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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
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Art of the invisible: The new Royal Academy by David Chipperfield Architects
6 August 2018London’s Royal Academy of Arts has been surgically attached and integrated with its neighbouring building, nearly doubling in size, adding new galleries and making visible the art school at its heart
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The Blueprint curated diary: Maya Dvash
6 August 2018Maya Dvash, chief curator of Design Museum Holon in Israel, shares her recommendations for the best shows and books of the summer
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Tom de Paor reveals his concrete arthouse cinema
2 August 2018We speak to celebrated architect Tom de Paor about his latest project in the heart of Galway, the monolithic Pálás Cinema.
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The 16th Venice Architecture Biennale — review
27 July 2018The 16th Venice Architecture Biennale takes as its theme the concept of Freespace. With 71 exhibition participants and 63 national pavilions, there’s much to explore. Here we bring you all the highlights — and reflect on how architects from around the world have interpreted the idea of generous, inclusive and humane architecture