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Snøhetta channels Oscar Niemeyer for “futuristic” Aesop store in London’s Chelsea

November 9, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Twelve rose-tinged clay arches fan out over a huge stainless-steel sink in this Snøhetta-designed Aesop store in west London, designed in tribute to Brazilian modernist Oscar Niemeyer. Tucked behind a parade of shops on the King’s Road, in Chelsea, Aesop Duke of York Square is part of a luxury shopping area beside the Saatchi Gallery. A large column set in

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Snøhetta channels Oscar Niemeyer for “futuristic” Aesop store in London’s Chelsea

November 9, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Twelve rose-tinged clay arches fan out over a huge stainless-steel sink in this Snøhetta-designed Aesop store in west London, designed in tribute to Brazilian modernist Oscar Niemeyer. Tucked behind a parade of shops on the King’s Road, in Chelsea, Aesop Duke of York Square is part of a luxury shopping area beside the Saatchi Gallery. A large column set in

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Underground Roman temple reopens as immersive museum using light, haze and sound

November 9, 2017 India Block 0

A subterranean Roman temple where a mysterious cult worshipped has been restored within an immersive museum below Bloomberg’s headquarters in London by 9/11 memorial museum exhibition designers Local Projects. Part of Bloomberg’s £1 billion Norman Foster-designed European headquarters was restoring the Temple of Mithras to its original location seven metres below modern street level. The reconstructed temple sits in a

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V&A acquires entire one-bedroom flat from Robin Hood Gardens

November 9, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

The V&A museum has salvaged a three-storey section of Robin Hood Gardens, the much-debated brutalist social housing estate by Alison and Peter Smithson that is currently being demolished in east London. The V&A has acquired two sections of the estate’s garden- and street-facing facades, including one of its elevated walkways that were central to the “streets in the sky” concept

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Etch House by Fraher Architects contains clues about its previous layout

November 8, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Traces of the original architecture are incorporated throughout this renovated Victorian house in south London, which Fraher Architects updated with a new staircase that creates multipurpose landings on each level. Joe Fraher and Lizzie Webster of London-based Fraher Architects purchased the property two years ago and decided to undertake a complete refurbishment of the outdated interior to create

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Etch House by Fraher Architects contains clues about its previous layout

November 8, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Traces of the original architecture are incorporated throughout this renovated Victorian house in south London, which Fraher Architects updated with a new staircase that creates multipurpose landings on each level. Joe Fraher and Lizzie Webster of London-based Fraher Architects purchased the property two years ago and decided to undertake a complete refurbishment of the outdated interior to create

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“London streets don’t need to look like a 1940s that never happened”

November 7, 2017 Owen Hatherley 0

The sanitisation of shop signs in Walthamstow, northeast London, is a mistake that mustn’t be repeated anywhere else in the capital, argues Owen Hatherley. One of London’s great secret virtues is an ability to make a street that, in many other cities in Britain, would be a grim parade of chain stores and empty units, into an

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“London streets don’t need to look like a 1940s that never happened”

November 7, 2017 Owen Hatherley 0

The sanitisation of shop signs in Walthamstow, northeast London, is a mistake that mustn’t be repeated anywhere else in the capital, argues Owen Hatherley. One of London’s great secret virtues is an ability to make a street that, in many other cities in Britain, would be a grim parade of chain stores and empty units, into an

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SOM designs tapering skyscraper that would dwarf neighbouring Cheesegrater

November 7, 2017 India Block 0

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has revealed visuals for a 56-storey skyscraper in the City of London, featuring a slanting glass facade that resembles the Rogers Stirk Harbour-designed Cheesegrater next door. Images produced for property investors London and Oriental show the tapered glass tower occupying a hexagonal footprint. Positioned at 100 Leadenhall Street, the new tower will be neighbours with the Leadenhall Building,

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SOM designs tapering skyscraper that would dwarf neighbouring Cheesegrater

November 7, 2017 India Block 0

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has revealed visuals for a 56-storey skyscraper in the City of London, featuring a slanting glass facade that resembles the Rogers Stirk Harbour-designed Cheesegrater next door. Images produced for property investors London and Oriental show the tapered glass tower occupying a hexagonal footprint. Positioned at 100 Leadenhall Street, the new tower will be neighbours with the Leadenhall Building,

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