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Retirement done differently: Moor’s Nook by Coffey Architects

Wed, 09 Jan 2019 11:10:00 GMT

A light-filled, community-focused housing complex for the over-55s in suburban Surrey proposes a new kind of residential scheme for retirees

Century of the Child: Nordic Design for Children 1900 to Today — review

Tue, 22 May 2018 09:20:39 GMT

The V&A Museum of Childhood’s survey of Nordic design for children since 1900 explores how Scandinavian designers have used play and wonder to put children at the heart of the design of homes, cities and communities

Continuing an architectural journey: Kettle’s Yard by Jamie Fobert Architects

Wed, 04 Apr 2018 10:23:03 GMT

Kettle’s Yard, the eccentric museum in Cambridge, has undergone a renovation by Fobert that improves accessibility while complementing the museum's existing Victorian vernacular and mid-century modernism

Hidden depths: Tate St Ives by Jamie Fobert Architects

Fri, 17 Nov 2017 11:21:00 GMT

The initial design by Jamie Fobert Architects for a much-needed extension to Tate St Ives was abandoned after fierce local objection — but the practice was able to address the site again, this time coming up with a design that artfully embeds the extension in the cliff face

Super modern meets Suffolk vernacular: Wood Farm by Studio RHE

Fri, 10 Nov 2017 11:13:20 GMT

In the quiet of the Suffolk countryside a family home has been carved from the footprint of a farmstead and a Second World War hangar site. It has also inspired London-based Studio RHE to develop a new way to address the national housing shortage

Stanton Williams' Musée d’arts de Nantes breathes life into the French city

Tue, 17 Oct 2017 09:23:00 GMT

The Musée d’arts de Nantes has reopened following a €48.8m transformation and extension by London-based practice Stanton Williams that aims to embrace its urban surroundings. It is part of a huge, 30-year push by the city to use culture to reinvent its image, culminating in the annual arts festival Le Voyage à Nantes

Home away from home: Second Home Lisboa

Fri, 08 Sep 2017 17:26:20 GMT

Following the success of their first creative workspace, Second Home Spitalfields in London, entrepreneurs Sam Aldenton and Rohan Silva have opened up shop in Lisbon, drawn by the city’s booming co-working culture and thriving tech scene. Designed by Madrid-based practice SelgasCano, it’s an unconventional office, inspired by biophilia and arranged to maximise serendipitous meetings among its diverse community

Rethinking the cinema: Chester's Storyhouse by Bennetts Associates

Thu, 24 Aug 2017 10:16:00 GMT

An old Odeon cinema in Chester has been brought back to life and reimagined as a new cultural and community centre as part of a long-term transformation of the city's Northgate quarter

Architecture in blue: Francis Kéré's Serpentine Pavilion

Fri, 18 Aug 2017 12:47:00 GMT

Burkina Faso-born and Berlin-based architect Diébédo Francis Kéré has brought his empowering, socially engaged architecture to London in the form of this year’s Serpentine Pavilion. Inspired by the form of a tree, where people like to gather during the day in his home village of Gando, it showcases his belief that architecture has the power to surprise, unite and inspire

Oxfordshire residence by Richard Meier

Wed, 14 Jun 2017 23:00:00 GMT

A gleaming-white new house on its own hill in the Chilterns is an architect’s dream project, and this one has Richard Meier’s name stamped all over it