Amy Frearson

Cutwork designs emergency housing that can adapt for long-term living

January 5, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

Architecture studio Cutwork has developed a concept for low-cost, modular housing that could be reconfigured to facilitate twice as many people during a crisis. The experimental architecture and design studio believes its ReHome concept could address the increasing demand for affordable housing around the world. Rather than building emergency shelters to house people affected by

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PL Studio applies Moroccan-inspired palette to London townhouse

January 4, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

Interior design office PL Studio has transformed an east London townhouse using colours and graphics that take cues from the Jardin Majorelle in Marrakesh. The three-storey, new-build house features similar shades of blue, green and yellow to the Morrocan villa that was once home to artist Jacques Majorelle. Further green tones allude to the villa’s

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Buller and Rice salon and shop is a showcase of plant-based materials

January 2, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

East London hair salon Buller and Rice has opened a new venue with an interior design palette that includes seaweed, algae, cork and mushroom leather. Buller and Rice Wanstead is a salon that doubles as a lifestyle store, selling products ranging from homeware to wine. Company founders Anita Rice and Stephen Buller designed the interior

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Carlo Ratti to curate Venice Architecture Biennale in 2025

December 21, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Italian architect and engineer Carlo Ratti has been appointed director of the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2025. The Venice Architecture Biennale directors announced today, 21 December, that Ratti will curate the 19th edition of the international architecture exposition. Ratti is the founder of architecture and innovation studio Carlo Ratti Associati and director of the Senseable

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Remembering the architects and designers we lost in 2023

December 21, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Our review of 2023 pays tribute to the architects, designers and innovators who died in this year, including Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Balkrishna Doshi, Walkie Talkie architect Rafael Viñoly and fashion pioneer Mary Quant. Balkrishna Doshi Indian architect and educator Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi passed away on 24 January aged 95. Described by Architectural Digest India

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Frankey installs “world’s tallest canal bridge” between two Amsterdam buildings

December 21, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Dutch street artist Frankey has linked the upper floors of two Amsterdam buildings with a structure designed to look like one of the city’s historic canal bridges. Frankey, whose real name is Frank de Ruwe, installed his cartoonish Canal Skybridge between a pair of buildings on Rokin, a major street in central Amsterdam. Located 10

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Antonino Cardillo designs Elogio del Grigio house as “miniature palazzo”

December 18, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Italian architect Antonino Cardillo has completed a house near Lake Garda featuring steep ceilings, arched doorways and a palette of textured plaster and marble. Located in Castiglione delle Stiviere, in Italy’s Lombardy region, the two-storey residence was designed by Cardillo in the spirit of “a miniature palazzo”. Called Elogio del Grigio, which means “praise of

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Barry Wark uses sand to make “most intricate 3D-printed wall ever”

December 12, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

The Museum of the Future in Dubai has unveiled a six-metre-long 3D-printed wall made from sand by architect and researcher Barry Wark. Wark said the project, called Nadarra, is the “most intricate 3D-printed wall ever manufactured”. He believes sand-printing technology, which is already used in car manufacturing, could be a game changer for the construction industry.

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Dezeen’s top 10 skyscrapers of 2023

December 7, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Next up in Dezeen’s review of 2023, we look back at 10 headline-grabbing skyscrapers that completed this year, including a spiralling supertall, a 1970s retrofit and the highest building in Brooklyn. The Americas dominate this year’s list, with three buildings in New York, two each in Vancouver and Sao Paulo and one in Mexico City.

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Feste designs free-to-use cabins for 25 locations in southern Norway

December 6, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Norwegian studio Feste Landscape/Architecture has unveiled a series of wooden cabins that can be freely used by hikers exploring the mountainous coastal landscape of Norway’s Agder region. The Agder Day-Trip Cabins are being installed in each of the 25 municipalities in Agder to encourage both locals and tourists to spend more time in nature. The

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