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Cottrell and Vermeulen Architecture inserts brick and timber mews house into south London lane

June 29, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Stories Mews in south London by Cottrell and Vermeulen Architecture

Cottrell and Vermeulen Architecture utilised “the materials of garages and sheds” to create a small two-storey house on Stories Mews in south London. The architecture studio replaced a 1970s double garage with a home that matches the adjoining properties in scale and materials as the latest stage of the development of a service lane into a

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David Chipperfield unveils Würth art gallery in southern Germany

June 29, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau, Germany, by David Chipperfield Architects

The Berlin office of David Chipperfield Architects has built an art gallery and conference hall to complete the Carmen Würth Forum cultural building in Künzelsau, Germany. The art museum and conference facilities were built alongside a partially subterranean concert hall that was completed by David Chipperfield Architects in 2017. Together, the interconnected buildings – which

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This week, Kengo Kuma designed a chicken coop

June 27, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

This week on Dezeen, Kengo Kuma’s studio designed a blackened-wood chicken coop in Mexico, while Airbnb’s co-founder declared that “travel as we knew it is over”. Kengo Kuma and Associates built the coop at the Casa Wabi arts foundation in Puerto Escondido, Mexico, for chickens that will provide eggs for the community’s residents. According to the studio the coop

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15 proposals for how outdoor spaces could be adapted for social distancing

June 26, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Creative agencies from around the world have envisioned how public spaces could be adapted to allow social distancing as part of the Where We Stand initiative organised by editor David Michon. In total 15 design teams have created ideas to transform their favourite outdoor areas into safe and welcoming spaces that people can use while social

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MAD tops Shenzhen cultural park with “monumental stones”

June 25, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Shenzhen Bay Culture Park by MAD

Architecture studio MAD has unveiled its design for the largely subterranean Shenzhen Bay Culture Park museum complex, which will be topped by two pavilions designed to look like groups of large stones. Shenzhen Bay Culture Park will be built on a waterfront site in the Houhai area of Shenzhen’s Nanshan district alongside a 400-metre-high supertall skyscraper designed by Kohn

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London mayor to vacate Foster + Partners-designed City Hall

June 24, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
London mayor to vacate Foster + Partners-designed City Hall

London mayor Sadiq Khan has announced that City Hall may be relocated from its Foster + Partners-designed home alongside the Thames to the docklands area of the city as part of coronavirus cost-cutting measures. Khan is planning to move the mayor’s office and the Greater London Authority (GLA) to the WilkinsonEyre-designed The Crystal building, which is located near

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“Travel as we knew it is over” says Airbnb co-founder

June 23, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Airbnb co-founder Brian Chesky

The travel and tourism industries will be changed forever by the coronavirus pandemic with less focus on major tourist destinations, says Airbnb co-founder Brian Chesky. “Travel as we knew it is over,” Chesky told American news channel CNBC during an interview with Deirdre Bosa. “It doesn’t mean travel is over, just the travel we knew

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Snøhetta perches pentagonal hiking cabins alongside a Norwegian glacier

June 23, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Tungestølen Tourist Cabin at Jostedalen glacier in Norway by Snøhetta

Architecture studio Snøhetta has built a group of timber cabins overlooking the Jostedalen glacier in Norway to replace accommodation buildings that were destroyed by a cyclone. Arranged around the peak of a hill the hiking cabins were built for the for a local branch of the Norwegian National Trekking Association. They replace the original Tungestølen

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OMA unveils Feyenoord Stadium design

June 23, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Feyenoord Stadium by OMA and LOLA Landscape Architects

Dutch architecture studio OMA and landscape architect LOLA have revealed the updated design for the 63,000-seater Feyenoord Stadium, which will be the largest stadium in the Netherlands. The stadium, which will become the new home for top-tier Dutch football club Feyenoord, will be located alongside the Nieuwe Maas river as part of OMA’s masterplan for the

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