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From wallpaper factory to artist haven: UCLA's Graduate Arts Studio by Johnston Marklee
2 March 2020Johnston Marklee’s new UCLA Margo Leavin Graduate Arts Studio in Culver City reimagines the boundaries of cast concrete to create a nurturing and functional set of spaces for the celebrated art school and its students
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Beacons of utility: the new wave of public works projects
20 February 2020From sewage works to power plants, more public works projects are harnessing architecture and civic presence to elevate the typology — and better engage people with the vital infrastructure that sustains daily life
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Cityringen is Denmark’s biggest infrastructure project for 400 years
19 February 2020Copenhagen’s new underground line took eight years to construct, cost billions and is a major part of the city’s strategy to be carbon-neutral by 2025. But this underground line from Arup is also a thing of beauty
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From gold mines to cargo ships: meet ‘nomadic design studio’ Unknown Fields
11 February 2020Matthew Ponsford sits down with Unknown Fields, whose research-led work interrogates the global networks and impacts of consumption
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Preview: Surface Design Show 2020
10 February 2020Veronica Simpson shares some of the highlights of this February’s Surface Design Show in London
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The Blueprint curated diary — by Sevra Davis
28 January 2020The British Council’s new director of Architecture, Design and Fashion shares her pick of the best shows and events this February
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Inside the rise of Fish Island Village, Hackney Wick's new residential quarter
15 January 2020A high-quality scheme of homes mixed with creative studios and commerical premises in Hackney Wick — masterplanned by Haworth Tompkins — presents an opportunity to deliver on London’s Olympic legacy promises, but at what cost to the area’s community of artists?
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Fortress of fine art: Centre de Conservation du Louvre by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
13 January 2020A new cavernous art storage building in Liévin, France, adopts a powerful architectural language and boasts a massive roof meadow
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Discovering boutique residential development, The Mansion
10 January 2020Set comfortably between two of London’s most distinguished districts, Mayfair and Marylebone, The Mansion is a set of unique apartments developed by independent developer, Clivedale.
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The art of living: Charlotte Perriand at Fondation Louis Vuitton — review
30 December 2019A retrospective of Charlotte Perriand in Paris reveals the 20th-century designer’s ambitious breadth