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Diller Scofidio + Renfro unveils twisted pyramidal tower for Barbican concert hall

January 21, 2019 India Block 0

London Centre for Music by Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro the London Centre for Music at the Barbican will be “a concert hall for the 21st century”, within a twisted pyramid-shaped tower. Estimated to cost £288 million, the venue for the Barbican, London Symphony Orchestra and Guildhall School of Music & Drama, will have a state-of-the-art concert hall, along with performance,

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Shortlist announced for first Experimental Architecture Award

January 21, 2019 India Block 0

Shortlist for 2019 Experimental Architecture Awards

The four finalists of the inaugural Experimental Architecture Award have been announced, recognising projects that combine real locations with virtual-reality fiction and installations that explore the guts of architecture. Holly Hendry, Chris Hildrey, Lawrence Lek and Public Practice are the four experimental architects and artists that have been shortlisted for “pushing the boundaries of how we can explore, experience and create space in

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Shortlist announced for first Experimental Architecture Award

January 21, 2019 India Block 0

The four finalists of the inaugural Experimental Architecture Award have been announced, recognising projects that combine real locations with virtual-reality fiction and installations that explore the guts of architecture. Holly Hendry, Chris Hildrey, Lawrence Lek and Public Practice are the four experimental architects and artists that have been shortlisted for “pushing the boundaries of how we can explore, experience and create space in

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Glasgow School of Art refutes claim removed sprinkler “would have saved” building

January 21, 2019 India Block 0

The Glasgow School of Art has rebuffed claims that a sprinkler system, removed before the Charles Rennie-Mackintosh-designed building was destroyed in a catastrophic fire, was largely intact. The Times reports that a mist suppression system, which was almost completely installed at the building, survived a smaller fire in 2014 “largely intact” and “would have saved” the building if it had

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Sci-fi ceiling illuminates Russian florist in constructivist building

January 18, 2019 India Block 0

Architect Eduard Eremchuk looked to visuals from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey when designing the Guapa Flower Shop in a historic building in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. The whole ceiling is a lighting element, bathing the minimalist florist in bright white light and giving the curving white walls a Space Age feel. Guapa Flower Shop is located

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UNStudio designs clustered bank HQ in Tbilisi to encourage collaboration

January 18, 2019 India Block 0

TBC Forum by UNStudio is a financial centre under construction in the hills above Tbilisi, Georgia, that aims to be a more positive working environment than traditional bank headquarters. The Dutch studio broke ground on the new headquarters for TBC Bank last month. Based on workplace studies they have carried out, UNStudio have designed the

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Trio of post-communist countries on Mies van der Rohe Awards shortlist for first time

January 17, 2019 India Block 0

Buildings in Albania, Serbia and Slovakia have been shortlisted for the prestigious Mies van der Rohe Award for the first time. The presence of buildings in new countries with the potential to win Europe’s most prestigious prize is proof of the “new agenda” of architecture in Europe said the jury. Re-centring discussion “keeps architecture alive” Awarded

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Opposite Office redesigns Buckingham Palace as co-living space for 50,000 Londoners

January 17, 2019 India Block 0

Affordable Palace proposal by Opposite Office

Opposite Office has proposed redesigning and extending London’s Buckingham Palace to create the Affordable Palace where 50,000 people would co-habit with the queen. The Munich-based architecture practice has written an open letter to the queen, asking that she consider sharing her palace with those less fortunate. The architecture studio’s concept would turn the royal palace into a

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Catholic Church would give Brutalist ruin of St Peter’s Seminary away for nothing

January 15, 2019 India Block 0

St Peter's Seminary by Mad4Brutalism via Wikimedia Commons

The Roman Catholic Church has said it is in a “catch-22 situation” over the A-listed St Peter’s Seminary in Scotland, as it can’t sell, demolish or give away the Brutalist ruin designed by Gillespie, Kidd and Coia. The Archdiocese of Glasgow told BBC Scotland the Brutalist building, once hailed as a masterpiece, will remain a ruin unless it gets public funding. A spokesperson

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Metropolitan Workshop covers tower of modular homes with glazed ceramic tiles

January 15, 2019 India Block 0

Mapleton Crescent by Metropolitan Workshop

Metropolitan Workshop’s tower of small modular homes in London is covered in a “chameleon-style” facade of glazed terracotta that changes colour in the different light conditions. The London-based architecture studio designed Mapleton Crescent in Wandsworth, a 27-storey tower on a small plot of land, for specialist tiny home developer Pocket Living. A constrained triangular site of just 476-square-metres and

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