palette. The studio, which works in architecture and interior design as well as wayfinding, regional planning and lighting design, created the office in an old factory

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University of Stuttgart builds prototype thatched Alpine hut

September 26, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Thatched facade of alpine hut in Vorarlberg

The University of Stuttgart has designed SkinOver Reed, a thatched hut in the Austrian Alps, as part of its research into renewable materials that can be used in high-altitude Alpine regions. A team from the university’s institute for building materials (IBBTE) developed the hut, which has been shortlisted in the small building category for Dezeen Awards

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Andrew Burges Architects designs Bismarck House to be “continuous garden”

September 24, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Bismarck House by Andrew Burges Architects in Bondi, Sydney

Andrew Burges Architects created Bismarck House holiday home in the Sydney suburb of Bondi to showcase the work of its landscape architect client. The house, which has been shortlisted in the house interior, residential rebirth, and urban house categories for the Dezeen Awards 2020, was designed for Will Dangar of landscape practice Dangar Barin Smith to be noticeably different from

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Water Gardens Pod underneath high-rise seems to be “excavated from the tower block”

September 23, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Water Gardens Pod by Fletcher Crane Architects

Fletcher Crane Architects has designed The Water Gardens Pod, a three-bedroom house below a seventeen-storey high-rise on the Water Gardens estate near Hyde Park, London. The infill development was commissioned by charity institution The Church Commissioners, the owner of the estate, which was designed in 1966 as luxury residences. Fletcher Crane Architects fitted out an

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Patagonia granite and wooden logs decorate Off-White’s first store in Milan

September 23, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Off-White's Milan store on Via Verri

Fashion brand Off-White’s first store in Milan uses natural materials to add warmth to a paired-back store that has white walls broken by Patagonia granite cabinets. Located on Via Verri in Milan, the 400-square-metre Off-White store opened in September and will sell menswear, womenswear and homeware. According to the brand, which is led by fashion designer Virgil Abloh, the boutique

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WilkinsonEyre designs curved Lille Langebro cycling bridge in Copenhagen

September 22, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
The Lille Langebro bridge in Copenhagen by WilkinsonEyre

London architecture studio WilkinsonEyre has designed the Lille Langebro bicycle bridge as a convenient route across Copenhagen’s inner harbour for cyclists and pedestrians. The steel bridge, which can open to admit boats, was commissioned by Danish charity organisation Realdania and sits next to its OMA-designed Blox arts centre project. It complements the nearby busy highway

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EC president announces “New European Bauhaus” to help Europe move to a circular economy

September 21, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen: EU to set up new Bauhaus

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has announced plans to create a new Bauhaus modelled on the influential design school as part of the European Union’s €750 billion coronavirus recovery plan. Speaking in her inaugural State of the Union address to the European parliament, Von der Leyen outlined her plan to create a “new

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Liverpool mayor shelves controversial zip wire plans

September 8, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Zip wire in Liverpool by DK Architects

A 400-metre zip wire that would have ended on the roof of Liverpool’s Central Library within its UNESCO World Heritage Site will no longer be built following a legal challenge made by the Victorian Society. The planned zip wire will not be built in the city centre after Liverpool’s mayor, Joe Anderson, overruled the planning

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