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Pareid creates brightly coloured water-harvesting classroom in Thailand

February 25, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Water harvesting-classroom at Ban Wang Toey School by Pareid and students from Chulalongkorn University

Architecture studio Pareid and students from Chulalongkorn University have built an open-walled classroom around two water collecting funnels in western Thailand. Called Pylonesque, the classroom was created as an additional space at the Ban Wang Toey School in the Thai province of Uthai Thani. It is covered by a roof made of two funnels that

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Phineas Harper appointed director of Open City

February 24, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Writer and Dezeen columnist Phineas Harper has become director of London-based charity Open City, which organises open house events in over 40 cities around the world. In his new role Harper, who joined Open City after working as deputy director of the Architecture Foundation for five years, wants to encourage people to be more involved

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Hugh Broughton Architects and Ramboll design aerodynamic Antarctic research centre

February 18, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Discovery Building at the British Antarctic Survey's Rothera Research Station by London-based Hugh Broughton Architects.

Construction has begun on the Discovery Building for the British Antarctic Survey’s research station in Antarctica, designed by Hugh Broughton Architects and Ramboll with NORR and Turner & Townsend. The operations centre is being built at the Rothera Research Station on Adelaide Island, which is the base for British research in Antarctica and acts as the

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Zero-water garden created in Sharjah to show how desert plants can thrive in cities

February 14, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Becoming Xerophile by Cooking Sections and engineer AKII at the Sharjah Architecture Triennial

Architecture studio Cooking Sections and engineer AKII have created an experimental landscape in Sharjah to demonstrate how desert plants could be used as an alternative to water-hungry greenery in arid cities. Named Becoming Xerophile, the installation was built alongside the Al-Qasimiyah School as part of the Sharjah Architecture Triennial in the city of Sharjah. Cooking Sections and

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Zero-water garden created in Sharjah to show how desert plants can thrive in cities

February 14, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Architecture studio Cooking Sections and engineer AKII have created an experimental landscape in Sharjah to demonstrate how desert plants could be used as an alternative to water-hungry greenery in arid cities. Named Becoming Xerophile, the installation was built alongside the Al-Qasimiyah School as part of the Sharjah Architecture Triennial in the city of Sharjah. Cooking Sections and

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Arts and Crafts hospital converted into holiday home by Benjamin + Beauchamp Architects

February 13, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

CFA Voysey's Winsford Cottage Hospital in Devon, UK, by Benjamin + Beauchamp Architects for the Landmark Trust

Benjamin + Beauchamp Architects has renovated CFA Voysey’s Winsford Cottage Hospital in Devon, England, and turned it into a holiday home for the Landmark Trust charity. The cottage hospital, which was designed by prominent British Arts and Crafts architect and designer Voysey, has been converted into self-catering accommodation for six people and a space for community

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OnSITE wins contest to create Saudi Arabian desert house

February 3, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

OnSITE wins contest to create Saudi Arabian desert dwelling in Al Ula

French architecture studio OnSITE has designed a holiday home made up of four rock-like rooms, which could be built in the Al-Ula desert in the north west of Saudi Arabia. The holiday home by OnSITE was the winner of the inaugural Sculpting Spaces: Architectural Desert Dwellings for Al-Ula competition. It was designed in collaboration with artist studio

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China building 1,000-bed hospital in ten days to treat coronavirus

January 27, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

1,000-bed hospital being built in Wuhan, China, to treat coronavirus

The government of China is rapidly building a 1,000-bed hospital in Wuhan as part of its efforts to contain and treat patients suspected of contracting coronavirus. Named Wuhan Huoshenshan Hospital, the 25,000-square-metre facility is being built in the Caidian District in the west of the city of Wuhan to treat coronavirus patients. At the time

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This week sofas and young designers were showcased at Maison&Objet

January 25, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

This week on Dezeen, the work of up-and-coming French designers, alongside sofas and rugs were on show at the Maison&Objet furniture and accessories fair in Paris. Maison&Objet’s Rising Talents exhibition highlighted the work of six emerging French designers: Natacha & Sacha, Laureline Galliot, Mathieu Peyroulet Ghilini, Wendy Andreu, Julie Richoz and Adrien Garcia. Their work demonstrated a

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Criticism of Jair Bolsonaro meeting is “an oversimplification of a complex world” says Bjarke Ingels

January 23, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Bjarke Ingels meets Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro to "change the face of tourism in Brazil"

Danish architect Bjarke Ingels has defended his decision to meet with Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and intends to work in the country in the future. Ingels released a statement rejecting the idea that countries like Brazil should be off-limits to architects after a photograph of him and Bolsonaro led to widespread criticism, including from the commenters on

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