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Skyscraper that “takes inspiration from nature” proposed for City of London

August 2, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0

Aerial visual of 55 Bishopsgate in London skyline

Architecture studio Arney Fender Katsalidis has released visuals of a proposed 60-storey-skyscraper named 55 Bishopsgate for a site close to Foster + Partners’ Gherkin in the City of London. Designed by Arney Fender Katsalidis (AFK Studios) for the western edge of a cluster of skyscrapers in the City of London, the building would become one of the

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David Thulstrup brings industrial colours and textures into Borough Yards office

July 31, 2022 Amy Frearson 0

The brick arches and warehouse buildings of London’s Borough Market informed the materials and furnishings of The Office Group’s latest workspace, designed by Copenhagen-based Studio David Thulstrup. Located at Borough Yards, the office forms part of a new retail development designed by architecture studio SPPARC in the spaces in and around an old railway viaduct.

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Aimé Leon Dore’s London boutique homages modernist architect Adolf Loos

July 18, 2022 Ali Morris 0

Walnut cabinetry in Sarita Posada's Aimé Leon Dore store in Soho

New York interior designer Sarita Posada has layered “lived-in” details and rich textures inside the first London store from fashion and lifestyle label Aimé Leon Dore. Located on Broadwick Street in London’s Soho, the two-storey boutique is the brand’s second outpost and first international flagship, designed in collaboration with London-based West Architecture. Rather than riffing

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Ten Zaha Hadid Design products that go “beyond a simple translation from sketch to object”

July 12, 2022 Jane Englefield 0

Zaha Hadid Design co-directors Woody Yao and Maha Kutay have selected 10 highlights from an exhibition of the design studio’s objects at Roca London Gallery. Called Everything Flows, the exhibition presents a variety of objects created by Zaha Hadid Design (ZHD) over the last 15 years and was curated by Yao and Kutay. The pieces

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Emil Eve Architects retrofits own office in brutalist building in Hackney

July 11, 2022 Jane Englefield 0

London studio Emil Eve has retrofitted its Hackney office to include a striking green-painted floor and modular birch plywood furniture designed to be “reconfigured or adapted as the needs of the users change”. The architecture firm created the studio space, which it shares with design practices OEB Architects and Material Works, in an existing brutalist

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Timber structure and finishes define London home by Russell Jones

July 8, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Exterior of Wembury Mews house by Russell Jones

Sustainably-sourced timber has been used for the structure, cladding and interior of this mews home in Highgate, London, designed by local architect Russell Jones. Located on a long, narrow backland plot in a conservation area, the 127-square-metre, four-storey home turns inward with a palette of pale, natural materials to create an “escape from the world

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Emil Eve uses natural materials to bring “sense of calm” to renovated London home

July 1, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture studio Emil Eve has added a timber-framed extension to a Victorian house in south London that contains light-filled interior spaces with a connection to the outdoors. The owners of the end-terrace house on Waghorn Street in Peckham tasked Emil Eve with adapting the interior to provide bright, contemporary spaces for living and entertaining. The

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Child Studio transforms 19th-century London townhouse into Cubitts eyewear store

June 30, 2022 Natasha Levy 0

Concertina display stand in front room of Cubitts eyewear shop in Belgravia, London, designed by Child Studio

London practice Child Studio has created an “intimate and domestic atmosphere” inside this store by local eyewear brand Cubitts, which occupies a townhouse in Belgravia. Taking over the building’s basement and ground floor, the shop was designed to draw on both the modernist aesthetic of Cubitts’ frames and the history of Belgravia. The central London

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Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners drawing up plans to turn Lloyd’s building into hotel

June 28, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0

The Lloyd's building in London by Richard Rogers and Partners (now Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners)

UK studio Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has reportedly been hired to investigate turning its seminal Lloyd’s building in London into a hotel for owners Ping An. The studio, which designed the Grade I-listed building in the early 1980s as the headquarters for Lloyd’s of London, has been hired by the building’s owner to assess

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Oliver Leech Architects extends Pink House with materials that “age gracefully”

June 22, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Rear facade of Pink House by Oliver Leech Architects

Local studio Oliver Leech Architects and interior designer Juliet O’Caroll used a palette of pale pink colours and materials for this extension and refurbishment of a Victorian terrace in London. Called Pink House, the project transforms the five-bedroom dwelling into a “private city oasis”, informed by memories of the client’s favourite holidays in Provence, Morocco

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