Amy Frearson

Paul Cocksedge designs 33-metre-long garden canopy that mimics the path of the sun

December 8, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

London designer Paul Cocksedge has unveiled plans to build a structure in one of the world’s largest botanic gardens in Oman, which is based on the sun’s path across the sky. Cocksedge is working with engineering firm Arup to create the 33-metre-long sculptural steel canopy. It will offer shade to visitors to the soon-to-open Oman Botanic

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Dezeen’s top 10 houses of 2017

December 8, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

We featured more than 500 weird and wonderful houses on Dezeen in 2017. For our review of the year, editor Amy Frearson recalls her top 10, including a bunker-like home in Poland, a glass house in Spain and a self-sufficient community in China. Solo House II, Spain, by Office KGDVS Office KGDVS created this idyllic retreat in

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London’s Design Museum destroyed former Commonwealth Institute, says heritage body

December 5, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

The transformation of London’s former Commonwealth Institute into a new home for the Design Museum has resulted in the loss of a “magnificent post-war masterpiece”, according to the Twentieth Century Society. The UK heritage body has added the 1960s building – which was overhauled by OMA and John Pawson – to its growing Lost Modern

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London’s best new house extensions revealed in Don’t Move, Improve! 2018 shortlist

December 1, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

A timber-lined loft renovation, a seven-square-metre extension and a triangular room feature among the 30 projects shortlisted in a competition to find London’s best home extensions. Don’t Move, Improve! is an annual contest organised by New London Architecture (NLA), to champion “emerging trends, imaginative design and original problem-solving” in home renovation and extension projects. A kitchen

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London’s best new house extensions revealed in Don’t Move, Improve! 2018 shortlist

December 1, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

A timber-lined loft renovation, a seven-square-metre extension and a triangular room feature among the 30 projects shortlisted in a competition to find London’s best home extensions. Don’t Move, Improve! is an annual contest organised by New London Architecture (NLA), to champion “emerging trends, imaginative design and original problem-solving” in home renovation and extension projects. A kitchen

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Oxford and Cambridge need good design to become “UK’s Silicon Valley” say architects

November 30, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

Architects welcome the UK government’s plans to build one million new houses between Oxford and Cambridge, but are demanding a comprehensive design strategy to deliver it. The government announced in its Industrial Strategy this week that it wants the region surrounding the country’s most prestigious universities to become “the UK’s Silicon Valley” – a world-leading centre of

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Michael Russum uses boatbuilding techniques to build his “mystery vessel” house

November 27, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

Lighthouses and Noah’s Ark provided design cues for this nautical-inspired townhouse in north London – one of the properties vying to be named UK house of the year. Birds Portchmouth Russum Architects co-founder Michael Russum and his partner Sally spent 12 years planning and building 6 Wood Lane, which slots into a typical terrace of

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Soyoun Kim proposes using architecture to promote peace between North and South Korea

November 24, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Soyoun Kim wants to encourage more interaction between the citizens of North Korea and South Korea, by creating a series of architectural structures along the border. Kim envisions a series of 25 different buildings and monuments being erected between the rival countries. Each one would form a “neutral zone”, where citizens

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Ole Scheeren references mountain landscapes in design for Vietnam’s tallest building

November 15, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

Architect Ole Scheeren has unveiled plans to build a 333-metre-high skyscraper in Vietnam’s largest city, which will mimic the topography of the country’s natural landscape. Called Empire City, the building will be built near the centre of Ho Chi Minh City, in a rapidly developing area on the east side of the Saigon River. It will

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Herzog & de Meuron reveals design for new £108 million RCA campus

November 3, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

Herzog & de Meuron has submitted a planning application for the new Royal College of Art campus in London’s Battersea, revealing a design that features textured brickwork and a sawtooth roof profile. The Swiss firm won a competition in late 2016 to design a new £108 million campus for London’s foremost art and design school. A

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