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Toto presents the work of Japanese architects and students

September 18, 2017 Gunseli Yalcinkaya 0

Dezeen promotion: Japanese bathroom brand Toto is hosting an exhibition in London, exploring how European study has affected the work of 20 Japanese architects and architecture students. Called Toshindai: Life-sized, the exhibition is curated by Japanese Junction, a group of Japanese architects based in London. It takes place at Toto’s London showroom from 20 September to

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10 buildings worth visiting during Open House London this weekend

September 15, 2017 Olivia Mull 0

It’s Open House London this weekend, meaning hundreds of buildings that are usually inaccessible to the public are throwing open their doors. Here’s a look at 10 properties worth braving the early morning queues for. Dezeen is media partner for Open House London, which this year celebrates its 25th anniversary. For two days, over 800 buildings

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10 buildings worth visiting during Open House London this weekend

September 15, 2017 Olivia Mull 0

It’s Open House London this weekend, meaning hundreds of buildings that are usually inaccessible to the public are throwing open their doors. Here’s a look at 10 properties worth braving the early morning queues for. Dezeen is media partner for Open House London, which this year celebrates its 25th anniversary. For two days, over 800 buildings

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Office Sian completes brick and limestone community building for Phoenix Garden

September 13, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

An arched opening in the brick wall of this building in central London leads to a community centre lined internally with glazing that looks out onto garden hidden from the street. East-London firm Office Sian Architecture + Design designed the building for the Phoenix Garden Trust, which operates a community garden tucked away in the

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Paris deputy mayor questions London’s approach to skyscrapers and public space

September 11, 2017 Marcus Fairs 0

A project like London’s now-abandoned Garden Bridge would “never” happen in Paris, according to its deputy mayor, who has criticised the UK capital’s free-market approach to development. “We don’t accept to give the management of public space to the private sector,” said Jean-Louis Missika, who is responsible for architecture, urbanism and economic development in the

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Slatted-steel facade allows partial views into jewellery workshop by DSDHA

September 10, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Local firm DSDHA has completed a workshop building for jeweller Alex Monroe near London’s Tower Bridge, featuring a facade covered by horizontal metal slats that allows passers by a glimpse of the jewellers at work. DSDHA previously designed a studio and boutique for Monroe that was completed in 2012 in the same area of Bermondsey on the

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Francisco Sutherland Architects inserts an oak structure into a Barbican flat

September 8, 2017 Ali Morris 0

Francisco Sutherland Architects has slotted a timber structure containing a bathroom, mezzanine and wardrobes into a triplex apartment in London’s brutalist Barbican Estate. Located on the apartment’s double-height top-floor space, the bespoke oak-panelled structure sits next to the master bedroom, fitting snugly under the barrel-vaulted ceiling and taking up roughly half the floor space. The intervention

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Francisco Sutherland Architects inserts an oak structure into a Barbican flat

September 8, 2017 Ali Morris 0

Francisco Sutherland Architects has slotted a timber structure containing a bathroom, mezzanine and wardrobes into a triplex apartment in London’s brutalist Barbican Estate. Located on the apartment’s double-height top-floor space, the bespoke oak-panelled structure sits next to the master bedroom, fitting snugly under the barrel-vaulted ceiling and taking up roughly half the floor space. The intervention

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Dimore Studio creates rooms for hedonists inside London gallery Mazzoleni

September 7, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Dimore Studio imagines drug addicts, party animals and poker players occupying the five boldly furnished rooms it has installed inside a London art gallery. Ahead of this year’s London Design Festival, Emiliano Salci and Britt Moran of Milan-based Dimore Studio have created a dressing room, a living room, a dining room, a bedroom and a bathroom inside London art gallery Mazzoleni. The project – which is

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Dimore Studio creates rooms for hedonists inside London gallery Mazzoleni

September 7, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Dimore Studio imagines drug addicts, party animals and poker players occupying the five boldly furnished rooms it has installed inside a London art gallery. Ahead of this year’s London Design Festival, Emiliano Salci and Britt Moran of Milan-based Dimore Studio have created a dressing room, a living room, a dining room, a bedroom and a bathroom inside London art gallery Mazzoleni. The project – which is

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