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Framlab proposes parasitic hexagonal pods to sleep New York’s homeless

November 21, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

New York’s empty walls could be covered with honeycomb-like clusters of pods to house the city’s growing homeless population, as part of this proposal by creative agency Framlab. Oslo and New York City-based Framlab developed the Homed scheme in response to the growing number of people sleeping rough in New York City, which has risen by

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Norman Foster slates Brexit “madness” in World Architecture Festival speech

November 21, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Norman Foster has lamented the UK’s departure from the European Union in a speech at the World Architecture Festival, adding that the diversity of nationalities found within his firm was a “cause of great celebration” in the face of Brexit. “Across all the different disciplines, we are something like 55 per cent European, and we’re 26 per cent UK,

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Foster + Partners’ Apple Park Visitor Center opens to the public

November 21, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

The visitor centre designed by Foster + Partners as part of Apple’s new California headquarters has welcomed its first guests. The centre on Tantau Avenue, Cupertino, opened its doors on Friday 17 November 2017. It is one of the several buildings that architect Norman Foster’s studio has created for the tech giant, as part of

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American modernist architect Albert C Ledner dies aged 93

November 20, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Albert C Ledner, an apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright who helped proliferate modern architecture across the US, has died in New Hampshire aged 93. Ledner, who died last Monday, 13 November 2017, was best known for his trio of meeting halls and facilities for the National Maritime Union. They include a building in Manhattan’s Chelsea

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American modernist architect Albert C Ledner dies aged 93

November 20, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Albert C Ledner, an apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright who helped proliferate modern architecture across the US, has died in New Hampshire aged 93. Ledner, who died last Monday, 13 November 2017, was best known for his trio of meeting halls and facilities for the National Maritime Union. They include a building in Manhattan’s Chelsea

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Architectural Association accused of “destroying its own cultural mission” over redundancy plans

November 20, 2017 India Block 0

Staff cuts could put the publishing and exhibitions operations at the Architectural Association school at risk, prompting outrage from leading architects and writers. All six members of the AA’s publications department and the two employees in its exhibitions team are among sixteen members of staff threatened with redundancy, according to a report in the Architects

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Image of swimming pool with vaulted ceiling named best architecture photograph of 2017

November 20, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

This shot of a dramatically lit swimming pool, taken by Terrence Zhang, has been named architectural photograph of the year. Shanghai-based photographer Zhang was named overall winner in this year’s Arcaid Images Architectural Photography Awards during the World Architecture Festival in Berlin last week. He was awarded the title for an almost symmetrical image, which

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Post-earthquake reconstruction of Chinese village house named World Building of the Year 2017

November 17, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

A house made using a rammed-earth construction technique developed to rebuild a village destroyed by earthquake has received the title of World Building of the Year 2017 at the World Architecture Festival awards. The Chinese University of Hong Kong developed the technique to help the residents of Guangming Village, which was badly damaged in the 2014 Ludian earthquake,

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Plywood pavilion for Herman Miller named World Interior of the Year 2017

November 17, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

A moulded plywood pavilion built within a Singapore furniture store has won the title of World Interior of the Year at Inside festival 2017. Created as a display area for the office furniture manufacturer Herman Miller within Singapore’s Xtra store, the form references the company’s moulded and ergonomic chairs. Singapore design studio Produce Workshop added studded details on the

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Sydney Fish Markets named Future Project of the Year 2017

November 17, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Plans for the replacement of Sydney’s “dangerous, odorous and dilapidated” fish markets have been named Future Project of the Year 2017 at the World Architecture Festival awards. A reflective, faceted canopy extends out over a harbourside boardwalk surrounding Allen Jack + Cottier Architects’ vision for the new Sydney Fish Markets. “The jury took the view that in this

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