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MVRDV creates 600-metre-long orange walkway that bridges Rotterdam roofs

May 30, 2022 James Parkes 0
Rotterdam Rooftop Walk is a 600 metre orange walkway

Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has opened Rotterdam Rooftop Walk, a temporary bright orange rooftop installation in Rotterdam that crosses the rooflines of two adjacent buildings. Rotterdam Rooftop Walk is a temporary walkable installation that extends up the side of Rotterdam’s World Trade Centre and creates a bridge across to the city’s Bijenkorf department store. The

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Chunky staircase features in Farleigh Road renovation by Paolo Cossu Architects

January 17, 2022 Amy Frearson 0
Staircase and bookshelves in Farleigh Road renovation and extension by Paolo Cossu Architects

An extra-wide oak staircase doubles as a piece of furniture in this renovation of a Victorian terrace in east London, designed by Paolo Cossu Architects. The Farleigh Road project involved remodelling a four-storey house that had previously been subdivided into two separate properties, to create a spacious home for a family. The lower level had

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Kengo Kuma tucks Japanese student hub under wooden bleachers

January 14, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0
Stepped roof of student hub by Kengo Juma & Associates

A sloped roof lined with wooden bleachers and plants conceals the student hub that Japanese studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has created for the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Named the Hisao & Hiroko Taki Plaza, the building sits partially below ground and is intended to emulate a landform or river delta “that spills into the

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Mecanoo and OTJ Architects complete renovation of Mies van der Rohe’s Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library

December 21, 2021 Jane Englefield 0
Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library

Architecture studios Mecanoo and OTJ Architects have added a rooftop garden and statement staircases to the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library in Washington DC as part of its renovation of the Mies van der Rohe-designed building. Dutch architecture office Mecanoo collaborated with New Orleans studio OTJ Architects for the project, which involved a three-year-long renovation of

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Dezeen’s top 10 staircases of 2021

December 6, 2021 James Parkes 0
Staircase at a self build project in Denmark by Tommy Rand

We continue our review of 2021 with a roundup highlighting the top 10 staircases featured on Dezeen this year, including a stair informed by skate bowls and one designed by Kengo Kuma. Self build, Denmark, by Tommy Rand Located on the outskirts of Aarhus, this self-build house by Tommy Rand features a spiral staircase made using CNC-cut

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