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Foster + Partners proposes larch-clad innovation hub in the Swiss Alps

January 28, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0
The larch-clad exterior of an innovation hub in the Swiss Alps, designed by Foster + Partners

Textured larch shingles and a mountainous roofscape will define InnHub La Punt, an innovation and community centre that Foster + Partners is developing for Engadin valley in Switzerland. Set to be built in the town of La Punt Chamues-ch in the Swiss Alps, the centre will feature a series of workspaces, sports facilities, shops and

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Sou Fujimoto Architects to design crown for Japan’s tallest skyscraper

January 28, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0
A visual of a the supertall Torch Tower skyscraper in Tokyo

Sou Fujimoto Architects has been revealed as the architect for the top section of the supertall Torch Tower skyscraper in Tokyo, which is set to become the tallest building in Japan. The 390-metre-tall tower, which is being developed by Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei for a site in Chiyoda-ku, will feature a large public plaza and observation

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Weston Williamson + Partners designs HS2 viaducts above “community-led orchard”

January 27, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0
A visual of an orchard below a pair of railway viaducts in Warwickshire

A series of green public spaces will be landscaped around the Water Orton viaducts that Weston Williamson + Partners has designed in Warwickshire for the High Speed Two railway. The viaducts, which will be built near the village of Water Orton, have been developed for a section of the high-speed railway that branches west towards

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Studio Puisto balances black cabin on slender column in Finnish forest

January 27, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0
A cabin by Studio Puisto clad in black-painted wood

Niliaitta is a black-painted cabin that Studio Puisto has elevated on a single column and hidden within woodland near the Salamajärvi National Park in Finland. The cabin, which forms part of a new resort in Kivijärvi, is an interpretation of an ancient Niliaitta – an elevated wooden hut used by indigenous Samí people to safely

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Studio Puisto balances black cabin on slender column in Finnish forest

January 27, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0
A cabin by Studio Puisto clad in black-painted wood

Niliaitta is a black-painted cabin that Studio Puisto has elevated on a single column and hidden within woodland near the Salamajärvi National Park in Finland. The cabin, which forms part of a new resort in Kivijärvi, is an interpretation of an ancient Niliaitta – an elevated wooden hut used by indigenous Samí people to safely

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Centre Pompidou in Paris faces four-year closure for repair works

January 26, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0
High-tech architecture: Centre Pompidou by Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano

France’s culture minister has revealed that the high-tech Centre Pompidou in Paris by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers will be closed from 2023 to undergo major renovations. Speaking to French newspaper Le Figaro on Monday, culture minister Roselyne Bachelot said that the closure of the centre, which is one of Paris’ top cultural buildings, was

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Tarry + Perry captures monastic qualities of concrete house in East Sussex

January 22, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0
A dining area in Concrete House by RAW Architecture Workshop in East Sussex

Architecture photography studio Tarry + Perry has documented a concrete house hidden within a verdant site in southern England to spotlight its monastic character and unexpectedly warm interiors. The rural dwelling, appropriately named Concrete House, was designed by former office Raw Architecture Workshop for a young family in East Sussex. Tarry + Perry is the

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Kate Macintosh awarded 2021 Jane Drew Prize for women in architecture

January 22, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0

Scottish architect Kate Macintosh has been awarded this year’s Jane Drew Prize in recognition of her contribution to elevating the profile of women in architecture. Macintosh, now retired, was selected in celebration of her work in public architecture and advocation for the use of buildings as a tool for social justice since the 1960s. The

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Australian marine observatory by Baca Architects will resemble a whale emerging from water

January 21, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0
A visual of the exterior of the Australian Underwater Discovery Centre by Baca Architects

Baca Architects has designed a marine observatory called the Australian Underwater Discovery Centre that will mimic a whale surfacing off the coast of Geographe Bay. The centre, which will be built two kilometres out at sea beside Busselton Jetty in Western Australia, will be positioned partially underwater and feature a large window overlooking the ocean

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3XN designs modular hub for two robot developers in Denmark

January 20, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0
An atrium within Cobot Hub by 3XN

3XN has unveiled its proposal for Cobot Hub, a collection of modular laboratories and offices for developing robots set to be built in Odense, Denmark. Slated for completion in 2023, the 20,000-square-metre building has been designed as a shared space for robot developers Universal Robots and Mobile Industrial Robots. It is expected to become the

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