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dMFK Architects restores CFA Voysey’s Arts and Crafts factory to its “former glory”

April 30, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Architecture studio dMFK Architects has restored and renovated the Voysey House office in Chiswick, London, which was originally designed as a wallpaper factory by architect CFA Voysey. The studio renovated the Grade-II listed building – the only factory designed by the architect – into a “premium workspace” for property developer Dorrington. It will be occupied

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Mae Architects completes “21st-century almshouse” in Southwark

April 26, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

London studio Mae Architects has created Harriet Hardy House in Southwark, a block of 119 social homes complete with a community centre and cafe. Commissioned by Southwark Council, the housing forms part of the Aylesbury estate redevelopment and is organised in a U-shape around a central courtyard. According to Mae Architects, Harriet Hardy House is

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Don’t Move, Improve! unveils London’s best house renovations of 2024

April 19, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

A dwelling with a “tin hat” by Nimtim Architects and a colourful extension by Charles Holland are among the 16 London homes named on the shortlist for this year’s Don’t Move, Improve! competition. A triangular house in a former garage by studio Brown Urbanism is also on the shortlist, alongside an extension by Cairn that

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Gary Card redesigns London’s LN-CC store with orange tunnel and LED-lit club

April 11, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Designer Gary Card has given London’s LN-CC boutique a redesign that includes a sci-fi-looking wooden tunnel and a room “shaped like the inside of a foot”. Card, who designed the original interior of the east London store in 2011, said the challenge for him was using the knowledge he has accumulated since then to create

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Bell Phillips creates Cosway Street housing block with fluted precast brick facades

April 8, 2024 Betty Owoo 0

Scalloped facades featuring tones of cream and red brick define a U-shaped housing block by Bell Phillips in Marylebone in central London. Named Cosway Street after the road on which the building sits, the design of the 49-home development in the Lisson Grove Conservation area aims to repair the fragmented streetscape by re-establishing the urban

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Fletcher Crane Architects completes pale brick home overlooking Richmond Park

April 5, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

UK studio Fletcher Crane Architects has completed Kingston Villa in Richmond, London, offering a contemporary “evolution” of the area’s typical suburban architecture in pale brick and metal. Tasked with turning a dilapidated bungalow on the edge of Richmond Park into a new family home, the Surrey-based studio drew on its neighbouring buildings to create a

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Barbican’s Unravel exhibition explores the subversive power of textiles

April 5, 2024 Francesca Tesler 0

Curator Lotte Johnson discusses the transformative power of textiles in this video produced by Dezeen for the Barbican’s latest exhibition. Titled Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art, the exhibition examines how textiles have been employed to explore themes spanning power, oppression, gender and belonging. It features over 100 works that make use of

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Fulham reveals swimming pool-topped stadium alongside Thames

April 2, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Football club Fulham FC has unveiled renders of its Populous-designed Riverside Stand at its Craven Cottage stadium in London that show a rooftop swimming pool. Described as “a European football stadium first”, the rooftop pool overlooking the Thames forms part of the redevelopment of the Riverside stand for the Premier League football team. Designed by

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Tigg + Coll Architects moves studio into converted Victorian mission church

April 2, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

Tigg + Coll Architects has converted part of an abandoned mission church in west London into a flexible studio, with the rest of the building set to be turned into homes. The studio, led by architects David Tigg and Rachel Coll, has completed the first phase of a redevelopment project that will see all of

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Mooradian Studio sprays London boutique interior with recycled newspaper pulp

March 27, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture office Mooradian Studio used spray-on paper pulp to create a bumpy texture across the walls and ceilings of north London menswear store Natalino. Taking over a former art gallery in Fitzrovia, Natalino’s first physical store was designed to reflect the brand’s garments. “Nathan’s clothes use a lot of natural textures and you can often

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