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David Miller Architects wins award for best architect’s website

September 25, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

London studio David Miller Architects has won the top prize at the Archiboo Web Awards 2017, which recognise the best websites of architects and architecture organisations. The prize for best overall website was awarded to the David Miller-led architecture studio, after judges described is as as “clean, cool and comprehensive”. “This is a very well organised,

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Ole Scheeren plans to radically transform Frankfurt office block into Jenga-like apartment tower

September 24, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

Architect Ole Scheeren has unveiled plans for his first project in Europe, which will see him completely overhaul a 1970s office block in Frankfurt to create 200 riverside homes. Having spent more than a decade focusing on Asia, the German architect is shifting his focus to his home country. He plans to completely reconfigure a

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Ole Scheeren plans to radically transform Frankfurt office block into Jenga-like apartment tower

September 24, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

Architect Ole Scheeren has unveiled plans for his first project in Europe, which will see him completely overhaul a 1970s office block in Frankfurt to create 200 riverside homes. Having spent more than a decade focusing on Asia, the German architect is shifting his focus to his home country. He plans to completely reconfigure a

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Thomas Heatherwick: “There was a real worry about whether we could get people to come inside”

September 22, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

In an exclusive interview with Dezeen, designer Thomas Heatherwick reveals how he overcame early fears that no one would visit the art galleries in his new Cape Town art museum. The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, or Zeitz MOCAA, opened last week and is now South Africa’s biggest art museum. Located inside a converted 1920s grain

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RCA tutor attacks gender bias in architectural education with female-focused reading list

September 19, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

Royal College of Art tutor Harriet Harriss has created a list of over 300 notable architectural texts written by women, to show universities that there are no excuses for giving students male-dominated reading lists. Harriss, who is a senior tutor in interior design and architecture at the RCA, created the Women Write Architecture list to

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Thomas Heatherwick reveals Zeitz MOCAA art galleries carved out of Cape Town grain silo

September 15, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

Thomas Heatherwick has created South Africa’s biggest art museum – by hollowing out the inside of a historic grain silo building. Described by the British designer as “the world’s tubiest building”, the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, or Zeitz MOCAA, is set to become the world’s most important exhibition space for African art. It

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Thomas Heatherwick saddened after plans for New York “treasure island” are scrapped

September 14, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

Only a month after the Garden Bridge was scrapped, Thomas Heatherwick’s plans for a park on New York’s Hudson River have been abandoned – and the designer has described the decision as “really, really sad”. Billionaire Barry Diller announced yesterday he is giving up his battle to replace an old pier with an undulating park and events space designed

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LG Display uses OLED lighting to transform galleries inside National Palace Museum of Korea

September 14, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

Dezeen promotion: by replacing the lighting inside the National Palace Museum of Korea in Seoul, LG Display has created more space for exhibiting historic artefacts and royal treasures. LG Display introduced OLED lighting into the imperial museum. These thin panels – designed to create illumination across a surface rather than a point – are significantly more

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LG Display uses OLED lighting to transform galleries inside National Palace Museum of Korea

September 14, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

Dezeen promotion: by replacing the lighting inside the National Palace Museum of Korea in Seoul, LG Display has created more space for exhibiting historic artefacts and royal treasures. LG Display introduced OLED lighting into the imperial museum. These thin panels – designed to create illumination across a surface rather than a point – are significantly more

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LG Display uses OLED lighting to transform galleries inside National Palace Museum of Korea

September 14, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

Dezeen promotion: by replacing the lighting inside the National Palace Museum of Korea in Seoul, LG Display has created more space for exhibiting historic artefacts and royal treasures. LG Display introduced OLED lighting into the imperial museum. These thin panels – designed to create illumination across a surface rather than a point – are significantly more

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