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Studio Ben Allen adds pair of brick vaults to terraced house in York

February 10, 2018 India Block 0

Two arches made from handmade bricks form an extension at the rear of this Victorian terraced house in York by London practice Studio Ben Allen. Studio Ben Allen used locally made bricks to build the two barrel vaults at the back of the L-shaped property located near the River Ouse. “It was the simple beauty of these rear spaces, a

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UNStudio unveils plans for Gothenburg cable car

February 9, 2018 India Block 0

Dutch office UNStudio has designed a cable car system for Gothenburg that will be supported by a network of latticed towers based on shipyard cranes. BIG, Wilkinson Eyre and White Arkitekter also submitted proposals for the aerial transport system, but it was UNStudio that won with its a contemporary spin on the city’s industrial past. “The design of

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Asymmetric house clad in blackened pine stands in a Polish forest

February 9, 2018 India Block 0

Architect Grzegorz Layer has used lengths of blackened wood to clad the asymmetric gables of this house, which is located near the pine-forested shores of Lake Gowidliński in northern Poland. With most of the site covered by trees, the Polish architect decided to cover the building’s compact frame in blackened boards, a traditional regional building material that complements the

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Asif Khan reveals super-dark Vantablack pavilion for Winter Olympics 2018

February 7, 2018 India Block 0

Asif Khan has unveiled a pavilion at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games in South Korea, which is coated in the “darkest substance in the world” to give viewers the impression of gazing into space. The British architect spray-painted the 10-metre-high temporary structure with Vantablack VBx2, a substance that absorbs over 99 per cent of light. Rods tipped

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White concrete volumes conceal bright red auditorium in Dominique Coulon & Associés’ theatre

February 7, 2018 India Block 0

Stacked white, concrete volumes conceal the vibrant red, pink and orange interior of this theatre in the former mining town of Freyming-Merlebach by Dominique Coulon & Associés. The French architects designed the Théodore Gouvy theatre as part of a drive to regenerate the town in north east France, which has seen high levels of unemployment since the area’s

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Amanda Levete wins 2018 Jane Drew Prize for women in architecture

February 5, 2018 India Block 0

AL_A principal Amanda Levete has won this year’s Jane Drew Prize, an annual lifetime achievement award for an architect who has furthered the progress of women in the industry. The Stirling Prize-winning architect was chosen for the prestigious award by the Architects’ Journal (AJ) and The Architectural Review, which recognises those who have “raised the profile

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Outrage at luxury Chipperfield development on site of Nazi torture cellars in Hamburg

February 2, 2018 India Block 0

Protesters have clashed with a developer over plans to transform the Hamburg townhouse where the Gestapo interrogated victims during the second world war into a new urban quarter designed by David Chipperfield Architects. Developers Quantum enlisted Kuehn Malvezzi Architects, Stephen Williams Associates, and Agn Leussmann alongside Chipperfield’s practice to convert a group of four buildings centred around

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Outrage at luxury Chipperfield development on site of Nazi torture cellars in Hamburg

February 2, 2018 India Block 0

Protesters have clashed with a developer over plans to transform the Hamburg townhouse where the Gestapo interrogated victims during the second world war into a new urban quarter designed by David Chipperfield Architects. Developers Quantum enlisted Kuehn Malvezzi Architects, Stephen Williams Associates, and Agn Leussmann alongside Chipperfield’s practice to convert a group of four buildings centred around

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Trump’s border wall “will be the aesthetic legacy of a dictator”

February 2, 2018 India Block 0

The fall of the Berlin Wall marked the start of a global rush to create physical barriers, according to a new book illustrating how tyrants use architecture and design to control populations. Theo Deutinger’s Handbook of Tyranny covers nationalism, terrorism, and the power of multinationals in a globalised economy in a compendium of technical drawings

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Trump’s border wall “will be the aesthetic legacy of a dictator”

February 2, 2018 India Block 0

The fall of the Berlin Wall marked the start of a global rush to create physical barriers, according to a new book illustrating how tyrants use architecture and design to control populations. Theo Deutinger’s Handbook of Tyranny covers nationalism, terrorism, and the power of multinationals in a globalised economy in a compendium of technical drawings

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