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OMA designs first North American outpost for Centre Pompidou

June 8, 2021 James Parkes 0

Architect OMA has revealed its plans to transform a former transport hub in Jersey City into The Centre Pompidou Jersey City. Located in Journal Square, the adaptive reuse project will see the 5,400-square-metre Pathside Building turned into the French cultural institute’s first North American outpost. The four-storey building was originally built in 1912 as offices

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Ten pavilions to visit at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale

June 4, 2021 James Parkes 0

Danish Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale

We’ve rounded up ten pavilions from the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale that respond to this year’s theme of How will we live together? With travel limited due to the coronavirus pandemic, few people have been able to visit the Venice Architecture Biennale in its opening weeks. However, with the event running until 21 November there

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Lithuania virtually sends people to outer space at Venice Architecture Biennale pavilion

June 3, 2021 James Parkes 0

Research studio Lithuanian Space Agency has imagined a fictional world in outer space that would be created from people 3D-scanned at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale. Titled Planet of People, the Lithuanian pavilion is located in the renaissance Santa Maria dei Derelitti church and centred around a 3D scanner that scans visitors to send them into

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Fourteen space-efficient galley kitchens with plenty of storage

May 29, 2021 James Parkes 0

For our latest lookbook, we’ve rounded up 14 galley designs by architects and designers that create space-saving and efficient kitchens. A galley kitchen features two parallel rows of units separated by a passage. It is named after the food preparation area on ships, which are traditionally narrow, cramped spaces called galleys. Galley layouts are often

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Foster + Partners turns former 16th-century convent into Apple Store

May 27, 2021 James Parkes 0

Fosters + Partners has restored and converted the Palazzo Marignoli in Rome into an Apple Store, uncovering historic features and opening up a central courtyard. Apple Via del Corso is located near the Piazza Colonna in the centre of Rome, occupying the historic Palazzo Marignoli. The Apple Via del Corso building dates back to the

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HTA Design builds “world’s tallest modular housing scheme” in Croydon

May 26, 2021 James Parkes 0

Ten Degrees is located at the heart of Croydron

British architecture studio HTA Design has completed a two-tower housing scheme in Croydon, south London, which the studio says is the world’s tallest residential modular building. Named Ten Degrees, the housing scheme is 135 metres tall and comprises 546 rentable homes, an art gallery and a cafe over two towers spanning 38 and 44 storeys.

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Paris’ Bourse de Commerce reopens after Tadao Ando redesign

May 21, 2021 James Parkes 0

The historic Bourse de Commerce building in Paris is reopening after a restoration and redesign by Japanese architect Tadao Ando that includes a nine-metre-tall cylindrical concrete wall placed within its rotunda. Located in the centre of Paris, France, the 18th-century stock exchange building reopens on 22 May following a major three-year transformation project commissioned by François

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Shahed Saleem designs replicas of London mosques for Venice Architecture Biennale

May 21, 2021 James Parkes 0

Architect and researcher Shahed Saleem has created life-size case studies of three London mosques for the Applied Arts Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Titled Three Mosques, the Applied Arts Pavilion was created by Saleem alongside curators Ella Kilgallon and Christopher Turner as a part of an ongoing collaboration between the Victoria and Albert Museum

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Rainwater flows in and out of Danish Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale

May 20, 2021 James Parkes 0

A sheet drapes across the interior of the Danish Pavilion

Flowing streams, footbridges, leaks and water pipes all lead visitors through the Danish Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale in an exhibition that explores the circularity of water. Architecture studio Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects and curator Marianne Krogh created the installation, titled Con-nect-ed-ness, using a cyclic rainwater system. Pipes collect rainwater from the outside and

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Rainwater flows in and out of Danish Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale

May 20, 2021 James Parkes 0

Flowing streams, footbridges, leaks and water pipes all lead visitors through the Danish Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale in an exhibition that explores the circularity of water. Architecture studio Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects and curator Marianne Krogh created the installation, titled Con-nect-ed-ness, using a cyclic rainwater system. Pipes collect rainwater from the outside and

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