Movies

Pair of skyscrapers proposed for site of Calatrava’s doomed Chicago Spire

May 17, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Two “sister skyscrapers” designed by architect David Childs have been unveiled for Chicago’s waterfront, nearly 10 years after work on Santiago Calatrava’s ill-fated Chicago Spire halted on the same plot. The 400 Lake Shore Drive development is located where the Chicago River flows into Lake Michigan, on the site the Spanish architect’s 150-storey Spire began

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Cooke Fawcett’s car park observatory offers views of London’s skyline

May 17, 2018 Fiona Hartley 0

This captioned movie shows the elevated walkway British studio Cooke Fawcett designed to sit atop a multi-storey car park now used as a bar and art gallery in south London. The Peckham Observatory stands on the roof of the car park, which is used as an open-air gallery by Bold Tendencies. The space reopens tonight for the 2018 season with a

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Pritzker Prize-winners’ best buildings transformed into animated toy blocks

May 17, 2018 India Block 0

My First Pritzker is an animation by Andrea Stinga that reimagines the works of architecture’s Pritzker Prize-winners as children’s building blocks. Barcelona-based architect and motion designer Stinga chose one building from each the 40 winners of the prize to animate as children’s toys in a satisfying video that romps through 39 years of architectural history.

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Competition: win tickets to the world premiere of Dezeen’s new film Elevation in New York

May 16, 2018 Ben Hobson 0

The world premiere of Elevation, Dezeen’s short documentary about how drones will change cities, takes place in New York on 20 May and we’ve got five pairs of tickets to give away. The 18-minute film explores how drones will revolutionise the way people travel, how goods are delivered and how buildings look and are constructed.

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Steven Holl ramps garden over Houston’s Glassell School of Art

May 15, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Architect Steven Holl has completed this concrete and glass art school at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, where students can relax in an outdoor sculpture park and a ramped roof garden. New York-based firm Steven Holl Architects’ Glassell School of Art replaces a 35-year-old building as part of a major redevelopment of the Museum

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Containerwerk showcases potential of using shipping containers for housing

May 11, 2018 Ben Hobson 0

The founders of Containerwerk discuss the benefits of building with recycled shipping containers in this movie Dezeen filmed for the German start-up company at Milan design week. Founded two years ago in Stuttgart, Germany, Containerwerk adapts used shipping containers so they can be used by architects to create living and working spaces. The company uses

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DJI’s headquarters designed by Foster + Partners will feature drone-testing skybridge

May 10, 2018 Jessica Mairs 0

Foster + Partners has integrated a skybridge into its design for new headquarters for Shenzhen-based robotics company DJI, allowing it to test out its latest drone technology. The Foster + Partners-designed building, which is currently under construction, will operate as an innovation centre for DJI – a company specialising in producing “quadcopter” drones used for film and photography. Its equipment

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MINI Living and Studiomama’s Milan installation allowed “everyone to become an architect”

May 9, 2018 Ben Hobson 0

In our latest Dezeen x MINI Living movie, architect Oke Hauser and designer Nina Tolstrup explain how MINI’s Milan design week installation let visitors design their own micro homes. Called MINI Living – Built by All, the show at Via Tortona showcased a conceptual modular system for creating tiny customisable living spaces. Split between two former warehouses,

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Watch our Dezeen x MINI Living talk about democratising urban design live from Milan

April 20, 2018 Ben Hobson 0

Designers Nina Tolstrup and Mario Minale join Joseph Grima and Oke Hauser of MINI Living to discuss how mass customisation and the democratisation of design can impact the spaces we live in. Tune in from 5:00pm UK time to watch the talk live. The stream is now live. Watch it here or on Dezeen’s Facebook page. Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs

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Fly-through video shows impact of 500 tall buildings planned for London

April 18, 2018 Jessica Mairs 0

This fly-through video created for the NLA’s annual London Tall Buildings Survey shows how over 500 towers currently proposed for London will affect the capital’s skyline. The digital model of London was created by VU.CITY for New London Architecture (NLA) as part of its fifth annual London Tall Buildings Survey, which was published today. The results of

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