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Wallmakers punctuates arts centre roof with skylight seating

November 27, 2023 Starr Charles 0

Architecture studio Wallmakers has reimagined a traditional roof by adding skylights that double as seating for an arts centre and home in Kerala, India. Established by a family of musicians, Nisarga Art Hub is both a private residence and arts centre designed as a space for the community to congregate and engage with art and

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M9 Design Studio’s circular Vishnuvardhan memorial symbolises “unity and continuity”

November 27, 2023 Starr Charles 0

Architecture practice M9 Design Studio has designed a circular memorial complex in India to commemorate actor Vishnuvardhan. Located in the rural town of Mysore, India, the complex by M9 Design Studio comprises two spaces – a circular memorial and community hub that acts as a gathering space for the local community. It was designed as

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M9 Design Studio’s circular Vishnuvardhan memorial symbolises “unity and continuity”

November 27, 2023 Starr Charles 0

Architecture practice M9 Design Studio has designed a circular memorial complex in India to commemorate actor Vishnuvardhan. Located in the rural town of Mysore, India, the complex by M9 Design Studio comprises two spaces – a circular memorial and community hub that acts as a gathering space for the local community. It was designed as

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Eight bright and airy interiors illuminated by perforated brick walls

November 25, 2023 Starr Charles 0

Dezeen’s latest lookbook explores eight interiors – from bright, airy residential spaces to cool, open-plan offices – illuminated by perforated brick walls. Perforated brick walls are often used as a cooling strategy in warmer climates. This lookbook highlights their effect on the lighting and shading of interior spaces and how they can be used to create

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This week BIG and Foster + Partners unveiled New York skyscrapers

November 25, 2023 Starr Charles 0

This week on Dezeen, we revealed images of BIG’s One High Line skyscraper as it nears completion and Foster + Partners’ JPMorgan Chase headquarters, which topped out. Located near New York’s High Line, the 122-metre-high development by Danish architecture studio BIG comprises two twisting, condominium towers joined at their base. Described by BIG founder Bjarke Ingels

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Foster + Partners designs tapered stone airport in Saudi Arabia

November 24, 2023 Starr Charles 0

Architecture studio Foster + Partners is set to create a cluster of stone buildings informed by local villages for a new terminal at Abha Airport in Saudi Arabia. Located in the capital of the Aseer Province in the south west of the country, the design by Foster + Partners will consist of interconnected clusters and

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Ten shops that showcase the “stylistic diversity” of British retail architecture

November 22, 2023 Starr Charles 0

The Twentieth Century Society’s latest book, 100 20th-Century Shops, is a showcase of architecturally significant stores from across the UK. Here, the charity’s director Catherine Croft selects 10 of the most interesting. Described by Croft as a “kaleidoscopic survey”, 100 20th-Century Shops features 100 shops of various styles, ranging from post-war shopping malls to retail

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PSLA Architekten tops urban townhouse with cascading roof terraces

November 16, 2023 Starr Charles 0

Austrian studio PSLA Architekten has created a contemporary townhouse in Vienna’s historic seventh district as a “hybrid genesis between house and garden”. Situated alongside a narrow courtyard, the home by PSLA Architekten is defined by it’s multi-level interiors and cascading terraces that aim to reinterpret urban gardens. The 165-square-metre home contains live and work spaces

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D/Dock creates immersive exhibition space inside 19th-century Amsterdam gasworks

November 15, 2023 Starr Charles 0

Creative studio D/Dock has transformed a hall inside Amserdam’s former Westergasfabriek gasworks into Fabrique des Lumières – billed as the largest immersive art centre in the Netherlands. Commissioned by Parisian company Culturespaces, D/Dock’s design and build team transformed the double-height 3,800-square-metre hall into an exhibition space where bright, colourful artworks are projected across the floor

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Terroir revamps 1960s Tasmanian office “using no new resources at all”

November 14, 2023 Starr Charles 0

Architecture studio Terroir has turned an abandoned 1960s office into its own workspace in Hobart, Australia, reusing the existing structure and timber framework. Terroir designed the office as “a small experiment that challenges the paradox of sustainable architecture”, adding as little as possible – with the only new elements being electrical cabling for power and

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