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Ortraum Architects builds timber music studio beside house in Helsinki

September 23, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

12 studio by Ortraum Architects in Helsinki, Finland

Ortraum Architects has built an asymmetric studio called 12 in the garden of a house in Helsinki, Finland, to provide its owners with space to compose music and make ceramics. The structure was commissioned by a couple who wanted an external space to work from home, beside their existing 1960s home in the Jollas neighbourhood.

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Neasden Temple is built from over 5,000 tonnes of hand-carved stone

September 22, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Still of Open House London's short film on Neasden Temple

The next Open House London documentary offers a glimpse of Neasden Temple, a place of worship in northwest London that was built using ancient Hindu texts and 26,000 pieces of stone. Filmed by Jim Stephenson, the documentary is one of nine videos that will feature on Dezeen throughout Open House London 2020 to shine a

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Blue slide is centrepiece of Walker house renovation by Reflect Architecture

September 21, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Walker house in Toronto, Canada, by Reflect Architecture

Reflect Architecture has renovated a house for a young family living in Toronto, Canada, by brightening its truncated interiors and twisting a blue slide through its centre. The update to the house, which is named Walker, was focused on reconfiguring the existing layout to create lighter, open spaces that better serve the family’s lifestyle and

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Ernö Goldfinger’s Glenkerry House is a brutalist “vertical village”

September 21, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

This short film, published in collaboration with Open House London, focuses on Glenkerry House, a tower block that marries brutalism with architect Ernö Goldfinger’s utopian housing ideals. Filmed by Edward Bishop of Stephenson/BishopFilms, it is one of a series of video tours of overlooked and unusual places in the city commissioned by the festival for its

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Dalston Curve Garden is an urban oasis on Hackney’s disused railway

September 20, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Stills from Open House London's Dalston Curve Garden short film

This video tour published as part of our collaboration with Open House London explores Dalston Curve Garden, a community green space hidden within one of London’s most built-up boroughs. The short movie, made by Jim Stephenson of Stephenson/BishopFilms, is one of a series of video tours of overlooked and unusual places in the city commissioned

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Skateparks are “one of the world’s great kinds of public space” says Iain Borden

September 19, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

In the first in a series of daily videos about London buildings and spaces during Open House London, architecture historian and skateboarding fan Iain Borden sheds light on the design of Crystal Palace Skatepark. The short movie, made by Jim Stephenson of Stephenson/BishopFilms, is one of a series of movies about overlooked and unusual places

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Five whimsical City Benches animate London’s streets

September 18, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

A concrete pineapple and a pair of colourful cartoon eyes are among the playful benches that young architects and designers have installed for the London Festival of Architecture. Enlivening London’s Cheapside financial district, the street furniture was created for the London Festival of Architecture’s (LFA) annual City Benches competition, which aims to showcase new design talent.

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Open House London responds to “fiendish challenge” of coronavirus with video tours, cycle rides and model kits

September 18, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

With Open House London starting tomorrow, Dezeen has teamed up with the festival to present a video tour of a different building or space each day from 19 to 27 September. The films are part of the festival’s move to “massively diversify” its programme in the light of the coronavirus pandemic, which has impacted the

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Foster + Partners’ Cairo hospital embodies “latest research on biophilia”

September 14, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Exterior render of Magdi Yacoub Global Heart Centre Cairo

Foster + Partners has revealed visuals of the Magdi Yacoub Global Heart Centre Cairo hospital in Egypt that will prioritise connecting patients with nature to boost their wellbeing. Now under construction in Cairo, the 300-bed hospital will have a shell-like roofscape and nestle within a “lush, verdant landscape” that offers views of a lake and

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Ten eco-friendly dwellings where residents live off the grid

September 12, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

The exterior of The Hut, an off-grid house by Midland Architecture

As climate change forces architects to reconsider how they design their buildings, we’ve rounded up 10 of the latest off-grid homes by eco-minded designers that facilitate low-impact lifestyles. The Hut, USA, by Midland Architecture This treehouse-like house on a cattle farm in rural Ohio and was designed by Midland Architecture as a sensitive, self-sufficient addition

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