Articles by Jessica Mairs

Saudi Arabia to invest $500 billion in fully automated city spanning three countries

October 27, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Robots may outnumber humans in a new pioneering city billed by Saudi Arabia as “a new blueprint for sustainable life”, which would be entirely powered by renewable energy, and served by driverless vehicles and vertical farms. The city called Neom is to span an area of 26,500 square kilometres, stretching across the borders of northwest Saudi Arabia into Jordan and

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Zaha Hadid Architects reveals honeycomb-like oil research centre in Riyadh

October 26, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Hexagonal pods interlock like honeycomb to form the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Centre, built by Zaha Hadid Architects in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh. The huge building was designed by London-based Zaha Hadid Architects to provide facilities for researchers investigating the transition towards more sustainable power sources in one of the most oil-rich countries in the world. With a mission

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Politician calls for pedestrianisation of Exhibition Road amid dispute over accident figures

October 24, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

A war of words has broken out over the “shared space” design of London’s Exhibition Road, with local politicians at loggerheads over whether the layout has improved or worsened accident rates in the popular museum district. Emma Dent Coad, the MP for Kensington and Chelsea, claims injuries to pedestrians have leapt sevenfold since the street was redesigned by

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David Adjaye to design UK Holocaust memorial

October 24, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

British architect David Adjaye has been named the winner of a competition to create the UK’s National Holocaust Memorial in a park near the Houses of Parliament in London. Adjaye Associates is working with Ron Arad Architects on the design of the National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre, which will be located in Victoria Tower Gardens. The architects have

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David Adjaye and Ron Arad to design UK Holocaust memorial

October 24, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

British architect David Adjaye and Israeli architect Ron Arad have been named the winners of a competition to create the UK’s National Holocaust Memorial in a park near the Houses of Parliament in London. Adjaye Associates and Ron Arad Architects will design the National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre for Victoria Tower Gardens. The architects have drawn up plans for

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Arigho Larmour Wheeler Architects completes “purposefully imperfect” woodland home in Dublin

October 16, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

This family home in Dublin features uneven blockwork walls and a terracotta-clad sloping roof, to help it match an Arts and Crafts-style neighbour.  The 165-square-metre property was designed for Mark Arigho, one of the three founders of Dublin- and Belfast-based Arigho Larmour Wheeler Architects. It is built in the garden of his in-laws’ house, in a patch of woodland

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Kate Darby and David Connor preserve rotting structure in conversion of 18th-century cottage

October 13, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

David Connor Design and Kate Darby Architects have transformed a tumbledown cottage in England’s West Midlands into a home and studio, enveloping the ruined old structure in a shell of black corrugated metal. David Connor and Kate Darby set about preserving the 300-year-old timbers, erecting a new steel frame over the listed ruins and cladding it in blackened corrugated

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Kate Darby and David Connor preserve rotting structure in conversion of 18th-century cottage

October 13, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

David Connor Design and Kate Darby Architects have transformed a tumbledown cottage in England’s West Midlands into a home and studio, enveloping the ruined old structure in a shell of black corrugated metal. David Connor and Kate Darby set about preserving the 300-year-old timbers, erecting a new steel frame over the listed ruins and cladding it in blackened corrugated

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Foster + Partners and Heatherwick Studio complete Shanghai skyscraper duo

October 12, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Foster + Partners and Heatherwick Studio teamed up to design this pair of 180-metre skyscrapers, which stand at the intersection of Shanghai’s old town and a new financial district, the Bund Finance Centre. The “landmark” towers are located on the south side of the Bund Finance Centre, a 420,000-square-metre masterplan developed by the two studios. Located on

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Diller Scofidio + Renfro wins contest to design £250 million concert hall for London

October 11, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

A major new concert venue replacing the Museum of London is to be designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the New York architecture firm behind the acclaimed High Line park. Diller Scofidio + Renfro is working with British firm Sheppard Robson on the Centre for Music, which will offer a permanent home to London Symphony Orchestra, which is currently based

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