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“Travel as we knew it is over” says Airbnb co-founder

June 23, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Airbnb co-founder Brian Chesky

The travel and tourism industries will be changed forever by the coronavirus pandemic with less focus on major tourist destinations, says Airbnb co-founder Brian Chesky. “Travel as we knew it is over,” Chesky told American news channel CNBC during an interview with Deirdre Bosa. “It doesn’t mean travel is over, just the travel we knew

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Snøhetta perches pentagonal hiking cabins alongside a Norwegian glacier

June 23, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Tungestølen Tourist Cabin at Jostedalen glacier in Norway by Snøhetta

Architecture studio Snøhetta has built a group of timber cabins overlooking the Jostedalen glacier in Norway to replace accommodation buildings that were destroyed by a cyclone. Arranged around the peak of a hill the hiking cabins were built for the for a local branch of the Norwegian National Trekking Association. They replace the original Tungestølen

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OMA unveils Feyenoord Stadium design

June 23, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Feyenoord Stadium by OMA and LOLA Landscape Architects

Dutch architecture studio OMA and landscape architect LOLA have revealed the updated design for the 63,000-seater Feyenoord Stadium, which will be the largest stadium in the Netherlands. The stadium, which will become the new home for top-tier Dutch football club Feyenoord, will be located alongside the Nieuwe Maas river as part of OMA’s masterplan for the

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Caiano Morgado Arquitectos designs red-concrete housing in Vila Nova de Gaia

June 23, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
General Torres 416 housing in Vila Nova de Gaia by Morgado Arquitectos 

Porto-based Caiano Morgado Arquitectos has unveiled its design for the clay-coloured-concrete General Torres 416 housing block in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. The architecture studio designed the red housing block to incorporate the colours of the roofs of the surrounding buildings and the forms of local port wine cellars. “Our approach centred around balancing the visual

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Post coronavirus “the cubicle will become normal” says Paul Ferro

June 22, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Post coronavirus cubicle will become normal says Paul Ferro of Form4 Architecture

Cubicles will return as the layouts of Silicon Valley offices are rethought, says Form4 Architecture co-founder Paul Ferro, in a guide created to advise its clients on how to return to work after coronavirus lockdown. San Franscico-based Form4 Architecture developed the guide for its Silicon Valley clients, which include Facebook, Netflix, VMware, Google and Spear

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Goldsmith unveils design for urban floating chicken farm in Rotterdam

June 22, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Floating Farm Poultry in Rotterdam by Goldsmith

Architecture studio Goldsmith has revealed the design for its floating chicken and cress farm, which is set to be built alongside its existing waterborne dairy farm in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Named Floating Farm Poultry, the building is an evolution of Goldsmith’s previous floating dairy farm and shares many of the same ideals of placing farming in the city, near

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Oikumene Church in Indonesia made entirely from wood

June 21, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Oikumene Church in Sajau, Indonesia, by TSDS Interior Architect

Jakarta-based TSDS Interior Architects has built a church for workers on a rubber plantation in Sajau, Indonesia, using locally-sourced timber waste. The interior and architecture studio chose to complete the church’s entire structure, along with exterior and interior facades, from timber to create a unified architectural appearance. “The core concept of the design is the

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Flying Gherkin stars in Foster + Partners’ children’s book

June 20, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Flying Gherkin children's book by Foster + Partners

UK architecture studio Foster + Partners has made an illustrated online book starring its Gherkin skyscraper as part of an initiative to entertain children during the coronavirus pandemic. Named The Flying Gherkin, the book gives the Foster + Partners-designed office human features, arms and a rocket-like body, and follows it on its journey as it takes

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Sandy Rendel Architects slots narrow house into Peckham alley

June 19, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Slot House in Peckham, London, by Sandy Rendel Architects, working with Sally Rendel

Sandy Rendel Architects, working with Sally Rendel, has built a 2.8-metre-wide skinny home named Slot House in a disused alley in Peckham, south London. Sandy and Sally Rendel designed and built the house to fit in the alley, which was almost the exact size of a London Underground carriage, alongside their own home in Peckham. “The

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MAAT reopens with SO-IL’s Beeline shortcut installed

June 17, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
SO-IL's Beehive installation at the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT) in Lisbon

The Amanda Levete-designed Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology in Lisbon has reopened following coronavirus lockdown with architecture studio SO-IL’s Beeline installation creating a shortcut through the building. The museum reopened to the public with SO-IL’s installation in place on 10 June following a two-month closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Beeline installation, along the Currents

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