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Sadiq Khan appoints David Adjaye, Alison Brooks and Sadie Morgan as design advocates for London

July 11, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

London mayor Sadiq Khan has appointed 50 architects and designers, including David Adjaye, Alison Brooks and Sadie Morgan, to work with local councils to improve the quality of the built environment across the capital. Khan announced the appointments as part of the Good Growth by Design programme during a speech at London School of Economics last night.

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“Brexit is an attempt to get out of European regulation. It’s a crisis,” says David Chipperfield

July 10, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

British architect David Chipperfield has claimed the UK’s departure from the European Union will further erode city planning regulations at a time when they are needed most. “We’ve completely destroyed the notion of planning. At a point where we need the most planning, the most engagement, we’ve got the least,” he said, speaking at the annual RIBA International Conference last week. “This

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Grenfell Tower disaster exposes UK’s “dangerous, ugly, cruel and uncaring” approach to social housing, say architects

June 30, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Architects have attacked the culture of cost-cutting and “value-stripping” in UK construction, which they believe contributed to the fatal Grenfell Tower fire. “This terrible event may prove to be the shock that finally forces commissioning public clients and the construction industry to take design quality and specification seriously,” said Paul Karakusevic of London-based Karakusevic Carson Architects. “Value

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Nike unveils New York headquarters topped with giant planted swoosh

June 28, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Sedum plants form a huge tick on the roof of Nike’s new headquarters in New York, which also features an indoor basketball court, meeting rooms in a van and bleacher-style stairs. Nike NYHQ occupies six floors of a building on 855 Avenue of the Americas, designed by the brand’s Workplace Design + Connectivity team with New York-based Studios Architecture.

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