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Old industrial building in Chicago transformed into artist couple’s home and studios

December 14, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

A living area inside Facilty, Chicago, by Carlo Parente

Toronto architect Carlo Parente has renovated an old and dilapidated mason’s shop in Chicago to create a live and work space called Facility for artists Nick Cave and Bob Faust. Located at the intersection of two prominent streets in Irving Park, Facility restores and reuses several elements of the 1920’s industrial building, which is composed

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ZJA to create museum around underwater 18th-century shipwreck

December 13, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

A visual of a gallery inside Docking the Amsterdam underwater museum by ZJA

Architecture studio ZJA has unveiled its plans for a museum in the Netherlands to house the wreck of the historic ship Amsterdam, which is currently sunk of the coast of Hastings, UK. Named Docking the Amsterdam, ZJA’s proposal will recover and relocate the wreck without ever taking it out of the water. A museum will then be built

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Edward Mazria wins AIA Gold Medal for 2021

December 11, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

American architect Edward Mazria has scooped the 2021 AIA Gold Medal prize in recognition of “his unwavering voice and leadership” in the architecture industry’s fight against climate change. The esteemed Gold Medal award, which is the AIA’s highest annual honour, is given to architects in recognition of their contribution to the field. The institute said Brooklyn-born

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Dezeen’s top 10 museums and galleries of 2020

December 11, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

We’re continuing our review of the year with the museums and galleries that turned our readers’ heads in 2020, including a minimalist structure by Álvaro Siza and a spiralling pavilion by BIG. Humao Museum of Art and Education, China, by Álvaro Siza and Carlos Castanheira The windowless Humao Museum of Art and Education was developed

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Monolithic concrete walls enfold minimalist Pyramid House in Switzerland

December 10, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

The concrete exterior of Pyramid House in Switzerland by DF_DC

DF_DC has used concrete to create a monolithic house in the town of Tegna, Switzerland, which takes cues from Japanese architecture and the surrounding mountains. Named Pyramid House, it was commissioned by a family who wanted a “one-of-a-kind” dwelling that challenged the look of neighbouring houses while maintaining their privacy. To achieve this, architecture studio

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Garden to commemorate coronavirus victims to be planted in London’s Olympic Park

December 9, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

The ArcelorMittal Orbit by Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond in east London

London’s mayor Sadiq Khan has announced plans for a public garden in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park that will honour victims of the coronavirus pandemic in the UK capital. The memorial garden in Stratford will feature a ring of 33 blossom trees as its centrepiece, representing the impact of Covid-19 across the capital’s 32 boroughs

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Prefabricated Huaira cabin nestles within verdant farmland in Ecuador

December 7, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

The rear of the Huaira cabin by Diana Salvador and Javier Mera in Ecuador

Tetra Pak cladding shelters the prefabricated plywood structure of the Huaira cabin, which architects Diana Salvador and Javier Mera have built for themselves beside a river in Puerto Quito, Ecuador. Hidden amongst dense vegetation on an orange, banana and cocoa farm, the rural cabin was designed by Salvador and Mera as a quiet retreat that

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Álvaro Siza cloaks Chinese art museum with black corrugated metal

December 5, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Black corrugated metal wraps the undulating, windowless walls of the Humao Museum of Art and Education that Álvaro Siza and Carlos Castanheira have completed in Ningo, China. Set on the banks of Dongqian Lake, the minimalist museum was designed by Pritzker Prize-laureate Siza with fellow Portuguese architect Castanheira to evoke an ambiguous floating object. Its

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Dezeen’s top 10 houses of 2020

December 5, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

An aerial view of House in Los Vilos, Chile, by Office of Ryue Nishizawa

Next up in our review of 2020, we recall 10 of the most impressive and unusual houses featured on Dezeen this year, including a sculptural Chilean residence and a reconfigurable home in Tokyo. House in Los Vilos, Chile, by Office of Ryue Nishizawa An undulating, board-marked concrete roof shelters this Chilean house that Pritzker Prize-winning

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Peter Pichler draws on agricultural vernacular for Italian Alpine hotel

December 4, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

The exterior of Hotel Milla Montis by Peter Pichler Architecture

Peter Pichler Architecture takes visual cues from agricultural architecture and traditional farming equipment to design the Hotel Milla Montis in South Tyrol, Italy. Located in the small Alpine village of Maranza with views of the Dolomites, the hotel is segmented into four staggered volumes, unified by blackened larch cladding and large curved cut-outs in their

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