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Oppenheim Architecture designs Swiss water-treatment plant to resemble a natural rock

January 27, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Muttenz Water Treatment Plant by Oppenheim Architecture

Oppenheim Architecture has coated a water-treatment plant in Muttenz, Switzerland, in a mixture of stone and clay, to create a building reminiscent of a natural rock form eroded by flowing water. The architecture studio designed the building to elevate what would usually be a private building into a landmark for the nearby town that would draw visitors into

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Movie shows The Shed’s moving roof in action

January 25, 2019 Siufan Adey 0
The Shed's moving roof by Diller Scofidio + Refro

This captioned movie shows how the roof of The Shed, currently under construction in New York’s Hudson Yards, will move back and forth. Located beside the High Line, the eight-storey cultural centre is designed by New York studios Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Rockwell Group. The moving roof allows the building to double in size, transforming

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Movie shows Studio MK27’s minimalist pavilion for Micasa through the eyes of a bee

January 25, 2019 Amy Frearson 0
Oh Lovely Bee by Studio MK27 at Micasa Vol C

A bee explores the interior of Micasa Vol C, a multi-use pavilion for a furniture retailer in São Paulo, in this unconventional architecture film by Studio MK27. The Brazilian architecture firm’s founder Marcio Kogan, who was once a film director, worked with producer Lea van Steen to direct Oh Lovely Bee. The short movie offers a

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Watch A Year of Architecture in a Day talks live from The Met

January 19, 2019 Dan Howarth 0
Freddy Mamani's work in El Alto, Bolivia

Tune in to watch today’s architecture symposium hosted by New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, which will include presentations from OMA, MAD, Forensic Architecture and more. The livestream is due to start at 10:30am Eastern Standard Time (EST). The In Our Time: A Year of Architecture in a Day event – spotlighting the most exciting

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Watch A Year of Architecture in a Day talks live from The Met

January 19, 2019 Dan Howarth 0
Freddy Mamani's work in El Alto, Bolivia

Tune in to watch today’s architecture symposium hosted by New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, which will include presentations from OMA, MAD, Forensic Architecture and more. The livestream is due to start at 10:30am Eastern Standard Time (EST). The In Our Time: A Year of Architecture in a Day event – spotlighting the most exciting

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Drone footage reveals hundreds of abandoned Turkish chateaux

January 18, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Abandoned Turkish chateaus – Burj Al Babas luxury housing development in central Turkey

Hundreds of chateaux have been abandoned at the Burj Al Babas luxury housing development in central Turkey after its developer filed for bankruptcy, as shown in this drone footage. Approximately halfway between Turkey’s largest city Istanbul and its capital Ankara, the Burj Al Babas development will contain 732 identical mini chateaux when, or if, it completes. Begun in

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Social Balconies connects existing balconies to encourage social interaction

January 14, 2019 Sebastian Jordahn 0

The next instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living series features a concept for a modular balcony system designed to encourage good relations between neighbours. Entitled Social Balconies, the project was designed by product designer and recent Design Academy Eindhoven graduate, Edwin Van Capelleveen. The concept consists of a pair of modular components that connect

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Fraying grass roof tops Mil Centro restaurant in Peru’s historical Sacred Valley

January 10, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
Mill Centro restaurant by Estudio Rafael Freyre

This Peruvian restaurant, which overlooks an archaeological site, was designed by Lima-based Estudio Rafael Freyre as a laboratory and hub for experiments in local gastronomy. To create Mil Centro, Estudio Rafael Freyre overhauled a building in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, located in Peru’s Andean highlands. Twenty-three miles from the city of Cuzco, this

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Bullet-shaped China Resources Headquarters skyscraper completes in Shenzhen

January 9, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0
China Resources HQ by KPF

Kohn Pedersen Fox has completed a 400-metre-high supertall skyscraper as the headquarters of the China Resources export company in Shenzhen, China. The 67-storey tower, which Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) describes as “inspired by the shape of the winter bamboo shoot”, is the third tallest building in the rapidly developing city. Named China Resources Headquarters, the skyscraper is located in the

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