Articles by Tom Ravenscroft

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Zeller & Moye arranges timber house around pine trees in German forest

July 7, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Haus Koeris timber house in Klein Köris, Germany, by Zeller & Moye

Architecture studio Zeller & Moye has built a house entirely from timber, which is arranged in five boxes to avoid existing pine trees in Klein Köris, eastern Germany. Built in a forested area near the lakeside village of Klein Köris, the single-storey house’s staggered layout was determined by the existing pine trees on the site. Zelle & Moye aimed

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Blueprint magazine ends print edition after 37 years and 369 issues

July 6, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Blueprint magazine ends print edition after 37 years and 369 issues

Influential architecture and design magazine Blueprint has published its last print edition in its current bi-monthly format and is set to launch a “reimagined version” later this year. Blueprint magazine, which was launched in 1983 by Peter Murray and Deyan Sudjic, will not continue in its current printed format as the brand focuses on investing in

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Contini Architettura arranges church and community centre around public square in Castel di Lama

July 5, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Church and community centre in Castel di Lama by Studio Contini

Parma-based Contini Architettura has built a church, parish hall, sports’ clubhouse and changing rooms around a new public square in the village of Castel di Lama, Italy. Contini Architettura drew upon the arrangements of traditional Italian town centres to design the complex, which contains both religious and community buildings. “The client wanted the parish centre to

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White Arkitekter designs starfish-shaped sea pool in Bergen

July 3, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
True Blue beach and sea pool in Bergen. Norway, by White Arkitekter 

Swedish studio White Arkitekter has designed a floating pool in Bergen, Norway, which will be built as part of the redevelopment of the city’s coastline into a waterfront park called True Blue. The starfish-shaped pool is set to be built as part of the creation of an almost mile-long park on the Store Lungegårdsvann lake,

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Atelier Oslo and Lundhagem unveil Oslo’s “huge but intimate” central library

July 2, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Deichman Bjørvika central library in Olso, Norway by Atelier Oslo and Lund Hagem

Oslo’s long-awaited Deichman Bjørvika central library, which stands alongside the Snøhetta-designed opera house on the city’s waterfront, has opened to the public in Norway. Designed by Atelier Oslo and Lundhagem, the five-storey building contains space for 450,000 books wrapped around a large, top-lit atrium that connects the floors and breaks them into smaller spaces. “Our aim was to make

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ETH Zurich combines 3D printing and casting to make more efficient concrete structures

July 2, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Fast Complexity concrete 3D printing by ETH Zurich

“Researchers at ETH Zurich have created a machine that controls the setting rate of concrete to offer a “seamless transition between casting and 3D printing” so that structures can be made that use less material. The system called Fast Complexity combines two existing technologies for creating concrete forms – 3D printing concrete and casting into

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Open Architecture unveils Pingshan Performing Arts Center

July 2, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Pingshan Performing Arts Center by Open Architecture

Beijing studio Open Architecture has created the Pingshan Performing Arts Center near Shenzhen as a “counter-statement” to other more extravagant theatres that have recently been built in China. The architecture studio designed the performing arts centre in the Pingshan district of Shenzhen with a simple form to demonstrate an alternative to the landmark structures that

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BIG designs furniture factory for Vestre in Norwegian forest

July 1, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Vestre furniture factory in Magnor, Norway, by BIG

Danish architecture studio BIG has designed a factory for furniture manufacturer Vestre in a Norwegian forest, which the brand claims will be the “world’s most eco-friendly furniture factory”. Named The Plus, the factory development, which will include a visitor centre and a 300-acre park, is set to be built within a forest near the village of

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Didonè Comacchio Architects draws on Mies van der Rohe for Italian football stand

June 30, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Municipal stadium in Travettore di Rosà by Didonè Comacchio Architects

Italian studio Didonè Comacchio Architects has built a football stand that references the work of Mies van der Rohe for the municipal stadium in Travettore di Rosà, Italy. The architecture studio designed the shelter to cover 300 concrete seats alongside a stadium used by football team FCD Transvector in a village near Vicenza in the north of Italy.

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