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Cano Lasso completes child-friendly branch of Second Home in London Fields

June 24, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Second Home London Fields designed by Cano Lasso

A huge translucent panel punctuated by circular openings fronts the latest branch of co-working space Second Home in east London, which includes a nursery and outdoor play area. The shared office has been designed by Madrid-based studio Cano Lasso and takes note from the work of Frei Otto, a German architect renowned for creating tensile structures

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Roksanda Ilincic designs penthouse apartment inside King’s Cross’ Gasholders

June 20, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Roksanda Ilincic penthouse apartment in London's King's Cross

A geometric wall mural and a berry-toned bedroom appear inside this central London penthouse, which has been created by fashion designer Roksanda Ilincic. Reflecting her penchant for bold colours and shapes, Roksanda Ilincic says the three-level apartment “talks to my brand DNA and is the voice of my collections, but is still something different”. “It

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Yinka Ilori designs Somerset House exhibition celebrating 50 years of black creativity

June 20, 2019 Augusta Pownall 0
Yinka Ilori Stand Up Get Up Now exhibition Somerset House

Designer Yinka Ilori has used his signature colourful and graphic style to create the exhibition design for Get Up, Stand Up Now, a show celebrating half a century of black creativity in the UK. Ilori’s design sees the neoclassical rooms of Somerset House in London transformed with bold shades, as a backdrop for art, photography,

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More details of Junya Ishigami’s craggy Serpentine Pavilion revealed in full photo set

June 18, 2019 Amy Frearson 0

This slideshow of images by photographer Ste Murray offers a closer look at the rocky canopy that forms this year’s Serpentine Pavilion by Japanese architect Junya Ishigami. Ishigami’s design sees 61 tonnes of Cumbrian slate used to create a mountain-like roof structure outside the Serpentine Gallery in London. This is supported by a “basket” roof

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Serpentine Pavilion opening overshadowed by resignation of CEO Yana Peel following spyware row

June 18, 2019 Augusta Pownall 0
Yana Peel

Yana Peel has stepped down as CEO of the Serpentine Galleries on the launch day for this year’s pavilion, after she was criticised for her connection to an Israeli cybertech firm. Peel issued a statement this morning announcing her resignation, following “toxic personal attacks” relating to her involvement with Novalpina Capital Group, the private equity

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Junya Ishigami unveils rocky Serpentine Pavilion made out of slate

June 18, 2019 Amy Frearson 0
Serpentine Pavilion 2019 by Junya Ishigami

Japanese architect Junya Ishigami has completed this year’s Serpentine Pavilion, a craggy structure he describes as a “hill made out of rocks”. The latest Serpentine Pavilion, located on the lawn outside the Serpentine Gallery in London’s Kensington Gardens, comprises a rugged, rocky canopy made out of 61 tonnes of Cumbrian slate. This large mound of

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Junya Ishigami unveils rocky Serpentine Pavilion made out of slate

June 18, 2019 Amy Frearson 0
Serpentine Pavilion 2019 by Junya Ishigami

Japanese architect Junya Ishigami has completed this year’s Serpentine Pavilion, a craggy structure he describes as a “hill made out of rocks”. The latest Serpentine Pavilion, located on the lawn outside the Serpentine Gallery in London’s Kensington Gardens, comprises a rugged, rocky canopy made out of 61 tonnes of Cumbrian slate. This large mound of

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Stripped-back surfaces appear throughout Hackney apartment by Merrett Houmøller Architects

June 17, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Martello Street apartment by Merrett Houmoller Architects

Exposed concrete walls and a set of “hit-and-miss” stairs add character to this formerly lacklustre apartment in east London, which has been overhauled by Merrett Houmøller Architects. Set inside a housing complex that was built in the early 2000s, the Hackney apartment was previously host to a series of cramped, light-starved rooms as a result

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Vine Architecture Studio uses warm tones in renovation of Love Walk house in London

June 13, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Love Walk house extension by Vine Architecture

Vine Architecture Studio has used an array of warm and natural materials to deck out the living spaces and extension of this Victorian-era home in south London, which was previously a coach house. Situated in the neighbourhood of Camberwell, Love Walk’s formerly “unloved yet characterful” interiors have been updated by Vine Architecture Studio to comfortably

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Yinka Ilori and Pricegore unveil The Colour Palace at London Festival of Architecture

June 11, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Dulwich Pavilion: The Colour Palace by Yinka Ilori and Pricegore

Designer Yinka Ilori has teamed up with architecture studio Pricegore on a multicoloured pavilion installed outside Dulwich Picture Gallery in London. The Colour Palace, which opens to the public tomorrow, will host a variety of events over the next month as part of the London Festival of Architecture. Ilori and Pricegore designed both the form of

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