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More details of Junya Ishigami’s craggy Serpentine Pavilion revealed in full photo set

June 18, 2019 Amy Frearson 0

This slideshow of images by photographer Ste Murray offers a closer look at the rocky canopy that forms this year’s Serpentine Pavilion by Japanese architect Junya Ishigami. Ishigami’s design sees 61 tonnes of Cumbrian slate used to create a mountain-like roof structure outside the Serpentine Gallery in London. This is supported by a “basket” roof

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Junya Ishigami unveils rocky Serpentine Pavilion made out of slate

June 18, 2019 Amy Frearson 0
Serpentine Pavilion 2019 by Junya Ishigami

Japanese architect Junya Ishigami has completed this year’s Serpentine Pavilion, a craggy structure he describes as a “hill made out of rocks”. The latest Serpentine Pavilion, located on the lawn outside the Serpentine Gallery in London’s Kensington Gardens, comprises a rugged, rocky canopy made out of 61 tonnes of Cumbrian slate. This large mound of

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Junya Ishigami unveils rocky Serpentine Pavilion made out of slate

June 18, 2019 Amy Frearson 0
Serpentine Pavilion 2019 by Junya Ishigami

Japanese architect Junya Ishigami has completed this year’s Serpentine Pavilion, a craggy structure he describes as a “hill made out of rocks”. The latest Serpentine Pavilion, located on the lawn outside the Serpentine Gallery in London’s Kensington Gardens, comprises a rugged, rocky canopy made out of 61 tonnes of Cumbrian slate. This large mound of

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ICADA intentionally puts holes in roof of small wooden house in Japan

June 14, 2019 Amy Frearson 0
Knothole House by ICADA

Wood knotholes are typically a sign of poverty in Japanese architecture, but ICADA has used them to create a unique lighting effect in Knothole House. ICADA founders Masaaki Iwamoto and Nariaki Chigusa wanted to show that “poor is more” with this small wooden house. They used knotholes – typically found in cheap wood – to

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Virgil Abloh hacks the Vitra archive to create vision of a home in 2035

June 12, 2019 Amy Frearson 0
Vitra x Virgil Abloh

Virgil Abloh has adapted the designs of Jean Prouvé and the Eames’ to create his vision of the home of the future, which is installed in the Zaha Hadid-designed fire station at the Vitra Campus. The designer delved into the Vitra archive to put together the exhibition Twentythirtyfive. He hacked and reimagined many of the furniture

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Humans “unlikely to survive this century” without radical changes to housing says Jack Self

June 12, 2019 Amy Frearson 0
Jack Self

Designing a new housing model for the masses is the most urgent task facing architects today says Jack Self, who has co-curated an exhibition looking at the data behind today’s average home. Mean Home, on show recently in the British School at Rome, presented visions for homes in the UK and Italy, based on statistical

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Carmody Groarke builds chainmail shed around Mackintosh’s Hill House

June 10, 2019 Amy Frearson 0
Hill House Box by Carmody Groarke built around Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Hill House

One of the most important works of Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh has been temporarily encased within a large transparent shed, called Hill House Box. London architecture studio Carmody Groarke has built the large structure around Hill House, the residence Mackintosh built for publisher Walter Blackie in 1902. Made from scaffolding and chainmail, the shed

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Apple Store architect wants to use only glass to rebuild Notre-Dame’s roof and spire

June 6, 2019 Amy Frearson 0
Eight Inc proposal for Notre-Dame roof in structural glass

Eight Inc, the studio that developed the Apple Store concept, wants to accurately reconstruct Notre-Dame’s roof and spire using structural glass. After the French senate passed a bill stating Notre-Dame Cathedral must be returned to its “last known visual state”, Eight Inc has suggested that this could be achieved using a modern material. The studio

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Snug House by Proctor & Shaw features cosy room overlooking the garden

May 31, 2019 Amy Frearson 0
Snug House by Proctor & Shaw

Proctor & Shaw has extended the south London home of a retired teacher, adding a timber-lined snug that can be used for reading or birdwatching. The London-based studio has remodelled the ground floor of the Herne Hill house, creating a larger and more open kitchen, along with the wooden snug. The two spaces frame a

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