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Museum of London set for demolition after Michael Gove decides not to call in proposal

May 20, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

The Museum of London and Bastion House are set to be demolished to make way for the London Wall West scheme, after UK levelling up secretary Michael Gove decided not to intervene. Gove informed the City of London last Friday that he would not call in Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Sheppard Robson’s proposal, reported

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Gubi opens first UK showroom in London townhouse takeover

May 20, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

A Georgian townhouse filled with period details is now Gubi House London, the first dedicated showroom that the furniture brand has opened outside Denmark. Gubi partnered with Danish surface design studio File Under Pop to reimagine the listed building as a showspace for its collection, which includes furniture by designers such as GamFratesi and Space

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Jean Prouvé house finds permanent London home in Ladbroke Hall garden

May 17, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

Carpenters Workshop Gallery has unveiled a model of the Jean Prouvé-designed 6×6 demountable house in a London garden created by landscape designer Luciano Giubbilei. Maison Démountable will be a permanent fixture of the publicly accessible garden at Ladbroke Hall, the west London arts venue that Carpenters Workshop Gallery moved into in 2023. It forms the

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Zaha Hadid Architects to convert Latvian warehouse into ferry terminal

May 16, 2024 Starr Charles 0

British studio Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed plans to adaptively reuse a 1960s shipping warehouse in Riga, Latvia, to create the Ropax Ferry Terminal. Situated beside Daugava River, the 20,000-square-metre terminal by Zaha Hadid Architects will double the port’s current capacity with the addition of a fourth floor topped by an oversized, curved roof. Ropax

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Thomas Heatherwick’s Humanise campaign launches “joyful architecture” degree

May 15, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

British designer Thomas Heatherwick’s Humanise campaign is developing a master’s degree at Loughborough University, which aims to challenge conventional architecture education. Set to start in autumn 2025, the degree is hoped to foster a generation of architects who will “inspire joyful architecture”, in line with the goals of the movement. Heatherwick’s Humanise campaign was launched

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Terracotta-tiled extensions by Emil Eve Architects named London’s best home improvement project

May 14, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

A family house “joyfully transformed” with terracotta-coloured extensions has been named London’s best home improvement project by Don’t Move, Improve! 2024. The house renovation by local studio Emil Eve Architects, named Aden Grove, has been selected as the overall winner of the annual award from a shortlist of 16 projects. It was praised by this year’s

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Brandon Haw Architecture creates masterplan for “last waterfront site” in Williamsburg

May 14, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Local studio Brandon Haw Architecture has created a masterplan for a development along the Brooklyn waterfront which will include five mixed-use towers created by design studios CookFox Architects, Rockwell Group and more. Totalling approximately 1 million square feet (92, 903 square metres) across 3.75 acres, Williamsburg Wharf will encompass residential, commercial, retail, and outdoor space

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WilkinsonEyre reveals plans for latest Lord’s Cricket Ground redevelopment

May 14, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Architecture studio WilkinsonEyre has unveiled its proposal for the redevelopment of the Tavern and Allen stands at the Lord’s Cricket Ground in London. It follows WilkinsonEyre’s redesign of the Compton and Edrich stands, which it completed in 2021 on either side of the Stirling Prize-winning Media Centre by Future Systems. The proposal has been approved by

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Rebuilding destroyed Gaza homes will take at least 16 years reports the UN

May 8, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

The United Nations has predicted it will take “until 2040 and probably longer” to rebuild the homes in Gaza that have been destroyed in the Israel-Hamas war. Using data from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the report estimated it would take 16 years to rebuild the homes destroyed in Gaza as Israel’s military action in

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Carlo Ratti Associati proposes replacement for collapsed Baltimore bridge

May 7, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Italian architecture studio Carlo Ratti Associati has proposed a replacement design for the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore following its collapse in early 2024. In collaboration with structural engineer Michel Virlogeux and the construction group Webuild, the proposed design will feature primary support pillars “well away from the navigation channel used by large vessels”.

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