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Carmody Groarke unveils plans to build transparent “shield” around Mackintosh’s Hill House

December 8, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Carmody Groarke has unveiled plans to erect a see-through hood over Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Hill House in Helensburgh, Scotland, to help protect it from the elements during conservation works. Mackintosh, a key figure in Britain’s Arts and Crafts movement, designed and built Hill House as a home for the publisher Walter Blackie between 1902 and 1904. Located

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Sydney’s Sirius building goes on sale for £75 million amid heritage register controversy

December 8, 2017 Gunseli Yalcinkaya 0

One of Sydney’s finest examples of brutalist architecture has been put on sale for £75 million by the New South Wales government, despite new evidence that shows the building may already be heritage listed. The decision to sell the Sirius building comes after the New South Wales (NSW) government decided to not include it on the State Heritage Register,

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James Stewart Polshek to receive 2018 AIA Gold Medal

December 7, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

The American Institute of Architects has announced James Stewart Polshek as the recipient of its highest accolade, to be awarded next year. Polshek – co-founder of Ennead Architects – counts the six-storey-high glass Rose Center for Earth and Space at New York’s American Museum of Natural History, and the Clinton Presidential Center in Arkansas, among

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Workplaces must include spaces for work and rest to foster innovation, finds Haworth

December 7, 2017 Ali Morris 0

Studies of how the brain works show that offices can only facilitate creative thinking if they offer spaces for both focused work and restorative activities, says furniture brand Haworth. According to Haworth’s research, two very different types of workplace behaviour are needed to foster innovation. One is the more concentrative mode of working, whether alone or

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Workplaces must include spaces for work and rest to foster innovation, finds Haworth

December 7, 2017 Ali Morris 0

Studies of how the brain works show that offices can only facilitate creative thinking if they offer spaces for both focused work and restorative activities, says furniture brand Haworth. According to Haworth’s research, two very different types of workplace behaviour are needed to foster innovation. One is the more concentrative mode of working, whether alone or

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Workplaces must include spaces for work and rest to foster innovation, finds Haworth

December 7, 2017 Ali Morris 0

Studies of how the brain works show that offices can only facilitate creative thinking if they offer spaces for both focused work and restorative activities, says furniture brand Haworth. According to Haworth’s research, two very different types of workplace behaviour are needed to foster innovation. One is the more concentrative mode of working, whether alone or

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Qatar’s shipping container football stadium can be taken apart and reassembled after the match

December 7, 2017 India Block 0

Modified shipping containers are being used to construct Fenwick Iribarren Architects’ Ras Abu Aboud stadium in Doha for the controversial 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar. The Spanish architecture practice’s modular design means the stadium can be dismantled and moved to a new location after the football tournament. Repurposed steel containers will be arranged in an “elegant curved square” and each will

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MVRDV and BIG to create new neighbourhood in Abu Dhabi’s Makers District

December 7, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Dutch firm MVRDV has revealed plans to build a cluster of mixed-use towers in Abu Dhabi, featuring pixellated corners that will frame a public square designed by Danish studio BIG. The 76,000-square-metre scheme planned by MVRDV comprises seven mid-rise towers, containing 480 apartments in the upper levels, and shops, offices and co-working spaces in the lower storeys. These seven towers will

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BIG designs “checkerboard” domed sports centre for Texas rodeo

December 6, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Danish architect Bjarke Ingels is set to build a sports and music complex in Austin, Texas, with a fractured dome roof and an area for rodeo at its centre. The 121,000-square-metre East Austin District will include a 15,000-seat arena that will host the Austin Rodeo, hockey games and concerts and a 40,000-seat stadium for football,

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RIBA announces student winners of President’s Medals 2017

December 6, 2017 India Block 0

A novel response to London’s housing crisis and a study of the stark living quarters of Welsh quarrymen in the 1800s were just two of the student projects recognised by this year’s RIBA President’s Medals. The seven student winners received their awards at a ceremony hosted by the Royal Institute of British Architects in central

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