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CF Møller Architects incorporates giant bricks in facades of Lego office

November 1, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Billund Lego campus phase one by C F Møller Architects

CF Møller Architects has completed two office buildings on the Lego campus in Billund, Denmark, which include giant building blocks in the facades. Located a few streets away from the Lego’s visitor centre by BIG, the two office buildings mark the completion of the first phase of the toy company’s 52,000-metre-squared headquarters. Århus studio CF

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“Why aren’t architect designing the environments for video games?” asks Liam Young

October 30, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Liam Young Dezeen Day

Architects should be designing urban environments for video games as a way to learn what our future cities could look like, says architect and film director Liam Young. Young said architects should utilise their skills in the design of “digital urban environments that a billion people play in every day” to help them become better

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Christopher Herwig photographs opulent details of Soviet-era metro stations

October 30, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Soviet Metro Stations book photography by Christopher Herwig

The Soviet Metro Stations photography series by Christopher Herwig documents the most unusual details of the Soviet-era metro network built between the 1930s and 1980s. Intended to give an insight into the “closest realisation of a Soviet utopia”, the photography collection features stations in 15 cities across seven different countries in the former USSR – the

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Zaha Hadid Architects and Cox Architecture reveal visuals of Sydney airport

October 29, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Visuals of Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport by Zaha Hadid Architects and Cox Architecture in Australia

Zaha Hadid Architects and Cox Architecture have unveiled the design of an airport in Sydney that is modelled on traditional Australian architecture and natural landscapes. Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport, named after a famous Australian pilot, has been designed by Zaha Hadid Architects and Cox Architecture for a rural 1,780-hectare site in the city’s

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Carmody Groarke to create extension to Design Museum Gent

October 29, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Design Museum Gent extension by Carmody Groarke and TRANS Architectuur Stedenbouw

Carmody Groarke, RE-ST and TRANS Architectuur Stedenbouw have designed an extension to the design museum in Ghent, Belgium, which will form a link between its existing galleries. Named DING – Design in Ghent, the addition is hoped to improve circulation and provide additional exhibition space at Design Museum Gent, which currently comprises three individual buildings. Designed

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Rocky hillside used as walls and floors for Hilltop School in Hyderabad

October 24, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Hilltop School by DesignAware in Hyderabad, India

The rocky hillside surrounding an 800-year-old fortress forms several of the walls and floors of this school by DesignAware in Hyderabad, India. Situated within a dense residential neighbourhood below the 16th century Goldonda Fort, Hilltop School replaces a makeshift school in a large shed on the site, which was attended by local children for four

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Universal Design Studio and Giles Miller Studio design reusable pavilion for BBC

October 22, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
BBC Studios pavilion by Universal Design Studio and Giles Miller Studio at MIPCOM trade show in Cannes

Universal Design Studio and Giles Miller Studio have designed a two-storey pavilion for BBC Studios that can be dismantled and reused, and then recycled at the end of its life. The pavilion was commissioned by BBC Studios, one of the world’s biggest producers of TV content, for the MIPCOM trade show in Cannes to entertain

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WilkinsonEyre and Grant Associates design “island playground” in Singapore

October 22, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Sentosa-Brani Master Plan by WilkinsonEyre and Grant Associates for Singapore

WilkinsonEyre and Grant Associates have unveiled a masterplan for a “major international leisure and attraction destination” on two islands off the coast of Singapore. Known as the Sentosa-Brani Master Plan, the proposal reimagines the islands Sentosa and Pulau Brani as a giant “island playground” that feature a mix of leisure attractions, tropical landscaping and nature

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Five key projects by emerging Spanish studio Bonell+Dòriga

October 18, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Ingolstadt by Bonell+Dòriga

Here’s a look at five significant projects by Spanish studio Bonell+Dòriga, which has won the Début Award for young architects at the Lisbon Architecture Triennale 2019. Architecture duo Laura Bonell (1987) and Daniel López-Dòriga (1987) set up their Barcelona studio Bonell+Dòriga in 2014. The practice’s portfolio includes adaptive reuse and residential projects, including the overhaul

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Mikhail Riches will “aim for zero carbon” in all projects after Stirling Prize win

October 18, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Mikhail Riches zero carbon

Stirling Prize-winner Mikhail Riches will only work on zero-carbon projects from now on, the studio told Dezeen. Co-founder Annalie Riches said the practice was committed to improving the environmental performance of its projects, after winning the UK’s top architecture prize for the low-energy Goldsmith Street development. “As a practice, we don’t want to do anything

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