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3XN designs South Korean arts centre to evoke “dancer’s pointed toe”

June 26, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Sweeping roofs that symbolise movement and artistic expression will drape across Chungnam Art Center, which Danish studio 3XN is designing in South Korea. Slated for competition by 2029, the performing arts centre will join a cluster of other cultural buildings in the Chungnam Art Precinct in Chungcheongnam-do province. The building will be defined by its

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Marina Tabassum installs bamboo Khudi Bari house at Vitra Campus

June 26, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

A demountable house by Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum has been installed as “a reminder of the precariousness of our existence” at the Vitra Campus in Germany. Named Khudi Bari, the transportable bamboo structure is the latest addition to furniture brand Vitra’s headquarters in Weil am Rhein, which is home to landmark buildings by well-known architects

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WonKy embraces reclaimed materials for “all-weather” woodland education centre

June 22, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

An old shipping container and military parachute make up The Clearing education centre that architecture studio WonKy has created in Lesnes Abbey Woods in London. Located in the borough of Bexley, The Clearing is used for lessons in woodwork, nature conservation and sustainable woodland management. It is also open to local schools as an outdoor

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Studio Saar wins Davidson Prize for department-store housing concept

June 20, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Architecture practice Studio Saar has won the Davidson Prize with Apartment Store, a concept exploring how the UK’s vacant retail spaces can be repurposed as community-owned housing. The Apartment Store model focuses specifically on how empty department stores can help tackle the country’s shortage of homes while creating “buzzing circular economy hubs” that reinvigorate towns

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Earth bricks shape Bidi Bidi Performing Arts Centre for refugees in Uganda

June 20, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Architecture studios Hassell and Localworks have collaborated with the creative platform To.org to create a performing arts centre for the Bidi Bidi refugee settlement in Uganda. Constructed from earth bricks, the Bidi Bidi Performing Arts Centre is intended as a creative outlet for the community, which is home to more than 250,000 displaced people, making

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Thirteen national pavilions designed for Expo 2025 Osaka

June 19, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

From a wooden boat-like structure to a spiralling ramp, here are 13 of the most interesting national pavilions that will form Expo 2025 Osaka in Japan. Masterplanned by Sou Fujimoto Architects in line with the theme titled Designing Future Society for Our Lives, the upcoming World Expo is set to take place on the artificial

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Eight contemporary bathrooms coloured with soothing shades of green

June 15, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Glazed tiles, waxed concrete and tactile plaster are among the surface finishes used to create the earthy green bathrooms featured in our latest lookbook. The colour green is widely known to have a calming and comforting effect, thanks to its links to the natural world. This lends itself well to architects and designers designing for

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Engaging with locals aids “healing” say post-earthquake masterplanners

June 6, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Involving locals in post-disaster rebuilding can aid recovery from trauma and ensure communities are effectively restored, say Foster + Partners architects designing the Antakya masterplan following the Turkey-Syria earthquakes. “The process of being part of the rebuilding and the regrowing, healing is a big word, but I think there is something healing when you’re helping

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Krft sculpts “bulging” form for Brighton College arts centre

June 4, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

A combination of grey brick and flint clads the sculptural exterior of this performing arts centre, which Dutch studio Krft has created for a college in Brighton, UK. The project replaces a series of ad-hoc extensions to Brighton College’s main building – an adjacent neogothic structure that was completed by architect Gilbert Scott in 1849.

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Krft sculpts “bulging” form for Brighton College arts centre

June 4, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

A combination of grey brick and flint clads the sculptural exterior of this performing arts centre, which Dutch studio Krft has created for a college in Brighton, UK. The project replaces a series of ad-hoc extensions to Brighton College’s main building – an adjacent neogothic structure that was completed by architect Gilbert Scott in 1849.

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