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Eight kitchens with tiled worktops that are pretty but practical

August 6, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

A kitchen with a statement oxblood-colour island and another with curved child-friendly counters feature in our latest lookbook, which spotlights eight worktops that are covered in tiles. Tiled worktops can be a functional yet attractive addition to a kitchen, able to withstand hot pots and food stains while also creating an opportunity for decoration. The examples

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Watch cars being elevated through an automated parking lot in Hangzhou

August 4, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

The vertical Future Car Park in China by Daniel Statham Studio is the focus of this video, which shows vehicles being lifted and stacked via a fully automated lift system. Named Future Car Park, the sculptural building in Hangzhou’s central business district was designed to store 500 vehicles within a series of tree-like towers that

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Ten tranquil pool houses that add luxury to gardens

August 1, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

Pool houses that nestle into gardens of homes around the world are the focus of this roundup, which includes a semicircular pavilion in the UK and a pink-concrete shelter in Belgium. Pool houses are typically free-standing buildings designed to accompany swimming pools, providing swimmers with changing facilities and creating an architectural focal point in a

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RIAS unveils shortlist for Scotland’s best building of 2023

July 26, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

A house that incorporates a ruin and a home clad in crushed TVs are among the four buildings on this year’s shortlist for RIAS’ Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland award. Two university buildings – Campus Central at the University of Stirling and Laidlaw Music Centre at the University of St Andrews – are also vying

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Cava Arcari performance space by David Chipperfield captured in new photos

July 26, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

British photographer Edmund Sumner has captured the monolithic performance space that David Chipperfield Architects crafted within Cava Arcari, a cave near Vicenza in Italy. Completed in 2018, the project by David Chipperfield Architects transformed the cave from its former use as a Vicenza stone quarry. The new photos by Sumner capture the imposing details of the

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Saudi Arabia seeking loan of $2.7 billion to fund Neom

July 20, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

Saudi Arabia is reportedly looking to raise a loan of 10 billion riyals to develop its controversial Neom region that includes the 170-mile-long city, The Line. According to media company Bloomberg, the loan, which is equivalent to $2.7 billion, will be used to fund the early stages of the project. Neom declined to comment on the news.

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Brutalist Mäusebunker building saved from demolition in Berlin

July 18, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

The brutalist Mäusebunker laboratory has been saved from demolition in Berlin after the local authorities listed it as a historical monument. Completed in 1981, the concrete edifice had previously been under threat of destruction after becoming vacant in 2010. The news of its listing as a historical monument by the State Monuments Office was revealed

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Tsuyoshi Tane uses wood and thatch to create garden house at Vitra Campus

July 7, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

A material palette of stone, wood and thatch form Tane Garden House, a rest space for gardeners by Japanese architect Tsuyoshi Tane at the Vitra Campus in Germany. Doubling as a viewpoint for the Oudolf Garden, it is the latest addition to furniture brand Vitra’s campus in Weil am Rhein, where several well-known architects including

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World’s largest spherical structure unveiled in Las Vegas

July 6, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

Visuals of fireworks and the moon were among those to illuminate the MSG Sphere in Las Vegas as it was lit up to celebrate the Fourth of July. The 54,000-square-metre LED screen, the largest of its kind, was emblazoned as part of a special show before its official opening in September. Described as “living architecture”,

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Toyo Ito completes “largest wooden building in Asia”

July 5, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

Japanese architect Toyo Ito has completed Gaia, a six-storey business school at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore that is built almost entirely from mass timber. According to Nanyang Technological University (NTU), the 43,500-square-metre development is “the largest wooden building in Asia” in terms of the volume of timber used. Toyo Ito & Associates designed Gaia

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