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Richard John Andrews builds garden shed as his own architecture studio

July 17, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
The Light Shed by Richard John Andrews

Architect Richard John Andrews has built The Light Shed, a fibreglass-clad multi-functional shed in his east London garden to house his architecture studio. Named The Light Shed on account of its translucent polycarbonate roof, the 12-metre-square studio was constructed by Andrews and an assistant in just 21 days. A timber frame forms the main structure of

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Bryan O’Sullivan Studio includes pink snug in The Berkeley Bar & Terrace

July 16, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
The Berkeley bar and terrace, designed by Bryan O'Sullivan Studio

Female faces peer out from a pink-hued wall mural that features inside this bar, which Bryan O’Sullivan Studio has created in west London hotel The Berkeley. The bar is set within five-star Knightsbridge hotel The Berkeley and has been decked out in a selection of warm colours and materials that Bryan O’Sullivan Studio hopes will

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Foster + Partners Tulip tower plans nipped in the bud by mayor of London

July 15, 2019 India Block 0
The Tulip by Foster + Partners

Plans for The Tulip, a 305.3-metre-high viewing tower designed by Foster + Partners, have been rejected by London’s mayor Sadiq Khan. Khan rejected the proposal on the grounds that it would provide “very limited public benefit” to the City of London and that it was not the “world class architecture that would be required to justify its

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The 2D becomes 3D at London’s Cartoon Museum

July 12, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Cartoon Museum, London, by Sam Jacob Studio

Sam Jacob Studio has turned the two dimensional graphics of cartoon strips into three dimensional architecture to create the colourful interiors of the Cartoon Museum in London. Sam Jacob Studio designed the permanent home for the Cartoon Museum in Fitzrovia, central London, to be a joyous, colourful space. “I think anyone entering the cartoon museum would be disappointed

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London’s Lucky Cat restaurant is not meant to be Instagrammed

July 11, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Lucky Cat restaurant by AfroditiKrassa

Design studio AfroditiKrassa “deliberately went dark” to create the anti-Instagrammable interiors of central London’s Lucky Cat restaurant, which almost exclusively features jet-black surfaces. Situated in the affluent neighbourhood of Mayfair, Lucky Cat is owned by British chef Gordon Ramsay and offers a menu of Asian-inspired small plates and sushi. The restaurant – which was designed

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Note Design Studio includes recharge room in central London co-working space for TOG

July 9, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Summit House by Note Design Studio

Note Design Studio has fashioned warm and tactile interiors for central London co-working space Summit House, which includes a room where stressed workers can recharge. Summit House is located in a garden square set back from the traffic of Holborn and accommodates a series of workspaces, meeting rooms and private offices run by co-working company

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Terry Farrell puts his “exuberantly colourful” flat on the market

July 4, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Terry Farrell flat for sale in Old Aeroworks factory, Marylebone, London

Postmodern architect Terry Farrell is selling the flat he designed for himself in a former Spitfire factory in Marylebone, London, after living in it for more than 20 years. Farrell designed the apartment in the Old Aeroworks in 1998. The architect converted the space – which was previously the office for his architecture studio – into

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Terry Farrell puts his “exuberantly colourful” flat on the market

July 4, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Terry Farrell flat for sale in Old Aeroworks factory, Marylebone, London

Postmodern architect Terry Farrell is selling the flat he designed for himself in a former Spitfire factory in Marylebone, London, after living in it for more than 20 years. Farrell designed the apartment in the Old Aeroworks in 1998. The architect converted the space – which was previously the office for his architecture studio – into

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Istituto Marangoni London now accepting applications to its interior design masters course

July 3, 2019 Dezeen staff 0
Istituto Marangoni London calls for applicants to its Interior Design Masters course

Dezeen promotion: applications are now open to attend Istituto Marangoni’s MA Interior Design course at its London location, which starts in October 2019. Istituto Marangoni is looking for individuals who want to “challenge the world of interiors” to join its new 15-month design course, which has a focus on luxury interiors and new aesthetics. Located

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SOM completes double-cantilevered Manhattan Loft Gardens tower

July 2, 2019 India Block 0
SOM completes Manhattan Loft Gardens tower

Manhattan Loft Gardens is a 143-metre-high tower with two cantilevers designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill that overlooks London’s 2012 Olympic Games park. Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) engineered the concrete and steel frame so that it could accommodate three sky-gardens notched into the 42-storey building. Most of the floors of Manhattan Loft Gardens are

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