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This converted London print factory is a co-working space for makers

July 2, 2017 Emma Tucker 0

London’s Palmspace co-working studio occupies a former factory that has been adapted to offer extra room for artists and makers. The space – which was launched by Hackney Downs Studios and created by an in-house design team – has individual workspaces set apart by steel-framed shelves, which double as drying racks. There are also desks

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Grenfell Tower disaster exposes UK’s “dangerous, ugly, cruel and uncaring” approach to social housing, say architects

June 30, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Architects have attacked the culture of cost-cutting and “value-stripping” in UK construction, which they believe contributed to the fatal Grenfell Tower fire. “This terrible event may prove to be the shock that finally forces commissioning public clients and the construction industry to take design quality and specification seriously,” said Paul Karakusevic of London-based Karakusevic Carson Architects. “Value

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Gianni Botsford Architects’ Corten steel extension hosts private art collection in central London

June 30, 2017 Lizzie Crook 0

Rust-toned frames cover the facade of this extension to a central London home, which Gianni Botsford Architects designed to house its owner’s private collection of photographs, prints and lithographs. The client’s need for storage evolved into the design of a gallery added to the rear wall of the Grade II-listed five-storey home, which forms a connection with the outside. “The aim

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Jailmake overhauls south London home to make kitchen garden the focal point

June 26, 2017 Lizzie Fison 0

South London studio Jailmake has redesigned this once “ill-functioning” 1960s house in Peckham by opening up the kitchen and dining area to a spacious garden. The East Dulwich-based studio, which is made up of 3D designers and engineers, completely reorganised the layout of the two-storey home, opening up the ground floor to redirect the “flow”of movement though the house. The sense of

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MWAI uses pale grey tones in west London flat renovation for two design enthusiasts

June 25, 2017 Lizzie Fison 0

London studio MWAI has used a soft-grey palette to update an apartment on the upper floors of a Victorian terrace in Little Venice, applying the tone to chevron-patterened tiling and oak floors. The architects used geometric tiling and shades of white and grey to emphasise the space and lightness within the minimalist home, which they created for two design enthusiasts and their growing family. At

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Grenfell Tower cladding identified as cheaper and more flammable option

June 19, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

The specific cladding used in the Grenfell Tower renovation has been identified as a cheaper and more flammable variety, amid confusion over whether the material is legal in the UK. The cladding used in the recent renovation of the west London tower was the cheaper of two options offered for the job by manufacturer Omnis, according to The Guardian

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Ilse Crawford creates dining space with “dignity” for London soup kitchen

June 16, 2017 Alice Morby 0

Renowned chef Massimo Bottura has opened an Ilse Crawford-designed community kitchen in Kensington, the London borough that’s been in the headlines this week for the fire at public housing block Grenfell Tower. The Refettorio Felix community kitchen, located inside St Cuthbert’s Community Centre, opened earlier this month. It is the latest project conceived by Bottura’s

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Grenfell Tower fire triggers emergency safety review across UK’s 4,000 high-rises

June 16, 2017 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

The UK government has launched an emergency review of the country’s high-rise apartments following the Grenfell Tower fire, with cabinet minister Sajid Javid saying residents of similar buildings could be rehoused for their safety. The communities and local government secretary Sajid Javid told the BBC Breakfast programme this morning that an emergency fire safety review

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“A lethal failure of oversight, like at Grenfell Tower, was going to happen sooner or later”

June 16, 2017 Owen Hatherley 0

The devastating fire at London’s Grenfell Tower has highlighted the widespread neglect of the UK’s residential high-rises, and the undeserved contempt held for the people that live in them, says Owen Hatherley. This column was going to be about the election of a left-wing architectural historian and housing campaigner as Member of Parliament for Kensington in the UK’s general

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Haverstock extends school on London’s modernist Alexandra Road Estate

June 15, 2017 Lizzie Fison 0

British architecture studio Haverstock has added new facilities to a school on the historic Alexandra Road Estate in London’s Camden, built by architect Neave Brown in the 1970s. The Camden-based studio added new therapy rooms and short-stay accommodation for up to 50 young people with autism and learning difficulties to the Jack Taylor School, which first opened in 1978 at

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