Articles by Lizzie Crook

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Barcelona to convert a third of central streets into car-free green spaces

November 19, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0
Aerial view of Barcelona's grid-like Eixample district

Barcelona’s city council has announced its plans to transform one in three streets in its Eixample district into green, car-free public spaces to tackle air pollution. Under the scheme, 21 streets and 21 road junctions will be converted into small parks and public squares – creating 33.4 hectares of land “where the pedestrian and the

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Adjaye Associates to create student hub for Rice University in Texas

November 17, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0
An aerial view of Adjaye Associates' proposed student hub for Rice University

An outdoor auditorium will top the student centre that Adjaye Associates is developing for Rice University’s forested campus in Houston, Texas. Slated for completion in 2023, the three-storey facility will encompass 7,400 square metres and replace the university’s existing 1950s student hub called the Rice Memorial Center. Adjaye Associates’ proposal is hoped to become the

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Cavernous brick vaults define Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum in China

November 16, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0
Inside the Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum by Studio Zhu-Pei

Studio Zhu-Pei housed galleries within vaulted red-brick structures to create the Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum in Jiangxi province, China. Located in the city of Jingdezhen, the museum’s sweeping structures each have a unique size, curvature and length, designed by Studio Zhu-Pei to recall the forms of traditional brick kilns. Both Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum’s design

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Century-old Japanese dwelling transformed into minimalist guesthouse

November 15, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0
Living room inside Maana Kamo guesthouse by Uoya Shigenori

Japanese architect Uoya Shigenori stripped back and reconfigured this 100-year-old townhouse in Kyoto to create moody and tranquil interiors for Maana Kamo guesthouse. Located in the historic Higashiyama District, the hotel was designed by Shigenori for Maana Homes, the owner of a collection of luxury retreats hidden within some of the Japanese city’s old streets.

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Mikhail Riches releases visuals for carbon-neutral housing scheme in York

November 12, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0
An exterior visual of a site in Mikhail Riches' Housing Delivery Programme in York

Stirling Prize-winning studio Mikhail Riches has unveiled details of the low-rise Passivhaus housing it is designing in York, UK, which will be net-zero carbon when in use. The scheme is being developed by Mikhail Riches for the City of York Council’s Housing Delivery Programme and will encompass seven sites across the city. With over 600

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Estúdio 41 completes prefabricated Antarctic research station for Brazil

November 11, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0
The exterior of the Comandante Ferraz Antartic Station by Estúdio 41 in Antarctica

Two prefabricated volumes form the Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station, which Estúdio 41 has completed for the Brazilian Navy’s scientific research programme in King George Island, Antarctica. Located near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, the teal-hued 4,500-square-metre facility houses the naval service’s Brazilian Antarctic Program, replacing its 1980s base that was ravaged by fire in

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Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios launches tool to help architects achieve carbon-neutral buildings

November 11, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0
Example output sheet from the FCBS Carbon review tool

Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has developed a free tool called FCBS Carbon to help architects estimate and reduce the whole-life carbon emissions of a building proposal. FCBS Carbon takes the form of a spreadsheet that can be used throughout the design process to predict a building’s carbon emissions over its lifespan to help architects work

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Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios launches tool to help architects achieve carbon-neutral buildings

November 11, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0
Example output sheet from the FCBS Carbon review tool

Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has developed a free tool called FCBS Carbon to help architects estimate and reduce the whole-life carbon emissions of a building proposal. FCBS Carbon takes the form of a spreadsheet that can be used throughout the design process to predict a building’s carbon emissions over its lifespan to help architects work

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Video offers glimpse inside Safdie Architects’ Jewel Changi Airport

November 10, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0
The Rain Vortex inside Jewel Changi Airport by Safdie Architects

This short film provides a brief tour of Safdie Architects’ Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore, which is home to the world’s tallest indoor waterfall. The airport, completed by Safdie Architects in 2019, takes the form of a plant-filled greenhouse surrounded by shops and public spaces including a netted play park. Its centrepiece is the Rain

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Feilden Fowles to redesign gardens at London’s Natural History Museum

November 10, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0
The proposed Garden Building of the Urban Nature Project by Feilden Fowles

Feilden Fowles and J&L Gibbons have unveiled plans to overhaul the gardens at London’s Natural History Museum to create a hub for education and biodiversity called the Urban Nature Project. The Urban Nature Project will involve the redesign of two hectares of land around the iconic 19th-century building by Alfred Waterhouse, alongside the construction of

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