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ODA proposes New York rezoning scheme to swap height restrictions for public space

July 20, 2021 India Block 0
Beyond the Street by ODA

Architecture office ODA has proposed a rezoning plan for New York that would allow developers to build higher in return for turning private courtyards into public space. Called Beyond the Street, the scheme aims to address the loss of the city’s traditional mixed-use neighbourhoods, where people can live, work and enjoy leisure time, due to

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Six new supertall skyscrapers changing New York’s skyline

July 19, 2021 India Block 0
Central Park Tower

Here are six supertall skyscrapers – buildings over 300 metres – that have recently completed, topped out or broken records, changing the New York skyline forever. Central Park Tower on Billionaire’s Row by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill At 472 metres Central Park Tower, which was technically completed last year and is due to open

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Nakagin Capsule Tower to be dismantled and turned into rental accommodation and exhibits

July 16, 2021 India Block 0
Nakagin Capsule Tower

Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower, the 20th-century metabolist landmark by architect Kisho Kurokawa, is set to be disassembled and donated to museums or turned into rental units. Located in the Ginza neighbourhood and built over the course of just 30 days in 1972, the housing block is considered a rare example of Japanese metabolism. Much of

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Foster + Partners gets green light for One Beverly Hills development

July 14, 2021 India Block 0

Architecture studio Foster + Partners has won planning permission to redevelop a triangular site in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, with a botanical garden and a pair of plant-covered high-rises. Approval was granted by Beverly Hills City Council last month to develop the 17.5-acre site next to the Beverly Hilton and Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills. Foster +

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Six of the best restaurant interiors in California

July 14, 2021 India Block 0

From rustic fine dining to colourful ceilings designed to “stimulate the appetite”, here are six top examples of interior design for restaurants from California. Loqui in Downtown Los Angeles, California, by Wick Architecture & Design Los Angeles studio Wick Architecture & Design looked to materials more commonly found on construction sites when designing Loqui, the

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Six of the best restaurant interiors in California

July 14, 2021 India Block 0

From rustic fine dining to colourful ceilings designed to “stimulate the appetite”, here are six top examples of interior design for restaurants from California. Loqui in Downtown Los Angeles, California, by Wick Architecture & Design Los Angeles studio Wick Architecture & Design looked to materials more commonly found on construction sites when designing Loqui, the

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Six of the best restaurant interiors in California

July 14, 2021 India Block 0

From rustic fine dining to colourful ceilings designed to “stimulate the appetite”, here are six top examples of interior design for restaurants from California. Loqui in Downtown Los Angeles, California, by Wick Architecture & Design Los Angeles studio Wick Architecture & Design looked to materials more commonly found on construction sites when designing Loqui, the

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Brexit “a major factor” as EU applications for UK design courses fall by more than 50 per cent

July 14, 2021 India Block 0
Brexit architects

The number of European Union students applying to study art and design in the UK has fallen by more than half compared to last year. Applications from the EU fell 52 per cent from 22,860 in 2020 to just 10,940 this year, according to data from the UK’s Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). Applications

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Gensler designs Jenga-style residential high-rise for British Colombia

July 13, 2021 India Block 0
Central Park House by Gensler

Central Park House is a 41-storey high-rise in Burnaby, British Colombia, by global architecture firm Gensler that will feature a swimming pool with wraparound glass. The standout feature of the tower next to Central Park in Metro Vancouver, Canada, will be a double-height atrium midway up the building. Called the Horizon Pavilion, this communal section

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