Articles by Lizzie Crook

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Maggie’s charity forced to find new site for Alison Brooks-designed cancer care centre

January 20, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0
An exterior visual of Maggie's Taunton by Alison Brook Architects

Plans for a Maggie’s Centre by Alison Brooks Architects on a site in Taunton, UK, have been halted after the local council voted against leasing land for the scheme. The cancer care centre, which had been granted planning permission by the former Taunton Deane Borough Council in 2019, is designed for a small parcel of land

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Minimalist micro-apartments in Seoul form “blank canvas for tenants”

January 18, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0
A window seat inside a LIFE micro-apartment by Ian Lee

Interior designer Ian Lee has lined the walls of the LIFE micro-apartments in South Korea with birch wood to offer tenants pared-back spaces that they can personalise. Located in Seoul’s Gangnam District, the apartments form part of a 16-storey co-living building for young adults, developed by co-working-space provider Fastfive. The block contains a total of

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Concrete house extension in Dublin recreates feeling of “being a child under a very robust table”

January 16, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0
A view of the kitchen in the Hollybrook Road extension by TOB Architect

TOB Architect has added a monolithic extension to a Victorian townhouse in Dublin, Ireland, with exposed concrete interiors that are intended as a protective shell for its inhabitants. Named Hollybrook Road after the street on which it is built, the statement extension was designed for a young family that offered Irish studio TOB Architect an open

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Sweeping metal ribbon enfolds Chinese cultural centre by Christian de Portzamparc

January 15, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0
The sweeping ribbon that enfolds Suzhou Bay Cultural Center by Christian de Portzamparc

A ribbon of steel and aluminium winds around the Suzhou Bay Cultural Center, which French architect Christian de Portzamparc has completed on the shore of Lake Tai in China. Set on an esplanade in Wujiang District in Suzhou, the centre is divided into two distinct wings that contain a mix of performance halls, educational spaces

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Supertall skyscrapers linked by planted terraces to be built in Shenzhen by Zaha Hadid Architects

January 13, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0
A visual of the supertall Tower C by Zaha Hadid Architects in Shenzhen

A pair of supertall skyscrapers united by planted terraces will define the mixed-use Tower C development, which Zaha Hadid Architects is designing for Shenzhen, China. Designed for a new financial centre called the Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base, Tower C is set to become one of the tallest of the buildings in the city at

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Champs-Élysées avenue in Paris to become “an extraordinary garden”

January 12, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0
A visual of the Place de la Concorde overhaul by PCA-Stream

Plans to convert the iconic Champs-Élysées avenue in Paris into a pedestrian-friendly public space have been announced by the capital’s mayor Anne Hidalgo. Revealed in an interview on Sunday with Le Journal du Dimanche, Hidalgo said that the makeover will transform the entire thoroughfare into “an extraordinary garden” by 2030. Using a proposal drawn up

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Feilden Fowles adds pointed arch extension to Carlisle Cathedral’s fratry

January 11, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0
The extension of The Fratry at Carlisle Cathedral by Feilden Fowles

Feilden Fowles has refurbished the medieval dining hall at Carlisle Cathedral in north-west England and extended it with a red sandstone entrance pavilion. Befittingly called The Fratry, the name for a priory refectory, the overhaul makes the 16th-century listed building publicly accessible for the first time. Feilden Fowles converted the hall and its vaulted undercroft into

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Various Associates designs C2 Cafe & Bar as a wooden “cabin in the city”

January 8, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0
Seating outside the C2 Cafe & Bar by Various Associates in Shenzhen, China

Various Associates has designed a cafe and cocktail bar in Shenzhen, China, which is lined with wooden cladding and furniture to emulate a small cosy cabin. The 75-square-metre cafe, which nestles amongst offices and apartment buildings, was commissioned by a group of young locals to offer the community respite from fast-paced city life. Shenzhen studio

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Zaha Hadid Architects designs student housing topped with rooftop walkway in Hong Kong

January 7, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0
An aerial visual of The rooftop walkway of the Student Residence Development at HKUST by Zaha Hadid Architects

A rooftop walkway will form the main circulation route for the Student Residence Development at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, which Zaha Hadid Architects and Leigh & Orange are developing in Clear Water Bay. Set to be built on a steeply sloped site to the southeast of the Hong Kong university’s campus,

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Castelgrande’s bunker-like entrance captured in photos by Simone Bossi

January 6, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0
The entrance to Castelgrande by Aurelio Galfetti, captured by Simone Bossi

Swiss architect Aurelio Galfetti’s stark hillside entrance to the medieval Castelgrande in Bellinzona, Switzerland is the focus of this architectural photography series by Simone Bossi. Captured on film, the series highlights the imposing qualities of the clean-cut, bunker-like gateway to the castle, which is described by Bossi as a “majestic” and “powerful space”. Castelgrande is

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