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Trump’s “beautiful” Steel Slat Barrier for Mexican border lampooned by designers

December 24, 2018 Marcus Fairs 0
Visualisation of Donald Trump's proposed Steel Slat Barrier for the US-Mexico border

US president Donald Trump has tweeted details of the design for the proposed $5 billion wall along the Mexican border, prompting ridicule from designers. Trump posted a graphic of the barrier on 21 December 2018, along with the words: “A design of our Steel Slat Barrier which is totally effective while at the same time

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Christ & Gantenbein and Bureau Spectacular named best architecture studios at Dezeen Awards

November 27, 2018 Marcus Fairs 0

Swiss studio Christ & Gantenbein has been named Architect of the Year while US office Bureau Spectacular has won Emerging Architect of the Year at Dezeen Awards. Christ & Gantenbein won the Architect of the Year award, which is given for “all-round design excellence over a body of work by an architect or architecture practice that has

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i29 and Spacon & X named interior designers of the year at Dezeen Awards

November 27, 2018 Marcus Fairs 0

Dutch interior architecture studio i29 has won Interior Designer of the Year while Danish office Spacon & X has been named Emerging Interior Designer of the Year at Dezeen Awards. Both prizes were awarded at the Dezeen Awards ceremony in London last night. The Interior Designer of the Year prize is awarded for “all-round design

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The Storefront Theater by Matthew Mazzotta wins Architecture Project of the Year at Dezeen Awards

November 27, 2018 Marcus Fairs 0

Eight winning architecture projects have been announced at the Dezeen Awards ceremony in London, with The Storefront Theater by Matthew Mazzotta taking the overall Architecture Project of the Year prize. Mazzotta’s modest project, which also won the Rebirth Project of the Year category, creates retractable theatre seating in a disused storefront in Lyons, a small

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Lascaux International Centre for Cave Art by Casson Mann named Interior Project of the Year at Dezeen Awards

November 27, 2018 Marcus Fairs 0

The eight winning Dezeen Awards interiors projects have been announced, with Lascaux International Centre for Cave Art by Casson Mann earning the top prize of Interior Project of the Year. The interiors master jury described the interpretation centre for the world-famous painted caves in France as “a clear winner”. “Beyond its technological perfection, this project also manages

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“Whole chunks of our environment are being privatised” says Silicon States author Lucie Greene

November 15, 2018 Marcus Fairs 0

Silicon Valley companies including Alphabet, Amazon and Facebook are threatening democracy by usurping governments as the key provider of public spaces and services, according to a new book examining the rising power of tech giants. In her book Silicon States, author Lucie Greene argues that these glamorous, fast-moving “big tech” firms are now competing against

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Architectural imagery pioneer Alan Davidson dies

August 30, 2018 Marcus Fairs 0

Scottish architectural visualiser Alan Davidson, who pioneered the use of computers to create realistic digital images of buildings, has died aged 58. Davidson founded London visualisation studio Hayes Davidson in 1989, making it the first company dedicated to producing computer-generated imagery for the architecture industry. He later pioneered the production of verified images – accurate

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London rooftops snapped up for “vertiports” as drone travel moves closer

August 23, 2018 Marcus Fairs 0

Landing and recharging pads for drones will become ubiquitous atop urban buildings within a few years, according to a company that is buying up London rooftops for a network of drone ports. Duncan Walker of Skyports told Dezeen that “vertiports” will become as common as facilities for bicycles or cars in the near future, as

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