Articles by Alice Laycock

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Konishi Gaffney converts 1950s garage into artist’s studio with a sense of “civic grandeur”

August 19, 2022 Alice Laycock 0
Photograph showing a timber-clad structure on the side of a house at dusk/dawn with a cat in the window

Architecture studio Konishi Gaffney has overhauled a 1950s garage in an affluent Edinburgh suburb, adding a rhythmic facade made up of wooden battens. The Scottish studio was challenged with turning the existing concrete garage into a functional artist’s studio, while being sensitive to the existing Georgian property in The Grange. Konishi Gaffney devised a scheme

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Konishi Gaffney repurposes church into versatile community hub

August 12, 2022 Alice Laycock 0
Photograph showing slim timber link building between two stone buildings

Timber cladding features in this church in Edinburgh, which has been converted into a community centre by Scottish architecture firm Konishi Gaffney. The Greyfriars Charteris Centre now contains a flexible workspace, community hub, events spaces and a non-denominational sanctuary. The church was used a place of worship from its opening in 1912 until 2013, reopening

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Mechanical musical instrument stands on Belfast quayside

February 15, 2022 Alice Laycock 0
SoundYard, photo by Joe Laverty

Architects Eunan Deeney, Matthew Kernan and Hannah Wilson have created the five-metre-tall SoundYard musical pavilion on Queen’s Quay in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The ten-metre-wide circular canopy with central oculus is supported on 16 slim columns, from which hang two concentric sets of suspended rods. Walking, running or playing below the structure triggers motion sensors that cause

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Dezeen Jobs posted a record 3,600 vacancies in 2021 as the recruitment market booms

January 18, 2022 Alice Laycock 0
People gathered around a table in office setting

Happy new year from Dezeen Jobs! Last year we helped 1,760 companies with their recruitment needs, confirming our position as the world’s most vibrant architecture and design jobs board. The bumper year saw 3,593 positions advertised in 56 countries around the world. With many companies saying that finding staff is their key challenge at the

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Eight architecture degree courses on Dezeen Courses

October 6, 2021 Alice Laycock 0
MArch Architecture (ARB/RIBA Part 2) at University of East London

Interested in becoming an architect? Check out eight undergraduate architecture courses in the UK, Spain and Australia listed on our new Dezeen Courses section. In many countries, an architecture degree is the first step in becoming a qualified architect. Courses typically last three or four years, with a further three or four years of study

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