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“The office will continue to be a vital part of most of our lives” says Helen Berresford

June 5, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
"The office will continue to be a vital part of most of our lives" says Helen Berresford

The coronavirus pandemic will not kill the office, but we will see some striking changes when we return to work, says Helen Berresford, head of Sheppard Robson’s interiors studio. Post-pandemic offices will be reduced to 20 per cent occupancy, shared spaces will have to be rethought and a “pandemic mode” may be introduced to some workspaces,

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UNIT Fabrications builds social-distancing furniture for London primary school

June 5, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Social-distancing furniture for Charles Dickens Primary School by UNIT Fabrications

UK furniture brand UNIT Fabrications has created a series of mobile screens for a primary school in London to help pupils returning from coronavirus lockdown to social distance. UNIT Fabrications created the screens after being approached by the Charles Dickens Primary School’s head teacher to help create a masterplan to implement social distancing measures at the

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Berliner Ensemble gives glimpse of its socially distanced theatre

June 4, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Berliner Ensemble socially distanced theatre

The Berliner Ensemble theatre group has removed around 500 of its 700 seats to prepare for reopening in alignment with Germany’s social-distancing policies. The Berlin-based theatre group, which operates from the 19th century Theater am Schiffbauerdamm building, shared an image of its auditorium on Twitter to give theatre-goers an idea of the experience they will

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Helsinki to build Architecture and Design Museum as part of post-pandemic recovery plan

June 4, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Helsinki to build Architecture and Design Museum as part of post pandemic recovery plan

The Finnish government will fund the construction of an architecture and design museum in the country’s capital as part of its coronavirus pandemic support package. The Architecture and Design Museum has received a contribution of 60 million Euros as part of the government’s 1.3 billion Euro supplementary budget to help the country recover from coronavirus.

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Helsinki to build Architecture and Design Museum as part of post-pandemic recovery plan

June 4, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Helsinki to build Architecture and Design Museum as part of post pandemic recovery plan

The Finnish government will fund the construction of an architecture and design museum in the country’s capital as part of its coronavirus pandemic support package. The Architecture and Design Museum has received a contribution of 60 million Euros as part of the government’s 1.3 billion Euro supplementary budget to help the country recover from coronavirus.

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Miniwiz builds modular hospital ward prototype at Taipei hospital

June 4, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Modular hospital ward concept by Miniwiz, Taiwan's government and Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital

Design studio Miniwiz, Taiwan’s government and Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital have created a prototype for a modular ward using recycled aluminium panels, which would allow hospitals to quickly be adapted to fight coronavirus. Named Modular Adaptable Convertible (MAC), the kit was developed by recycling-focused studio Miniwiz with the Center For Innovation (CFI) at Fu

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Grimshaw designs range of shipping-container coronavirus testing centres

June 3, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
D-Tec shipping-container coronavirus-testing centres by Grimshaw and SG Blocks for Osang

The New York office of architecture studio Grimshaw has drawn up plans for a range of prefabricated coronavirus testing centres within shipping containers, named D-Tec. Grimshaw designed the prefabricated facilities for healthcare company Osang and engineering company SG Blocks to provide mass testing for the Covid-19 coronavirus. “We were approached by Osang and our long term collaborators,

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Architects and designers post black squares on Instagram in support of racial equality

June 2, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Architects and designers have joined over a million people around the world in posting a black square to Instagram in solidarity with those protesting for racial equality following the death of George Floyd in police custody. David Adjaye, Jessica Walsh, Tom Dixon, Camille Walala, Yinka Ilori, Morag Myerscough, Formafantasma, Studio Drift, Charles Holland and Bec

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Stefano Boeri Architetti designs coronavirus-resilient neighbourhood in Tirana

June 2, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Tirana Riverside, coronavirus-resilient neighbourhood in Tirana, Albania, by Stefano Boeri Architetti 

Italian studio Stefano Boeri Architetti and Albanian construction company SON-Group have revealed Tirana Riverside, a sustainable district in the capital of Albania designed to respond to post-coronavirus needs. The masterplan for 12,000 residents on a publicly owned area of land close to the Tirana River is designed to be sustainable and resilient to coronavirus. “This

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Studio Wet creates 40-metre-long linear house in Spanish village of Alosno

June 2, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Spanish architecture practice Studio Wet has built a linear house behind a ceramic brick facade and under a single mono-pitched roof in the village of Alosno. Named Casa Borrero, the house occupies the entirety of its 40-metre-long – but only seven-metre-wide – plot. The home’s singular form was a direct response to this site. “Straightforward decisions were the first

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