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Cowper Griffith Architects creates contemporary holiday home in medieval hall

October 4, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

UK studio Cowper Griffith Architects has combined the medieval fabric of the 14th-century Calverley Old Hall in West Yorkshire, England, with contemporary additions to create a holiday home for the Landmark Trust charity. The Grade I-listed medieval hall in the town of Calverley, which was in a largely derelict state, was overhauled by the studio

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Wraxall Yard designed as “attractive, comfortable, fully inclusive holiday accommodation”

October 4, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

This video spotlights the Wraxall Yard holiday accommodation by Clementine Blakemore Architects, which is one of six projects shortlisted for this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize. The project in Dorset is one of a trio of reuse projects on the shortlist, which is the focus of this short film series being published by Dezeen in collaboration with

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Park Hill Phase 2 “contains the history and stories of the people of Sheffield”

October 3, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

This video spotlights Phase 2 of the Park Hill estate regeneration in Sheffield by Mikhail Riches, which is one of six projects shortlisted for this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize. Park Hill is one of two housing schemes on this year’s shortlist, which is the focus of this short-film series being published by Dezeen in collaboration with

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Twentieth Century Society calls for preservation of “just one set of cooling towers”

October 3, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

As the UK closes its last coal-fired power station, conservation group Twentieth Century Society is running a campaign to preserve a set of cooling towers. Hyperboloid thermal towers, more commonly known as cooling towers, were once a common site across the UK, but after largely becoming obsolete they are rapidly being demolished. With the UK’s

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Decommissioned cooling towers turned into theme parks, music venues and extreme sports centres

October 3, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

After the UK’s last coal power station closed last week, the Twentieth Century Society has selected seven projects that demonstrate how the under-threat cooling towers at these “cathedrals of industry” could be reused. Cooling towers were once a major feature of the UK’s energy infrastructure. But from a peak of 240 only 45 remain, and

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“Hotel in nature” in Singapore named Best Tall Building Worldwide

October 2, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

The 23-storey Pan Pacific Orchard skyscraper in Singapore by architecture studio WOHA has won the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s award for the world’s best new tall building. Set in the city’s Orchard Road district, the 350-room hotel has four large planted terraces cut into the building’s rectangular form. The Council on Tall

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National Portrait Gallery visitors are “not there to look at the architecture”

October 2, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

This video spotlights the overhaul of the National Portrait Gallery by Jamie Fobert Architects and Purcell, which is one of six projects shortlisted for this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize. The renovation of the Grade I-listed National Portrait Gallery is one of four London projects on this year’s shortlist, which is the focus of a short-film series

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Elizabeth Line designed to have an “elegant simplicity”

October 1, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

This video highlights the Elizabeth Line infrastructure by studios Grimshaw, Maynard, Equation and Atkins, which is one of six projects shortlisted for this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize. It is the largest project on this year’s shortlist, which is the focus of a short-film series currently being published by Dezeen in collaboration with the Royal Institute of

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Six architecture and design events in October from Dezeen Events Guide

October 1, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Dutch Design Week, Archtober and Design Week South Africa are among the key architecture, design and art events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this October. Other events taking place during the month include Designblok, Design Week Lagos and Designart Tokyo. Archtober 1 to 31 October, USA The 14th edition of the annual Archtober event takes

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Six architecture and design events in October from Dezeen Events Guide

October 1, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Dutch Design Week, Archtober and Design Week South Africa are among the key architecture, design and art events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this October. Other events taking place during the month include Designblok, Design Week Lagos and Designart Tokyo. Archtober 1 to 31 October, USA The 14th edition of the annual Archtober event takes

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