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Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Britain’s best buildings

June 28, 2022 Kate McCusker 0

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the Royal Institute of British Architects’ best British buildings for 2022. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! Among the twenty-nine winners of this year’s RIBA National Awards are a Passivhaus school, a London social housing development and a medieval dining hall. Established in 1966 to showcase

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Thomas Phifer creates concrete gallery as home for Richard Serra artwork

June 28, 2022 Ben Dreith 0
Richard Serra gallery designed by Thomas Phifer

American architecture studio Thomas Phifer and Partners has built a concrete structure at the Glenstone Museum in Maryland to house an artwork by sculptor Richard Serra. Thomas Phifer and Partners designed the 4,096-square-foot (281-square-metre) concrete structure specifically to house a collection of work by Serra, who gave input into the design of the structure. The

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51 White Dining Tables for A Bright Dining Room Refresh

June 28, 2022 HD Staff 0

A clean white dining table is like a blank canvas just waiting to serve as a flattering base for your most creative tablescape ideas. They’re easy to coordinate even as your dining room decor theme changes over time, and they go well with just about any style of tableware set. In this post, we’ve collected […]

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Curzon Camden Cinema / Takero Shimazaki Architects

June 28, 2022 Andreas Luco 0

Camden’s new cinema represents the adaptation and renewal of the once industrial infill lining its viaducts. The ambition for our second Curzon location sought to retain as much of the landlord’s pre-existing shell as possible, re-purposing the building fabric installed as part of the larger Hawley Wharf regeneration. Working with the inherited materials, we inserted new architectural elements with their own language which now define the public spaces of the cinema.

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Nao Iwanari models inward-facing Aquarium House in Kanagawa on a fish tank

June 28, 2022 Ali Morris 0
View from kitchen to elevated terrace in Aquarium House in Kanagawa by Nao Iwanari

Japanese architect Nao Iwanari has designed a house in Kanagawa Prefecture with split levels and an open-plan interior designed to emulate the free-flowing layout of a fish tank. Located on a small rectangular plot next to a parking lot in the city of Yamato, Aquarium House appears like an almost windowless concrete block from the street,

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Video captures Heatherwick Studio’s jewel-like Glasshouse unfolding

June 28, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0
Aerial view of Glasshouse by Heatherwick Studio

The glass and metal “sepals” of the sculptural Glasshouse by British designer Thomas Heatherwick can be seen unfolding in this short video filmed at Woolbeding Estate in England. Located in the gardens of the historic property in West Sussex, the Glasshouse is a sculptural and kinetic greenhouse filled with 300 species of subtropical trees and plants.

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House MM / a2o2 arhitekti

June 28, 2022 Andreas Luco 0

The house from the beginning of the 20th century was one of the few remaining characteristic houses in the neighborhood. Despite many new developments in the surroundings the owners decided to renovate the house and adapt it to modern living.

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Winners of the UIA 2030 Award Announced: Acknowledging Architects’ Contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals

June 28, 2022 Christele Harrouk 0

Today, at the eleventh session of the World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland, the International Union of Architects (UIA), together with the UN-HABITAT, have announced the laureates of the UIA 2030 Award. Seeking to acknowledge the contributions of architects to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and New Urban Agenda through built interventions that demonstrate design quality and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this first edition of a biennial awards program, selected winning projects from Germany, Hong Kong, Argentina, Bangladesh, and China, from 125 submitted projects in 40 countries.