Lizzie Crook, Author at 【Free Download Architectural Cad Drawings】

Ten modernist kiosks that offer “a window to a different world”

August 14, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Over 100 modernist booths that brighten streets across central and eastern Europe feature in the book Kiosk. Authors David Navarro and Martyna Sobecka shed light on the unusual structures and pick ten of the most interesting. Kiosk compiles photos of 150 surviving modular kiosks that were built in factories and assembled in cities in the

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EFFEKT and MAST design floating platform for marine park in Denmark

August 13, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Sømærket is a proposal for a floating pavilion in Denmark, which local studios EFFEKT and MAST have designed to be towed between cities to “raise awareness about the underwater world”. The pyramidal structure will float on a barge and incorporate an underwater exhibition space for visitors to learn about the Nature Park Lillebælt – the

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Fielden Fowles creates “living laboratory” in Natural History Museum gardens

August 5, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Planted landscapes are woven around a pair of timber-framed buildings in the Natural History Museum gardens in London, revamped by local studios Feilden Fowles and J&L Gibbons. Overhauled for the first time in the museum’s 140-year history, the gardens have been divided into different zones with planting and signage that aim to tell the story

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RIBA unveils Stirling Prize 2024 shortlist

July 30, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

The Royal Institute of British Architects has unveiled its shortlist for this year’s Stirling Prize, made up of six British buildings that are “purposeful yet unassuming”. All shortlisted projects are in England, with just two of the six located outside of London. These are Phase 2 of the Park Hill estate regeneration in Sheffield by

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Paris 2024 aftermath “most dangerous time” for Olympic Village says Dominique Perrault

July 30, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Next in our Olympic Impact series, we speak to French architect Dominique Perrault about his ambitions for the Olympic Village in Paris beyond the games this summer. “We don’t want to build a village, we want to build a district, a new district,” Perrault told Dezeen over video call from his office in Paris. “I

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Dubai to convert 64-kilometre-long highway into “human-centric” Green Spine

July 25, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Architecture studio Urb is planning to convert a 64-kilometre-long arterial road in Dubai into the “world’s greenest highway”, designed as the emirate’s answer to New York City’s High Line. Green Spine will replace the Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Road, also known as E311, with what Urb is dubbing the “world’s greenest highway”. The road will

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Snøhetta designs sweeping holiday home for foothills of Mount Yōtei

July 23, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

A crescent-shaped volume will enclose this holiday home, which architecture studio Snøhetta has designed for hospitality brand Not A Hotel in a ski resort on Hokkaido Island, Japan. Proposed for a site within Rusutsu Resort on the foothills of Mount Yōtei, Not A Hotel Rusutsu will have a “clean, minimal form” that draws on the

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MVRDV designs Pixel as alternative to “nondescript” housing in Abu Dhabi

July 22, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

A communal plaza and stepped terraces encourage residents to spend time together outdoors at Pixel, a cluster of seven staggered housing blocks in Abu Dhabi by Dutch studio MVRDV. Located in Makers District on the capital city’s Al Reem Island, the development comprises 525 apartments alongside various public amenities organised around a public courtyard. It

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Eight contemporary kitchens brightened by skylights

July 20, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Residential kitchens illuminated by skylights are the focus of this lookbook, which includes homes everywhere from Australia to Mexico and Japan. A popular feature in many contemporary kitchens, skylights are typically used to maximise natural light in rooms that sit below ground or in the depths of a plan. However, they are also helpful for

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Rising from the Water pavilion draws on architecture by Yasmeen Lari

June 28, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

A circular pavilion formed of wood and reed, created by students with guidance from Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari and design studio Material Cultures is on display in Barking for the London Festival of Architecture. Named Rising from the Water, the pavilion is positioned close to Barking Creek Flood Barrier and explores building solutions for the

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