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Benjamin Wilkes updates London home with vinyl-filled music room

September 16, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Benjamin Wilkes has extended a home in Leytonstone, London, named Vinyl House after its music room containing 40 linear metres of records. Benjamin Wilkes renovated the two-storey terraced home to better cater for its clients’ hobbies – cooking and music. Replacing a previous rear extension, the studio created a large kitchen and dining

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Vert installation at London Design Festival serves as “garden for insects and people”

September 16, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Design studio Diez Office and urban greening specialists OMCC have collaborated with the American Hardwood Export Council to create a “greening machine” exhibited during London Design Festival. Displayed within the courtyard at Chelsea College of Arts, the Vert installation features a timber structure traversed by greenery and was designed to address rising temperatures and dwindling

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Lebanese street food informs interior of Common Breads bakery by MA Studio

September 15, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

A traditional Lebanese bread influenced design elements at this bakery in London by local firm MA Studio, where it’s the primary item on the menu. Common Breads on Buckingham Palace Road, close to Victoria station, celebrates the centuries-old Middle Eastern food staple of kaak. In Beirut, the bread is crafted from simple ingredients, covered in

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Wright and Wright unveils transformation of British Academy headquarters in London

September 13, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

London studio Wright and Wright has refurbished the London headquarters of the British Academy, creating double-height spaces on the lower floor that aim to reflect the grandeur of the rooms above. Located at 10-11 Carlton House Terrace in central London, Wright and Wright intended to celebrate the building’s history while making it better suited for events,

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Manijeh Verghese aims to develop Open City to its “full potential”

September 10, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Architecture curator Manijeh Verghese has been announced as the CEO of Open City, which runs the Open House London festival. In this exclusive interview, she explains her plans for the educational charity. Verghese, who was announced as Open City’s new CEO today, wants the organisation to focus on changing cities for the better. “Open City

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S2B Studio separates levels of London home with slatted floor

September 6, 2024 Katie Last 0

A slatted floor is among the wooden features that fill the interior of Cooper House, the self-designed home of the founders of local practice S2B Studio in north London. Nestled in the garden of a listed building, Cooper House is designed by the husband-and-wife founders of S2B Studio to reference the history of the site, which

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The DHaus Company clads Gingerbread House extension in wooden shingles

September 5, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Local studio The DHaus Company has combined digital fabrication with arts and crafts influences at this extension in London, which is covered in shingles in a variety of shapes. Named Gingerbread House, the 1960s home in the north London neighbourhood of Muswell Hill was refurbished and expanded to create a new kitchen and dining area

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“The shadow of Grenfell Tower’s burnt-out husk will follow the refurbishment architect forever”

September 4, 2024 Nat Barker 0

As the long-awaited final report from the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire is published, Nat Barker reflects on the role of the lead architect on the building’s notorious refurbishment project. And so we come to the end. I watched hundreds of hours of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. Among the dozens of witnesses I

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Grenfell Tower Inquiry concludes that architect “bears a very significant degree of responsibility”

September 4, 2024 Nat Barker 0

The architecture studio that refurbished Grenfell Tower has been excoriated in the final report of the long-running public inquiry into a devastating fire at the building in 2017. London-based Studio E was determined to have “demonstrated a cavalier attitude to the regulations affecting fire safety” during its work on the project, which included the installation

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Cake Architecture “exposes the guts” of Rally festival with demountable fibreglass stage

September 4, 2024 Jennifer Hahn 0

Panels of translucent fibreglass envelop this multi-level stage designed by Cake Architecture for London arts and music festival Rally, revealing the reusable scaffolding structure at its heart. Named Agnes after American abstract painter Agnes Martin, the stage was designed to resemble a giant canvas and is surrounded by 40-metre-long, seven-metre-high walls on two sides. As

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