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OMA designs adaptable amphitheatre for fourth MPavilion in Melbourne

June 19, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

OMA founder Rem Koolhaas and colleague David Gianotten have unveiled plans to create a reconfigurable amphitheatre topped by a translucent, floating roof for this year’s MPavilion in Melbourne. The two architects plan to create a “theatre for ideas” in Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Gardens for the fourth edition of MPavilion, an annual commission billed as Australia’s answer to London’s Serpentine

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Drone footage captures brutalist Robin Hood Gardens ahead of imminent demolition

June 15, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

This drone footage shot by Dezeen surveys the ill-fated brutalist housing estate Robin Hood Gardens, designed by architects Alison and Peter Smithson, which is set to be demolished in the coming weeks. Designed by the Smithsons during the 1960s and completed in 1972, Robin Hood Gardens in Poplar, east London, is the only housing estate by the pair that came to fruition.

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“The Iceberg” housing in Aarhus becomes a playground for penguins in new animation

June 12, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

Penguins slide and somersault down the sloping rooftops of a popular Aarhus housing complex in this animated movie, created by French film studio 11h45. The film features Isbjerget, also known as The Iceberg, the huge harbour-side housing development completed in 2013 by a team of architects and studios including JDS Architects, CEBRA, SeARCH and Louis Paillard. In the movie, this angular structure

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Baca Architects proposes floating settlements to combat overcrowding in cities

June 9, 2017 Calum Lindsay 0

The latest instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living video series explores the “aquatecture” of Baca Architects, which includes plans for floating houses, villages and even a Grand Prix track. London-based Baca Architects has developed a number of concepts that aim to move growing urban populations into floating communities on docks and canals. The studio’s plans to reinvigorate a water space in London’s

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Adamo Faiden completes undulating plaza in Buenos Aires’ financial district

May 21, 2017 Lizzie Crook 0

Argentinian studio Adamo Faiden has designed a stepped public plaza to cover an underground carpark in Catalinas Norte, the financial centre of Buenos Aires. The urban landscape, named Plaza Catalinas, is made up of triangular segments of planting and sits at the foot of a glass tower in the business district. Designed to defy the rigidity of its metropolitan surroundings, architects Sebastián

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Kvadrat’s handmade acoustic panels bring “softness” to minimalist spaces

May 17, 2017 Ben Hobson 0

Zane Walker of Kvadrat explains how its Soft Cells acoustic panels are custom-made by hand in this movie filmed by Dezeen for the textiles brand at its Poland factory. Kvadrat Soft Cells is a modular acoustic panel system produced by Danish textile company Kvadrat for a wide range of different buildings. “Spaces can range from an office

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Easy-to-assemble building kits aim to inspire new generation of architects

May 10, 2017 Ali Morris 0

Architectural model kit manufacturer Arckit has launched a series of accessible three-dimensional modelling sets for aspiring and professional architects and urban planners. Called Arckit Cityscape and Arckit Masterplan, the new city-building kits are designed to appeal to a broad audience ranging from young children, to hobbyists and professionals. The kits follow on from the original three-dimensional architectural

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Hand-glazed tiles cover Savile Row office building by EPR Architects

May 9, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Ten thousand ceramic tiles make up the facade of this office building on London’s Savile Row by EPR Architects, which is shown in a movie by photographer Jim Stephenson. The seven-storey structure is situated on the corner of Conduit Street and Savile Row, the street synonymous with London’s tailoring history, and home to the city’s

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Jaime Hayon combines Caesarstone with stained glass to create colourful Stone Age Folk pavilion

May 4, 2017 Calum Lindsay 0

Spanish designer Jaime Hayon explains how traditional marquetry techniques informed his Stone Age Folk pavilion in this movie Dezeen filmed for Caesarstone during Milan design week. Caesarstone’s Stone Age Folk exhibition, which ran from 4 to 8 April during Milan design week, featured a pavilion by Hayon constructed within the ballroom of Palazzo Serbelloni, a

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Neri&Hu’s Suzhou Chapel combines textured brick base with ethereal white cube

May 3, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Perforated metal surfaces form a white “veil” around the main hall of this chapel designed by Neri&Hu for a hotel complex near the Chinese city of Suzhou. Lyndon Neri and Rosanna Hu’s Shanghai studio designed Suzhou Chapel for a site within the Sangha resort, which is described as “a life learning and wellness community on the shores

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