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Martino Gamper unveils first London design retrospective

November 1, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Italian designer Martino Gamper has furnished an entire west London house with his eclectic designs for his exhibition Before, After and Beyond. The exhibition, which concluded on 26 October, took place at 11 Mansfield Street – a Georgian residential property in London’s Marylebone neighbourhood, owned by Swiss art collector Maja Hoffmann. Before, After and Beyond

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Original mid-century Chandigarh furniture exhibited in collector’s London townhouse

October 31, 2024 Tirthika Shah 0

Collector Rajan Bijlani has opened up his London residence for an exhibition featuring highlights from his 500-piece collection of furniture made for Le Corbusier’s master plan of Chandigarh in the 1950s and 60s. The Syncretic Voices exhibition, curated by Bijlani together with art advisers Michael Jefferson and Truls Blaasmo, features mid-century originals alongside contemporary pieces

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Tim Burton design exhibition explores work and mind of “unique director”

October 25, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Spooky puppets, original costumes and childhood drawings feature in The World of Tim Burton, an exhibition at London’s Design Museum charting 50 years of the American filmmaker’s work. Opening today, the exhibition of over 600 objects offers a glimpse into the mind of director and animator Burton, whose distinctively uncanny films include the 1990 Edward

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Emil Eve Architects uses mid-century colours in homey office for Drama Republic

October 22, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

Distinct shades of green, orange and blue give character to this workplace, designed by Emil Eve Architects for the production company behind TV shows including the BBC’s Doctor Foster and Netflix’s One Day. Drama Republic gave Emil Eve the task of refurbishing its office in London’s Holborn. The redesign gives the company a more homey

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“Modest and pioneering” Hackney council housing wins 2024 Neave Brown Award

October 17, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

British architecture studio Al-Jawad Pike has won this year’s Neave Brown Award for Housing for Chowdury Walk, a council housing development in Hackney, London. Comprised of 11 terraced houses, seven of which are available for social rent, the development was built between two existing terraces on a plot that previously used as garages. The houses,

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London’s Elizabeth Line wins 2024 RIBA Stirling Prize

October 16, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

The Elizabeth Line in London designed by architecture studios Grimshaw, Maynard, Equation and AtkinsRéalis has won this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK’s best new building. Described as “a flawless, efficient, beautifully choreographed solution”, the Elizabeth Line is the largest expansion to London’s underground railway network for more than a century. The jury named

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A Studio Between takes cues from Jane Jacobs for Frieze London redesign

October 11, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

The Frieze art fair in London has unveiled its biggest redesign in over a decade featuring a layout inspired by city planning by design office A Studio Between. A Studio Between founder Richard J McConkey looked to the theories of late urban theorist Jane Jacobs when planning the pop-up venue for the 21st edition of

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“Simple, elegant and taut in form and detail” says commenter

October 11, 2024 Rheanna Hopkins 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing Paddington Square, a contentious mixed-use building in London with curtain walls and an exposed steel structure completed by architecture studio Renzo Piano Building Workshop. The 55-by-55-metre cube contains private offices, which make up the bulk of the building, while its base incorporates public amenities and a plaza

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VATRAA uses reclaimed bricks for London house extension

October 10, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio VATRAA has added an extension to a house in north London that features a “brutalist cat flap” and is built with the bricks of the structure it replaced. Located in Stoke Newington, the project was designed for a family of four who wanted to replace their existing dark, cramped extension with a dining

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Renzo Piano Building Workshop completes “big cube” in Paddington

October 9, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Curtain walls and an exposed steel structure define Paddington Square, a contentious mixed-use building in central London by architecture studio Renzo Piano Building Workshop. Ten years in the making, the building takes the form of a 55- by 55-metre cube, elevated on a podium of public amenities including an entrance to the London Underground. While

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