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Inmos Microprocessor Factory is Richard Rogers’ high-tech factory prototype

November 22, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

High-tech architecture: Inmos Microprocessor Factory in Wales by Richard Rogers

We continue our guide to high-tech architecture by looking at the Inmos Microprocessor Factory, a key example of Richard Rogers’ radical inside-out buildings. Completed in 1982 in Newport, Wales, the Inmos Microprocessor Factory is a highly-flexible single-storey steel structure that was conceived as a prefabricated kit of parts that could be constructed anywhere. It contains

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Herzog & de Meuron’s Dominus Winery photographed 20 years after completion

November 19, 2019 Kristine Klein 0

These photographs taken by Yueqi “Jazzy” Li capture the “mesmerising” dappled light inside Herzog & de Meuron’s Dominus Winery. Jazzy Li’s series documents the interiors and exteriors of the Napa winery, which was completed by Herzog & de Meuron in 1997, marking its first project in the United States. “The Dominus Winery is still a

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Norman Foster’s Renault Distribution Centre is high-tech architecture’s most flamboyant structure

November 18, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0

High-tech architecture: Renault Distribution Centre by Norman Foster

Next in our high-tech architecture series is Norman Foster’s Renault Distribution Centre in Swindon, one of the most expressive and distinctive examples of the style. Completed in 1982 by Foster Associates, which became Foster + Partners, the Renault Distribution Centre was the main UK distribution facility for French car manufacturer Renault. With its expressed structure it

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Radnor opens studio in old Brooklyn factory

November 9, 2019 Kristine Klein 0

Online design retailer Radnor has opened a new studio and launched an updated furniture collection inside The Old American Can Factory in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Radnor moved its studio to a space within the 130,000-square foot (12,077-square-metre) historic industrial complex, which spans six buildings and houses spaces for more than 300 artisans and creatives. Radnor’s interior features

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Reliance Controls factory by Team 4 was a “democratic pavilion”

November 7, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Reliance Controls electronics factory by Team Four

Continuing our high-tech architecture series we look at Reliance Controls, the last building that two of the giants of high-tech architecture – Richard Rogers and Norman Foster – designed together at Team 4. Completed in 1967, the small factory and office in Swindon was the first high-tech industrial building. It was the final building designed by Team

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BIG opens Copenhill power plant topped with rooftop ski slope in Copenhagen

October 8, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Copenhill waste-to-energy plant and ski slope by BIG in Copenhagen, Denmark

BIG has completed the “cleanest waste-to-energy power plant in the world” in Copenhagen, Denmark, which is topped by an artificial ski slope that is open all year round. CopenHill, also known as Amager Bakke, is a power plant located on an industrial waterfront that is capable of converting 440,000 tons of waste into clean energy

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Luxury Apartment With An Industrial Vibe And A Cool Hallway [With Floor Plans]

September 19, 2019 HD Staff 0

A conceptual interior, designed by Alexander Senchugov & Evgenia Aborina, was revised when two existing apartments were combined to make a new 265 square meter abode. The designers altered their previous sketches to create an even more spacious and luxurious apartment interior, which hums with a cool industrial current. The open plan living room has […]

Concrete arches cocoon egg-shaped kiln in Chinese porcelain factory

September 12, 2019 India Block 0

AZL Architects has completed the BingDing Wood Kiln Factory in Qiancheng village, China, building a series of concrete arches over a traditional brick kiln. AZL Architects designed the whole porcelain factory to echo the shapes of the monumental, egg-shaped kiln. Concrete arches curve over the body of the kiln, with windows and vertical joints orientated

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Colourful metal screens and plants cover factory and offices in Hanoi

September 1, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

Star Engineers Factory and Administrative Building, Hanoi, Vietnam, by Studio_VDGA

Perforated metal screens and plants cover the facade of a factory and office complex in Hanoi, Vietnam, designed by Studio VDGA for electronics manufacturer Star Engineers. Studio VDGA designed Star Engineers’ factory and administrative buildings, which is longlisted for a Dezeen Award, as a facility that would be pleasant to work at in hot weather.

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Henning Larsen tops Danish sewage works with park

August 27, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Solrødgård Climate and Environment Park in Denmark by Henning Larsen

A green roof with meandering pathways disguises this weathering steel water treatment facility, which Henning Larsen has completed on the island of Zealand, Denmark. Named the Solrødgård Water Treatment Plant, the building contains a recycling centre and wastewater treatment plant for the city of Hillerød, and is topped by a public urban park. Henning Larsen designed the rooftop

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