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Pedestrianisation of cities can be tool of exclusion says Interboro in VDF lecture

May 18, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

The final talk for Virtual Design Festival’s partnership with CAMP sees Brooklyn and Detroit-based architecture studio Interboro share its views on public space interventions and urban planning. “How can the built environment support, increase or play a role, at least, in the idea of the public sphere as one of playful interaction?” Interboro co-founder Tobias

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COBE’s Thomas Krarup discusses making Copenhagen into an “urban living room” in VDF lecture

May 18, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Thomas Krarup at CAMP

As part of today’s collaboration with CAMP, VDF is showing this lecture where Danish architecture studio COBE explains how it helped make Copenhagen one of the most liveable cities in the world. COBE, which was founded in 2006, primarily works in three fields: urbanism, architecture and public space, the studio’s project director Thomas Krarup explained

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Snøhetta “managed to push the world forward through architecture” says Jenny B Osuldsen in VDF talk

May 18, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Jenny B. Osuldsen at CAMP's Urban Talks

In this lecture, part of Virtual Design Festival’s collaboration with CAMP, Snøhetta partner Jenny B Osuldsen discusses the architecture studio’s core values and projects, including Times Square and the King Abdulaziz Centre for World Culture. Norwegian architecture studio Snøhetta is named after a mountain in one of the hilly country’s national parks, and every year,

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Watch architect Kengo Kuma live from Japan for Virtual Design Festival and CAMP

May 18, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Kengo Kuma for CAMP's Urban Talks

Today, Virtual Design Festival has teamed up with CAMP, Prague’s centre for architecture and urban planning, to present a day of talks, starting with a live lecture by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma from 10:00am UK time.  We will be publishing lectures from Prague’s Center for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning’s (CAMP) Urban Talks series all day. We

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“We already had an office before we finished school” says Francine Houben in VDF lecture

May 13, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Francine Houben at Architects, not Architecture

In our final lecture as part of Virtual Design Festival’s collaboration with Architects, not Architecture, Dutch architect Francine Houben talks about her influences and the founding of Mecanoo. The Architects, not Architecture talks give well-known architects a chance to discuss how they got where they are today. For Houben, it started with a childhood of

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We entered the Pompidou competition “against my will” says Richard Rogers in VDF lecture

May 13, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

In the second talk as part of our Virtual Design Festival collaboration with Architects, not Architecture, architect Richard Rogers discusses his reluctance to enter the Centre Pompidou competition and liking the Lloyd’s building. The idea behind Architects, not Architecture is for architects to discuss their path, influences and experiences. In his lecture in November 2017, Rogers

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“I didn’t want to become an architect at all” says Reiulf Ramstad in VDF lecture

May 13, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

In the first lecture from today’s collaboration with Architects, not Architecture, Norwegian architect Reiulf Ramstad discusses his background and how he originally wanted to become a dancer, not an architect. Ramstad, founder of Oslo studio Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter, spoke of how growing up with an architect made him want to chose a different career for

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Archigram, Faye Toogood, Reiulf Ramstad and Rosey Chan feature at VDF this week

May 11, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
VDF-week-five-schedule

In week five of Virtual Design Festival we team up with former Archigram members Peter Cook and Dennis Crompton for an exclusive video series, plus our live Screentime interviews feature Rael San Fratello, Standard Architecture, Ben van Berkel and more. Also on the schedule is a collaboration with conference Architects not Architecture, a discussion with

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Moxon Architects adds perforated weathering steel extension to Aberdeenshire Council HQ

May 8, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
The Faithlie Centre by Moxon Architects

Moxon Architects has restored and converted a listed building and a former police station in Fraserburgh, Scotland, adding a contemporary extension clad in weathering steel. Two civic buildings – the Category B-listed Fraserburgh Town House and a derelict police station – have been turned into one facility that serves as the headquarters for Aberdeenshire Council.

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Live interview with architect Carlo Ratti as part of Virtual Design Festival

May 4, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
VDF Screentime Carlo Ratti

Architect Carlo Ratti speaks to Dezeen in this Screentime conversation sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival today. Watch it live from 4:00pm UK time. Italian architect Ratti is the founder of international design and architecture studio Carlo Ratti Associati and is a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he directs the

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