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Mizzi Studio draws on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for Kew Gardens restaurant

January 7, 2022 Alice Finney 0

Family Kitchen restaurant in Kew Gardens by Mizzi Studio

Design practice Mizzi Studio has completed the interiors of Family Kitchen, a kids’ restaurant in Kew Gardens that combines the aesthetics of the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with a “botanical science laboratory.” Located in the families area of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, southwest London, the restaurant features whimsical designs such as

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Max Lamb crafts minimalist altar for St John Chrysostom Church

January 5, 2022 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

St John Chrysostom church altar and sanctuary floor by Max Lamb

British designer Max Lamb has turned his hand to ecclesiastical objects, creating an altar, candles and floor for a church in London. Lamb produced the pieces for the St John Chrysostom Parish Church in Peckham, south London, which was designed in a modernist style by the architect David Bush and built in 1966. Commissioned as

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Apparata designs affordable housing development A House for Artists in London

January 4, 2022 James Parkes 0

Image of A House for Artists from the side

London-based architecture studio Apparata has completed a community-oriented housing development for artists with a playful design and a facade punctured by geometrically-shaped openings. First announced in 2017, A House for Artists is located in Barking, east London, and was designed to provide low-cost housing and workspace for 12 artists and their families. The five-storey concrete

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6a Architects adds “glowing etched lantern” to community centre in Bloomsbury

December 30, 2021 Jon Astbury 0

Holborn House is a community centre in London by 6a Architects

UK studio 6a Architects has extended a gymnasium and multigenerational community centre in Bloomsbury, London, into a block called Holborn House that has a facade designed by artist Caragh Thuring. Created for the Holborn Community Association (HCA), the new structure extends an existing basement gym with a bright two-storey space that provides additional community spaces and greater street presence for

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Fathom Architects designs London office with more meeting areas than desks

December 28, 2021 Amy Frearson 0

Kitchen and dining space in 6 Babmaes Street office for The Crown Estate by Fathom Architects

With the trend for remote working continuing, Fathom Architects has designed an office for property group The Crown Estate “for all the stuff that happens away from your computer screen”. Located in St James’s, London, 6 Babmaes Street responds to the fact that The Crown Estate’s staff have been largely working from home since the pandemic. Acknowledging that

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Room2 opens “world’s first whole-life net-zero hotel” in Chiswick

December 23, 2021 Jennifer Hahn 0

Courtyard of Room2 Chiswick designed by Project Orange

Hospitality brand Room2 has opened what it claims is the first hotel to reach net-zero emissions across its entire lifespan from construction to demolition. Designed by architecture studio Project Orange, the new build is located in the west London area of Chiswick and features 86 rooms powered by solar panels and ground source heat pumps,

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Peter Barber Architects revamps and densifies London social housing estate

December 23, 2021 Nat Barker 0

Peter Barber Architects has rejuvenated the post-war Kiln Place social housing estate in London and created 15 new homes. Working with the London Borough of Camden, Peter Barber Architects aimed to update the whole estate and increase its density without demolishing any of the existing homes. “Fundamentally, focused interventions can avoid demolition of existing homes, whilst still

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Fresh produce takes centre stage in Notting Hill’s Spring-To-Go farm shop

December 20, 2021 Amy Frearson 0

Spring-To-Go interior by Skye Gyngell and Briony Fitzgerald

Australian chef Skye Gyngell has teamed up with her sister, designer Briony Fitzgerald, to create a deli version of her restaurant Spring that is centred around a huge display of fruit and vegetables. Located in London’s Notting Hill, Spring-To-Go is a shop where customers can buy seasonal produce and order restaurant-quality meals for home delivery. Gyngell

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6a Architects to overhaul Grimshaw’s Grand Union House offices

December 17, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0

London studio 6a Architects has revealed its plans to renovate and extend a vacant office in Camden that forms part of the Grand Union Complex designed by Grimshaw in the late 1980s. Expected to complete in 2023, the project will involve refurbishing and extending the office, named Grand Union House, to create 6,500 square metres

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Controversial M&S Oxford Street demolition “offers tangible and substantial carbon benefits” claims architect

December 17, 2021 Jennifer Hahn 0

Render of M&S Oxford Street flagship by Pilbrow & Partners

Replacing London’s flagship Marks & Spencer store on Oxford Street with a new building will lead to lower lifetime carbon emissions than could be achieved with a retrofit, according to its architect Fred Pilbrow of Pilbrow & Partners. “It’s not always right to refurbish” old structures, Pilbrow told Dezeen, claiming that the contentious project is

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