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Louis Kahn - six most important buildings
12 September 2018Regarded as one of the great master builders of the Twentieth Century, Louis Kahn was one of America's most influential modernist architects. His era-defining work is also the subject of an exhibition at the Design Museum in London. We asked curator Alex Newson to select six of Kahn's most important projects
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The architects tackling the housing crisis
7 September 2018Having once been the envy of the world for the quality of its housing, the UK’s current output is now regarded as one of the worst. How can architects bring their ingenuity and vision to remedy this situation?
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Meet Forensic Architecture — the first ‘architectural detective agency’
31 August 2018Forensic Architecture is redefining the profession — and getting nominated for the Turner Prize in the process. Veronica Simpson meets the team behind it
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The Jungle Block: Marina One by Ingenhoven Architects and Gustafson Porter + Bowman
29 August 2018Under an equatorial sun, a new wave of Singaporean buildings is blooming with vegetation. At Marina One, a vast complex designed by Ingenhoven Architects and landscaped by Gustafson Porter + Bowman, the big innovation is to integrate a jungle into the heart of the complex
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Cube Haus: off-the-peg homes designed by top architects
22 August 2018A new startup believes homes designed by top architects needn’t cost the earth. With off-the-peg designs from Adjaye Associates, Skene Catling de la Peña, Carl Turner Architects, and Faye Toogood, Cube Haus is hoping to transform residential development
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Transforming an art-deco icon: Finsbury Office by BDG architecture + design
20 August 2018The practice has taken a space within The Adelphi, the art-deco icon and, while respecting its heritage, has transformed it into a modern office for the 21st century
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Rediscovering a civic asset: York Mansion House by De Matos Ryan
16 August 2018A civic asset that few in York knew they had, this 18th-century building is now welcoming the public for historical appreciation, tours and events following a £2.4m restoration and refurbishment
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A 21st-century castle: Fjordenhus by Studio Olafur Eliasson
16 August 2018Sitting in the water at Vejle, Denmark, Fjordenhus is Studio Olafur Eliasson's first (and last) solo architectural project, embracing ‘outsider’ architecture and with hardly a right angle to be seen
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Meet STUFISH: the world’s leading entertainment architects
13 August 2018DesignCurial speak to two partners at STUFISH, Alicia Tkacz and MAciej Woroniecki, about the studio, its ethos, and what ‘entertainment architecture’ really means.
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Book review: Design as an Attitude by Alice Rawsthorn
10 August 2018Alice Rawsthorn’s new book, Design as an Attitude, proposes an expansion of what we consider as design, championing its social and facilitatory role
