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EC president announces “New European Bauhaus” to help Europe move to a circular economy

September 21, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen: EU to set up new Bauhaus

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has announced plans to create a new Bauhaus modelled on the influential design school as part of the European Union’s €750 billion coronavirus recovery plan. Speaking in her inaugural State of the Union address to the European parliament, Von der Leyen outlined her plan to create a “new

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Liverpool mayor shelves controversial zip wire plans

September 8, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

A 400-metre zip wire that would have ended on the roof of Liverpool’s Central Library within its UNESCO World Heritage Site will no longer be built following a legal challenge made by the Victorian Society. The planned zip wire will not be built in the city centre after Liverpool’s mayor, Joe Anderson, overruled the planning

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Liverpool mayor shelves controversial zip wire plans

September 8, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

A 400-metre zip wire that would have ended on the roof of Liverpool’s Central Library within its UNESCO World Heritage Site will no longer be built following a legal challenge made by the Victorian Society. The planned zip wire will not be built in the city centre after Liverpool’s mayor, Joe Anderson, overruled the planning

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Dutch Invertuals designs Tiny Offices from corrugated aluminium plates

September 1, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

Design studio Dutch Invertuals has created a collection of compact offices made from corrugated aluminium and wood for Dutch holiday park operator Droomparken. Named Tiny Offices, the small workspaces were designed to be places where you could “freely dream, perform and create”. They have been installed in two of Droomparken’s holiday parks in the Netherlands.

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Gitai Architects builds rammed-earth observatory in the Negev desert

August 31, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

Landroom observatory by Gitai Architects

Gitai Architects used rammed earth and stones from the nearby Mitzpe Ramon crater to build the Landroom observatory in Israel’s Negev desert. Landroom is intended to function as a shelter from the sun in daytime and an observatory at night. The structure measures just six square metres and has space for only two people. Israeli

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Von M clads Hotel Bauhofstrasse in white fibre-cement shingles

August 28, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

Architecture studio Von M clad the exterior of a hotel in Ludwigsburg, which was constructed from wooden modules, in white shingles to contrast with the surrounding buildings. The Stuttgart studio built the hotel in the centre of Ludwigsburg, Germany, near its baroque castle and a 1970s shopping centre as part of a plan to rejuvenate the

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Victorian Society files legal challenge against “insensitive and inappropriate” Liverpool zip wire

August 27, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

The Victorian Society conservation group is attempting to stop construction of a zip wire in Liverpool, which would end at a listed building within the city’s UNESCO World Heritage Site. The charity has applied to the UK’s High Court to have a judicial review into Liverpool council’s decision to grant planning permission for the attraction.

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Shuhei Goto Architects turns lecture hall into multi-level work space

August 26, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

CODO Suzuyo head office by Shuhei Goto Architects

Shuhei Goto Architects added large, stepped boxes to a former lecture hall to transform it into a playful multi-level office in Shizuoka, Japan. The Shizuoka-based studio worked with creative agency Loftwork on the project, called CODO, which was designed for logistics company Suzuyo’s head office in the city. An auditorium, which had previously been used for

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Melania Trump criticised for “upsetting” White House Rose Garden renovation on social media

August 24, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

White House Rose Garden renovation by Melania Trump

First lady Melania Trump has been criticised on social media for her pared-back redesign of the Rose Garden at the White House, with users comparing her to French queen Marie Antionette. Melania Trump’s design, which was created with landscape architecture firms Perry Guillot and Oehme, van Sweden & Associates, was described as “upsetting” and “an uninteresting patch of lawn”. The first

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Ten translucent buildings with see-through exteriors

August 22, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology by Behnisch Architekten

A laboratory, a tennis pavilion and a kindergarten are among these ten translucent buildings with exteriors made from polycarbonate or glass that showcase their internal structure. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, by Behnisch Architekten This timber and concrete laboratory at Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology is encased in translucent polycarbonate panels, echoing the industrial buildings

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