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Don’t Move, Improve! 2020 shortlist names London’s best new house extensions

January 16, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

An experimental brick extension, a house with fir-lined reading nooks and an apartment covered in 30,000 wooden blocks are three of the projects vying to be named London’s best home improvement of 2020. There are 25 projects shortlisted to win this year’s Don’t Move, Improve! contest – an annual awards programme held by New London Architecture

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FujiwaraMuro Architects designs minimalist Japanese house to showcase owner’s car

January 15, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

House in Takamatsu by Fujiwaramuro Architects

This white bunker-like house in Takamatsu, Japan, is designed by FujiwaraMuro Architects with limited openings to draw attention to the owner’s sports car. Aptly named House in Takamatsu, the minimalist residence is located in the city’s centre and intended to simultaneously maintain the privacy of its owners – a couple with one child. FujiwaraMuro Architects

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Henning Larsen reveals visuals for Copenhagen’s “first all timber neighbourhood”

January 13, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Fælledby is a sustainable housing scheme designed by Henning Larsen that will be constructed entirely out of timber and “place nature at its core”. Set to be built on a former junkyard on the outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark, the low-rise development will accommodate 7,000 residents and become the capital’s first all timber neighbourhood. It has

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Studio Symbiosis proposes Aũra towers to alleviate air pollution in Delhi

January 9, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Aũra air purifying towers by Studio Symbiosis

Studio Symbiosis has designed Aũra air purifying towers for Delhi, India, to help tackle the increasingly dangerous levels of pollution in the city. Described by Studio Symbiosis as “breathing lungs of the city”, the Aũra towers have tapered, twisting forms designed to draw in polluted air and expel it in a purified form. The proposal

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Foster + Partners reveals visuals for gridded Alibaba Shanghai headquarters

January 8, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Alibaba Shanghai headquarters proposal by Foster + Partners

Foster + Partners has unveiled a proposal for Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba’s headquarters in Shanghai that will be built within a giant grid. Alibaba Shanghai will be manufactured off-site before being built on Xuhui Riverside, where it will overlook the Huangpu River and Pudong Central Business District. Foster + Partners designed the Alibaba headquarters alongside a giant

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Australian architects offer pro-bono design services to those impacted by bushfire crisis

January 7, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Over 100 Australian architecture studios have formed an organisation called Architects Assist, which will provide pro-bono design services to people affected by Australia’s bushfire crisis. Architects Assist will offer free design and planning assistance to help people “rebuild their lives” in the wake of the massive fires, which have been blazing across Australia since September 2019. The

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Herzog & de Meuron reveals visuals of museum complex beside China’s Grand Canal

January 3, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Grand Canal Museum Complex by Herzog & de Meuron in Hangzhou, China

Herzog & de Meuron has unveiled its proposal for a linear museum complex in Hangzhou that will sit beside China’s Grand Canal and celebrate the history of the artificial river. It is the winning entry in a design competition for the Grand Canal Museum Complex, and will be built at the junction of the Hanggang

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Herzog & de Meuron reveals visuals of museum complex beside China’s Grand Canal

January 3, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Herzog & de Meuron has unveiled its proposal for a linear museum complex in Hangzhou that will sit beside China’s Grand Canal and celebrate the history of the artificial river. It is the winning entry in a design competition for the Grand Canal Museum Complex, and will be built at the junction of the Hanggang

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Hidden roof terrace added to North London townhouse

January 3, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

North London House by O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects and Cathie Curran

A hidden roof terrace and minimal wood-lined interiors are among the features that O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects and Cathie Curran have added in an overhaul of this north London house. Aptly named North London House, the renovation and extension added an attic bedroom, a ground floor studio flat and a private terrace connected to the kitchen and

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Ramboll uses bamboo to build earthquake-resistant housing in Indonesia

December 31, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Earthquake-resistant template houses in Lombok, Indonesia by Ramboll

Civil engineering company Ramboll has worked with locals in Lombok, Indonesia, to build three quake-proof housing prototypes that are made almost entirely out of bamboo. Described as “template houses”, the standardised bamboo structures were designed by Ramboll with local charity Grenzeloos Milieu and University College London (UCL) in the wake of several earthquakes in Lombok in

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