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London’s Design Museum destroyed former Commonwealth Institute, says heritage body

December 5, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

The transformation of London’s former Commonwealth Institute into a new home for the Design Museum has resulted in the loss of a “magnificent post-war masterpiece”, according to the Twentieth Century Society. The UK heritage body has added the 1960s building – which was overhauled by OMA and John Pawson – to its growing Lost Modern

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Herzog & de Meuron wins contest for Swiss bank on the shore of Lake Geneva

December 4, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Herzog & de Meuron has unveiled its designs for the new headquarters of Swiss wealth management service and private bank Lombard Odier, which will overlook Lake Geneva. The building by Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron’s Basel-based firm will provide workspaces for 2,600 people, as well as a 600-seat auditorium and a staff canteen. This will bring together some

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Sou Fujimoto and AWAA win Brussels tower contest

December 1, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto and Belgian studio AWAA teamed up to design this mixed-use tower complex on the outskirts of Brussels, which will comprise a scooped roof and facade covered in tree-lined balconies. Sou Fujimoto and AWAA won a competition launched by property developer Unibra and construction company Thomas and Piron, to design the Delta Tower in the Auderghem municipality. Fujimoto posted a visual

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New images released of MAD’s design for hilltop village in Beverly Hills

November 30, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

These new renderings reveal more details of the plant-covered residential complex that Chinese architecture studio MAD is building in Beverly Hills. Designed like a hilltop village, the Gardenhouse development at 8600 Wilshire Boulevard is under construction in the affluent California city. The new images show typical interiors for the 18 white gable-fronted dwellings, which sit atop a podium

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New images released of MAD’s design for hilltop village in Beverly Hills

November 30, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

These new renderings reveal more details of the plant-covered residential complex that Chinese architecture studio MAD is building in Beverly Hills. Designed like a hilltop village, the Gardenhouse development at 8600 Wilshire Boulevard is under construction in the affluent California city. The new images show typical interiors for the 18 white gable-fronted dwellings, which sit atop a podium

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Oxford and Cambridge need good design to become “UK’s Silicon Valley” say architects

November 30, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

Architects welcome the UK government’s plans to build one million new houses between Oxford and Cambridge, but are demanding a comprehensive design strategy to deliver it. The government announced in its Industrial Strategy this week that it wants the region surrounding the country’s most prestigious universities to become “the UK’s Silicon Valley” – a world-leading centre of

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Foster + Partners to add “missing piece” to Rogers’ Marseille airport extension

November 30, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Foster + Partners has unveiled plans to add a glazed terminal building to Marseille Provence Airport, which will link the 1990s extension designed by Richard Rogers with the original 1960s building. London-based Foster + Partners beat Rogers’ firm, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, to win the contract for the extension. Set to be completed in two phases, the works

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Smart city planned for former US Navy airfield near Boston

November 30, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Architecture firms Elkus Manfredi and Sasaki have unveiled a masterplan to transform a parcel of land south of Boston into a smart city, the latest in a string to be announced for North America. Boston-based Elkus Manfredi Architects and Sasaki Associates have masterplanned an entire new city for a site located 12 miles south of

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Richard Rogers, Rem Koolhaas and Toyo Ito call for AA to renege on redundancy plans

November 29, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

World-renowned architects have signed a letter warning the Architectural Association that axing its publications and exhibitions departments through staff cuts will damage the school’s reputation as a place of “cutting-edge debate”. The letter, addressed to the Architectural Association’s president David Porter, was penned by architects Tony Fretton, Edward Jones of Dixon Jones Architects and Kate Macintosh,

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New York commences plans to landmark Philip Johnson’s AT&T building

November 29, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

The process to bestow landmark status on Philip Johnson’s postmodern Midtown Manhattan skyscraper is now underway, a move that could stop Snøhetta’s planned renovation of the building from going ahead. New York’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) voted unanimously today to set a date for the public hearing to preserve the tower at 550 Madison, commonly

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