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Twelve Viennese architecture studios photographed by Marc Goodwin

September 28, 2023 James Parkes 0

Architectural photographer Marc Goodwin has documented 12 architecture workspaces in Vienna, Austria, as part of an ongoing series capturing studios across the world. Goodwin, who is the founder of photography studio Archmospheres, went behind the scenes at the Viennese architecture studios following his previous trips to workspaces in cities including Los Angeles, Frankfurt and Berlin.

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USM Haller creates “techno-chic” Coperni retail space at Parisian shop-in-shop

September 25, 2023 James Parkes 0

Parisian fashion brand Coperni has collaborated with Swiss furniture company USM Haller to create its first-ever boutique, a shop-in-shop at French department store Printemps Haussmann. The shop-in-shop, installed at Printemps Haussmann in Paris, marks Coperni’s first-ever physical retail location and will be replicated at London’s Selfridges store and China’s Duty Free Mall in Hainan Island.

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MAD designs bamboo leaf-roofs for Anji Culture and Art Center

September 19, 2023 James Parkes 0

Beijing-based MAD Architects has referenced bamboo leaves for a sprawling, six-venue arts and cultural centre in Zhejiang Province in southeast China. The Anji Culture and Art Center will be defined by a series of curving canopy roofs that were designed to look like scattered bamboo leaves. Once complete the development will total around 149,000 square metres

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Diébédo Francis Kéré awarded 2023 Praemium Imperiale for architecture

September 12, 2023 James Parkes 0

Burkinabè architect Diébédo Francis Kéré has been named the 2023 architecture laureate for the Praemium Imperiale awards by the Japan Art Association. Praemium Imperiale is an annual award programme that celebrates creatives across the fields of architecture, music, sculpture, painting and theatre or film. Kéré, who leads the Berlin architecture studio Kéré Architecture, has been

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“Visionary architect” Raymond Moriyama dies aged 93

September 4, 2023 James Parkes 0

Canadian architect Raymond Moriyama, the co-founder of Moriyama Teshima Architects and architect responsible for some of Canada’s most iconic buildings, has died aged 93. Moriyama’s death was announced via a statement released by Moriyama Teshima Architects on the studio’s website on 2 September. “We are deeply saddened to learn of Raymond Moriyama’s passing on September

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Burberry draws on minimalism at New Bond Street store

August 31, 2023 James Parkes 0

British luxury brand Burberry has renovated its New Bond Street store, which has been decorated with a minimalist scheme that is populated with striking contemporary furniture. Set on a prominent spot on the corner of New Bond Street and Conduit Street in central London, the 22,000-square-metre store is split across three levels. The flagship store

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Dowen Farmer designs cubical ten-storey tower for ghost kitchens

August 10, 2023 James Parkes 0

British architecture studio Dowen Farmer Architects has released plans for Portal Road, a multistorey ghost-kitchen tower block in west London that would shuttle food to a public food hall like the “Ministry of Magic”. The studio has filed plans for the building, which would be built in North Acton, London, and replace an unrealised scheme

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Bottega Veneta channels Veneto design sensibilities at Sloane Street store

August 4, 2023 James Parkes 0

Fashion brand Bottega Veneta has opened a store on London’s Sloane Street that draws on materials, furniture and design techniques from Italy’s Veneto region. Located at the base of a nine-storey 1920s red brick apartment complex, the store sits behind a white-rendered frontage with doric column-style detailings. It was opened as the first store to

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Zaha Hadid Architects references “mountainside waterfalls” for Xi’an skyscraper

August 3, 2023 James Parkes 0

British architecture studio Zaha Hadid Architects has announced its plans for Daxia Tower, a 210-metre-tall skyscraper in China’s Xi’an business district with a curved form and planted terraces. The mixed-use building is set to be located on a 16,700-square-metre site and will encompass 127,220 square metres of office and retail facilities linked to the metro

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Henning Larsen references ancient construction methods for Faroe Islands university building

July 27, 2023 James Parkes 0

Danish practice Henning Larsen Architects has unveiled its plans for a mass-timber university building on the Faroe Islands that draws on historic Faroese settlements and ancient North Atlantic island vernacular. Designed as a new campus for the University of the Faroe Islands, the 8,000-square-metre development will be located in Torshavn, the capital city of the

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