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Nikjoo and Flawk bring “intrigue and delight” to derelict house in London

June 7, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Nikjoo has renovated a post-war home called Trove in east London, opening up its interior and adding a pair of extensions with fittings by emerging designers. Nikjoo collaborated with creative developer Flawk to carry out the project, after its founder Ashley Law purchased the derelict house in 2022. The London studio was responsible

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Buckley Gray Yeoman and White Red Architects renovate Heal’s flagship store

June 7, 2024 Douglas Jardim 0

Architecture studios Buckley Gray Yeoman and White Red Architects have redeveloped the flagship store of British furniture brand Heal’s in London, expanding the shop and adding workspaces. The studios redeveloped the site on Tottenham Court Road in central London, which has been home to the Heal’s brand for more than 200 years. Recently reopened, the development

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Video reveals Minsuk Cho’s star-shaped Serpentine Pavilion

June 6, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

See this year’s Serpentine Pavilion in London, which opens to the public tomorrow, in this short video produced by Dezeen for Serpentine. Designed by South Korean architect Minsuk Cho, the pavilion is formed of five angular structures arranged around a central circular void. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dezeen

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Minsuk Cho unveils star-shaped Serpentine Pavilion that “provides many choices”

June 5, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Architect Minsuk Cho has created a star-shaped shelter organised around a circular void, informed by courtyards of historic Korean houses, as the 2024 Serpentine Pavilion. Situated in central London’s Kensington Gardens, the pavilion named Archipelagic Void comprises five structures – or “islands” – each serving different functions. In contrast to pavilions from previous years, which

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First images of 2024 Serpentine Pavilion revealed

June 5, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

The first pictures of architect Minsuk Cho’s star-shaped Serpentine Pavilion, which is named Archipelagic Void, have been revealed. Set to open to the public this Friday, the pavilion in London’s Kensington Gardens is the Seoul-based architect’s first building in the UK. The pavilion consists of five structures arranged in a star shape around a central,

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Cairn uses hand-poured hempcrete for House Made by Many Hands in London

May 30, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Cairn has used hand-poured hempcrete to form the rough textured walls at House Made by Many Hands, an extension of a Victorian home in east London. Approached to redesign the “dark and cramped” home in Hackney, London and Edinburgh-based Cairn reconfigured and expanded its ground floor using a palette of low-carbon and bio-based

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Tutto Bene balances steel and mirrors with wood and leather in Nightingale restaurant

May 30, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Design studio Tutto Bene drew on “the sombre elegance of theatre and museum lobby cafes” when creating the interiors for the Nightingale restaurant in London. The 60-square-metre space, which opens to a courtyard in London’s Mayfair neighbourhood, references Viennese coffee houses, known locally as Kaffeehäuser. “We thought London is missing spaces with the atmosphere that

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Tabitha Isobel gives London townhouse a “surprising and bold” makeover

May 28, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Designer Tabitha Organ combined natural materials with metal details to transform this London townhouse into a home with a “slightly futuristic” feel for a client who loves entertaining. The five-storey property on St Pauls Road had recently been renovated by a developer using poor-quality finishes, so the client – a young tech entrepreneur and first-time

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Commonbond Architects self-builds Gardenhide Studio using hempcrete and timber

May 27, 2024 Katie Last 0

London practice Commonbond Architects has designed and built its own studio at the end of a garden in Abbey Wood using a combination of hempcrete and timber. Named Gardenhide Studio, the workspace in southeast London is intended to showcase the potential of hempcrete – a bio-composite material made from hemp and lime – as a

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Peter Morris designs Clerkenwell Design Week pavilion from pink imitation stone

May 22, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Architect Peter Morris has unveiled The Possible Impossible Pavilion, which is made of multiple connected arches and constructed from a polystyrene-based imitation stone, at Clerkenwell Design Week. The pink pavilion, located outside the St James Church in Clerkenwell, is a smaller model of Morris’s upcoming project The Cloud House, which is being constructed in Gospel

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