Articles by Lizzie Crook

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Notre-Dame’s rebuilt spire revealed as scaffolding removed

March 7, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

The reconstructed spire of Notre-Dame cathedral has been revealed in Paris, with a design identical to the 1859 version designed by architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. Scaffolding has been removed from around the 96-metre-tall spire, which is among the elements of the landmark to be reconstructed following the devastating fire in 2019. It marks a major milestone

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Fifteen key projects by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner Riken Yamamoto

March 5, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

To celebrate Riken Yamamoto’s Pritzker Architecture Prize win today, we look back at the architect’s five-decade career to spotlight 15 of his most interesting projects. Yamamoto was named the 53rd laureate of the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize today, in honour of his buildings where “normality becomes extraordinary”. A common thread throughout Yamamoto’s work is the

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Marks & Spencer wins rights to demolish Oxford Street flagship

March 1, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Breaking news: Marks & Spencer has been granted permission by the High Court to demolish its flagship store on Oxford Street, quashing the government’s refusal of planning permission for a new shop. The High Court ruled that the rejection of Marks & Spencer’s demolition plans by the UK’s levelling up secretary Michael Gove was unlawful,

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David Kohn Architects celebrates “marks of former life” in cowshed conversion

February 27, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

London studio David Kohn Architects has converted an agricultural building on a former dairy farm in Newton Abbot, UK, to create a house and studio named Cowshed. Cowshed is the last building to be completed in a 15-year-long transformation of Middle Rocombe Farm, which has been owned and inhabited by artist Suzanne Blank Redstone and

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Snøhetta creates library to emulate feeling of “sitting under a tree”

February 26, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

International studio Snøhetta has completed Beijing City Library in China, a glass-lined building filled with towering tree-like columns and rooms disguised as hills. Located in Beijing’s Tongzhou district, the library was designed by Snøhetta to “reinstate the library’s relevance in the 21st century” and aims to offer a “new vision” for the typology. Its design

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Surman Weston self-builds “characterful family home” with three gardens in London

February 23, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

A blocky form animated by hit-and-miss brickwork defines Peckham House, a self-build project by architecture studio Surman Weston that draws on its surroundings in southeast London. Peckham House was designed for and built by the directors of Surman Weston, Tom Surman and Percy Weston. It is currently occupied by Weston and his family. The nature

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“We are proposing a simple switch from concrete to stone” says The Stone Collective

February 16, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

The recently launched The Stone Collective is aiming to weaken concrete and steel’s hold on the architecture industry. As part of our Stone Age 2.0 series, the team explains its ambition. “There is a lack of exposure to stone projects by contemporary architects everywhere,” said spokesperson Pierre Bidaud, member of The Stone Collective. “It’s a

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Sagrada Familia shows stone “can return to being used as a structural material”

February 15, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Harnessing stone as a structural material can make architecture more enjoyable to both build and inhabit argues Tristram Carfrae, an Arup engineer working on the Sagrada Familia, in this Stone Age 2.0 interview. Carfrae, who is a deputy chair of engineering firm Arup, believes that the potential of stone in architecture lies far beyond what

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The Dezeen guide to stone in architecture, interiors and design

February 13, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

As part of our Stone Age 2.0 series, we’re republishing our stone guide that includes 15 popular types of natural rock, some of which can be used for architectural structures. Alabaster Alabaster is a soft, fine-grained stone that has been used for centuries to carve elaborate forms and ornaments. However, its solubility in water means

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