Articles by Amy Frearson

Retro capsule hotel in Tokyo gets contemporary makeover by Schemata Architects

January 23, 2018 Amy Frearson 0

Jo Nagasaka’s architecture studio has overhauled a capsule hotel in Tokyo, pairing old sleeping cabins with a suite of timber-lined saunas. Schemata Architects changed everything inside the eight-storey Shibuya hotel, except the capsules themselves. The result is an interior that combines contemporary, pared-back finishes with retro details. The project was commissioned by Nine Hours, a hotel

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10 buildings that represent a new age of postmodernism

January 23, 2018 Amy Frearson 0

The age of postmodern architecture is far from over, according to designer Adam Nathaniel Furman. To prove it, he has picked out 10 examples, including a pile of Dutch townhouses and a skyscraper modelled on a clock tower. As founder of the Postmodern Society, Furman is an expert on the late 20th-century style that exploits

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Zalige Bridge features raised stepping stones that make it useable during a flood

January 16, 2018 Amy Frearson 0

Rising water levels don’t cause many problems for this bridge in the Dutch city of Nijmegen – it can still be used even when the surface is flooded, thanks to a series of concrete stepping stones. Next Architects and H+N+S Landscape Architects teamed up on the design of Zalige Bridge, which extends across a park on the

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Shigeru Ban to build “pagoda in the park” as his first UK building

January 15, 2018 Amy Frearson 0

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has teamed up with cross-laminated-timber expert Waugh Thistleton to design his first UK building – a five-storey house that will be built beside London’s River Thames. Southwark Council last week granted planning approval for the so-called “pagoda in the park”, which is proposed at Potters Fields, behind City Hall and a

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Studio11 uses colour and texture to inject personality into its own Minsk workspace

January 5, 2018 Amy Frearson 0

Studio11 has combined industrial finishes with plush furnishings and colourful art to create the interior of its own workspace in Minsk. The young Belarusian studio – led by architects Maksim Vavinski, Tatiana Kashuro, Alexandr Zhmakin – wanted to go beyond the simple industrial aesthetic that characterises many architecture and design offices. While they chose to keep

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Studio11 uses colour and texture to inject personality into its own Minsk workspace

January 5, 2018 Amy Frearson 0

Studio11 has combined industrial finishes with plush furnishings and colourful art to create the interior of its own workspace in Minsk. The young Belarusian studio – led by architects Maksim Vavinski, Tatiana Kashuro, Alexandr Zhmakin – wanted to go beyond the simple industrial aesthetic that characterises many architecture and design offices. While they chose to keep

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Studio11 uses colour and texture to inject personality into its own Minsk workspace

January 5, 2018 Amy Frearson 0

Studio11 has combined industrial finishes with plush furnishings and colourful art to create the interior of its own workspace in Minsk. The young Belarusian studio – led by architects Maksim Vavinski, Tatiana Kashuro, Alexandr Zhmakin – wanted to go beyond the simple industrial aesthetic that characterises many architecture and design offices. While they chose to keep

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Architecture historian Gavin Stamp dies aged 69

January 2, 2018 Amy Frearson 0

The architecture industry has been paying tribute to historian, writer and broadcaster Gavin Stamp, who has died following a battle with prostate cancer. Stamp was a leading voice for British architecture, the author of several important architectural history books, and the presenter of television series including Pevsner’s Cities and Gavin Stamp’s Orient Express. He passed away on

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Architecture historian Gavin Stamp dies aged 69

January 2, 2018 Amy Frearson 0

The architecture industry has been paying tribute to historian, writer and broadcaster Gavin Stamp, who has died following a battle with prostate cancer. Stamp was a leading voice for British architecture, the author of several important architectural history books, and the presenter of television series including Pevsner’s Cities and Gavin Stamp’s Orient Express. He passed away on

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COBE and BRUT chosen to create new entrance plaza for EU headquarters in Brussels

January 2, 2018 Amy Frearson 0

Architecture studios COBE and BRUT have been selected to redesign the entrance to the European Union headquarters, with a proposal including a reflective donut-shaped canopy. Copenhagen-based COBE and Belgian studio BRUT won an international competition to overhaul Place Schuman in Brussels, which sits between the EU’s main institutions, including the European Council and the European Commission. Their

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