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“Heatherwick naysayers are missing the point” says commenter

May 22, 2024 Rheanna Hopkins 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing the news that Thomas Heatherwick’s Humanise campaign is developing a master’s degree at Loughborough University. The degree aims to challenge conventional architecture education and to foster a generation of architects who will “inspire joyful architecture”, in line with the goals of the movement. “A potentially noble, mostly

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Lanterns dangle through hole between floors in “UK’s most expensive steak” restaurant

May 20, 2024 Rheanna Hopkins 0

Interiors studio Rosendale Design used paper pendants to illuminate hand-painted red-and-gold walls in the first overseas outpost of Japanese steakhouse Aragawa in London. Set across two floors in a Mayfair townhouse, the restaurant is widely credited as serving the “UK’s most expensive steak” – a £900 cut of wagyu beef from Shiga prefecture. Characterised by

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“Powerful demonstration of architecture at its best” says commenter

May 1, 2024 Rheanna Hopkins 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a selection of brutalist and modernist churches captured by photographer Jamie McGregor Smith in his book Sacred Modernity. With 139 photographs of 100 churches, McGregor Smith created the book to showcase the sculptural and unique forms of some of the churches built across Europe in the post-war

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“Doing more with less is always commendable” says commenter

April 24, 2024 Rheanna Hopkins 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a skinny house with exposed concrete walls in Japan, designed by local studio IGArchitects. Named 2700, the 2.7-metre-wide home was built on a long and thin site left over following a road expansion in the city. “Doing more with less is always commendable”  Several readers were impressed

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“Did I wake up in the wrong multiverse today?” asks commenter

April 17, 2024 Rheanna Hopkins 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing Thomas Heatherwick’s Humanise campaign, which reimagines “boring” versions of UK landmarks including The Tower of London and Edinburgh Castle. Creative agency Uncommon Creative Studio used artificial intelligence to demonstrate how six UK landmarks would look if designed in modernist styles. “Did I wake up in the wrong multiverse today?”

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“All this money and look what it leads to” says commenter

April 10, 2024 Rheanna Hopkins 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing renderings released by Dolce & Gabbana of a supertall skyscraper in Miami, which will be the brand’s first residential tower. Created in collaboration with New York architecture practice Studio Sofield, the 90-storey tower will reach 320 metres high. “Another example of kitsch moderne!” Commenters had mixed responses.

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Sella Concept adds “classic theatrical flair” to Locke am Platz hotel

March 29, 2024 Rheanna Hopkins 0

London design studio Sella Concept has designed interiors to balance modern and classical elements for the latest Locke hotel in Zurich, Switzerland. Called Locke am Platz, the hotel in Zurich’s Enge neighbourhood is surrounded by parks and botanical gardens, with Lake Zurich nearby. Sella Concept co-founder Tatjana Von Stein aimed to reflect the area’s cultural

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“A crazy bit of architecture” says commenter

March 27, 2024 Rheanna Hopkins 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing Heatherwick Studio’s design for its first building in South America, which was informed by indigenous weaving practices. Renderings of the seven-storey building planned for Bogotá in Colombia show a facade made of a series of colourful, undulating columns. Several readers were shocked by the cultural reference points

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“Skyscrapers are irrelevant to architecture” says commenter

March 20, 2024 Rheanna Hopkins 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a black-clad, “modernist” skyscraper completed in downtown Los Angeles by architecture studio Marmol Radziner. The Beaudry is 695-foot-tall (212 metres) and is now the tallest residential structure in California, according to the studio. Readers were split in their reactions. “Skyscrapers are irrelevant to architecture” Commenter Sanda Weisz

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“Why can’t we have nice architecture in Miami?” asks commenter

March 6, 2024 Rheanna Hopkins 0

In this week’s comments update, commenters were left unimpressed by car brand Mercedes-Benz’ plans for its first branded skyscraper in North America. Created in collaboration with US studio SHoP Architects, the 67-storey skyscraper in Miami was reportedly informed by a philosophy of “sensual purity”. “Kitsch extravaganza!” “Form is lukewarm, and the car manufacturer tie-ins are

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