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Free writing course opens to aspiring design journalists from racial minorities

October 6, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

A new education programme has launched in London, to encourage young people who are black or minority ethnic to embark on careers in architecture and design journalism.  Initiated by Dezeen columnist Phineas Harper and Architectural Review journalist Tom Wilkinson, New Architecture Writers (NAW) is a free programme that aims to equip aspiring critics with basic journalism skills

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Free writing course opens to aspiring design journalists from racial minorities

October 6, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

A new education programme has launched in London, to encourage young people who are black or minority ethnic to embark on careers in architecture and design journalism.  Initiated by Dezeen columnist Phineas Harper and Architectural Review journalist Tom Wilkinson, New Architecture Writers (NAW) is a free programme that aims to equip aspiring critics with basic journalism skills

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Foster + Partner’s Bloomberg headquarters is the “world’s most sustainable office”

October 4, 2017 India Block 0

The first photos have been released of Norman Forster’s newly completed European headquarters for Bloomberg in London, which claims to be the world’s most sustainable office building. British firm Foster + Partners designed the building for the New York-based FinTech and data company to score highly against the BREEAM environmental assessment method. The building, which features a facade covered

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Plans unveiled for London’s first purpose-built design district

September 28, 2017 Ali Morris 0

SelgasCano, 6a Architects and David Kohn Architects are among the eight architecture studios creating buildings for a purpose-built design district at the heart of the new Greenwich Peninsula development in London.  The new one-hectare design district will provide a permanent base for over 1,800 of London’s creatives across a range of affordable architect-designed workspaces at the centre of the riverside

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Plans unveiled for London’s first purpose-built design district

September 28, 2017 Ali Morris 0

SelgasCano, 6a Architects and David Kohn Architects are among the eight architecture studios creating buildings for a purpose-built design district at the heart of the new Greenwich Peninsula development in London.  The new one-hectare design district will provide a permanent base for over 1,800 of London’s creatives across a range of affordable architect-designed workspaces at the centre of the riverside

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Carmody Groarke’s V&A Members’ Room combines heritage references with contemporary details

September 26, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

London studio Carmody Groarke has completed a top-lit members’ room at the Victoria & Albert Museum, featuring mirror installations that provide reflected views of spaces inside and outside the building. The office led by architects Kevin Carmody and Andy Groarke was awarded the project in 2016, following a competition that also attracted entries from David

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Carmody Groarke’s V&A Members’ Room combines heritage references with contemporary details

September 26, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

London studio Carmody Groarke has completed a top-lit members’ room at the Victoria & Albert Museum, featuring mirror installations that provide reflected views of spaces inside and outside the building. The office led by architects Kevin Carmody and Andy Groarke was awarded the project in 2016, following a competition that also attracted entries from David

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“Let’s save some of the Whitechapel Fatberg”

September 26, 2017 Will Wiles 0

The 130-tonne “fatburg” discovered below the streets of east London earlier this month serves as a reminder of how sophisticated Victorian engineering has liberated people from having to think about waste, says Will Wiles. In 1965, American sculptor Claes Oldenburg proposed an object of quite unforgettable brute simplicity for New York City. Oldenburg may be best

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Apple store was proposed for Garden Bridge in return for sponsorship

September 25, 2017 India Block 0

Boris Johnson had secret talks with Apple over a ‘mad’ mid-bridge store during a 24-hour visit to the tech company’s San Fransisco headquarters to secure funding for the Thomas Heatherwick-designed Garden Bridge. The idea for an Apple retail store on the middle of bridge was suggested by the tech giant in return for sponsoring the project,

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Thomas Heatherwick to transform London’s Olympia into “world-leading” cultural hub

September 25, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Thomas Heatherwick is to completely overhaul of the Olympia events centre in west London, creating a hotel, a theatre and suite of new entertainment venues within the Victorian exhibition hall. Heatherwick Studio is working with London-based architectural practice SPPARC on the overhaul the Olympia London venue in Kensington. In addition to the hotel and theatre, the duo are expected to

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