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2015 graduates: Blueprint’s ones to watch
30 September 2015Our team of architects, designers and critics - comprised of Gemma Barton, Eddie Blake, Holly Lewis, Sam McElhinney, Hugh McEwen, Emmett Scanlon, Maria Smith, Elly Ward - has scoured the UK to bring you the very best of the graduate work on offer this year and tip you off on the ones to watch for the future...
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On the map: Artist Kristjana S Williams
23 September 2015Artist Kristjana S Williams, a trained surveyor and a graduate of Central Saint Martins, has loved maps since she was a child, and now combines that love with art in a unique and vibrant translation of cartography for, among others, Osborne & Little, Sennheiser, The Connaught hotel and now the Shard.
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Lightscape: James Turrell at Houghton
22 September 2015Part of American artist James Turrell’s show at the 18th-century Houghton Hall in Norfolk involves lighting up the facade. Herbert Wright visited
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Thinking inside the box: Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s The Broad
22 September 2015Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s latest building — The Broad art gallery — has just opened in Los Angeles. Unusually free to visit, it’s both a gallery and an introduction to art curation for a collection that travels the world on loan. The top gallery floor is also a joy to behold with its exquisite handling of natural light
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London Design Festival Preview
14 September 2015A preview of the must-see events at this year’s London Design Festival, from Alex Chinneck’s awe-inspiring installation in Greenwich to designjunction and products from Benjamin Hubert’s new practice Layer
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BALTIC Ryder Commission in collaboration with Blueprint
14 September 2015Blueprint’s search for a young architecture practice to work with an artist on a major new £40,000 commission is over, with Atomik Architecture and artist Alice Theobald being selected
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Curated Diary by David Adjaye
14 September 2015London-based architect David Adjaye, founder of Adjaye Associates, picks his top art and design events across the world for the autumn months
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Virgin Atlantic Upper Class Lounge, LAX
7 September 2015Airline Virgin Atlantic has followed its posh-class lounges at Newark and JFK airports with its latest at Los Angeles. After an underwhelming walk through the airport to find it, Johnny Tucker headed into the bright new space, designed by New York practice Slade Architecture.
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Review – Hepworth in Yorkshire
1 September 2015Kicking off the ‘Hepworth Season’ is a small but valuable exhibition about the British artist’s youth, at her namesake gallery in Wakefield
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The fine art of playing – Artists on Play
1 September 2015The UN has enshrined the importance of play for children in its Declaration of Human Rights, and science shows how vital it is to their physical and mental development. But as cash for playgrounds in the UK is cut, privately commissioned projects, often created by artists, are coming to the fore. But can the worlds of art and play come together with integrity?
