Articles by Lizzie Crook

Roberto Dini and Stefano Girodo build mountaintop shelter in Italian Alps

January 17, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Bivouac Luca Pasqualetti by Roberto Dini and Stefano Girodo in the Italian Alps

Italian architects and researchers Roberto Dini and Stefano Girodo have built a prefabricated shelter, named Bivouac Luca Pasqualetti, on the edge of a mountain peak in Valpelline, Italy. Located at an altitude of 3,290 metres in the Morion Ridge, the building was developed in collaboration with LEAPfactory for a group of local alpine guides who wanted

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Nizio Design International reveals Museum of the Great Famine designs

January 16, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
The Museum of the Great Famine by Nizio Design International and Project Systems LTD in Kiev, Ukraine

The underground Museum of the Great Famine by Nizio Design International in Kiev, Ukraine, will be topped by two misaligned green roofs. Dedicated to the millions of victims of Holodomor, or the Great Famine – a manmade famine in the former Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933. The 14,000 square metre Museum of the Great

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Urban Power to extend Danish coast with tech hub on nine artificial islands

January 15, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Holmene by Urban Power in Denmark

Urban Power has unveiled its plans for nine artificial islands, named Holmene, which will be a sustainable tech hub off the coast of Hvidovre, Copenhagen. Designed for the Danish Government, Holmene will extend the largest industrial area in Denmark, Avedøre Holme, and span three million square metres. It is expected to create 380 new businesses and 12,000

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Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill reveals design for China’s tallest skyscraper

January 14, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
China's tallest building: Shenzhen-Hong Kong International Center by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill has unveiled its design for the Shenzhen-Hong Kong International Center, a 700-metre tall glass tower in Shenzhen, China. The megatall skyscraper is set to become the tallest building in China, and the world’s third tallest building behind SOM’s 828-metre Burj Khalifa in Dubai and the 1,000 metre high Jeddah Tower, which is under construction in Saudi

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OMA’s long-awaited Taipei Performing Arts Center nears completion in Taiwan

January 11, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Taipei Performing Arts Center by OMA in Taiwan

The Taipei Performing Arts Center, a theatre complex with three auditoriums that plug into an corrugated glass cube designed by OMA, is nearing completion in the capital of Taiwan. The latest photos released by OMA, the Rotterdam and Shanghai-based practice led by Rem Koolhaas, show the 50,000-square-metre complex’s sphere-shaped auditorium without scaffolding for the first time. Named

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Foster + Partners models Apple store in Kyoto on traditional Japanese houses

January 11, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Apple Kyoto in Japan by Fosters + Partners

Foster + Partners has completed the first Apple Store in Kyoto, Japan, which is fronted by a translucent facade made from a lightweight timber frame and paper. Informed by the materiality of traditional Japanese houses and lanterns, Apple Kyoto’s minimal facade overhangs a glass-walled ground floor, designed by Foster + Partners as a continuation of the street.

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Taipei Twin Towers by MVRDV will be “a Times Square for Taiwan”

January 10, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Taipei Twin Towers proposal by MVRDV

MVRDV has unveiled designs for a pair of towers in Taipei, Taiwan, which will be made from stacks of misaligned blocks wrapped in interactive screens. Named Taipei Twin Towers, the 337 and 280-metres-tall skyscrapers have been designed by MVRDV in collaboration with CHY Architecture Urban Landscape to revitalise the central station area in the capital’s Zhongzheng district. The buildings

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Turato Architects embeds angular Bedrock House into hillside of Croatian island

January 10, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Bedrock House by Idis Turato in Croatia

Turato Architects has built an angular white house, informed by the work of a four artists including David Hockey and Richard Serra, on the island of Krk, Croatia. Located in Brzac, Bedrock House comprises two buildings embedded into a fold in the limestone hillside, which Turato Architects linked with exaggerated walls and misaligned overhanging roofs. The layout divides the

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Snøhetta completes wooden Outdoor Care Retreats at two Norwegian hospitals

January 9, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Outdoor Care Retreats by Snøhetta in Norway

Two matching elevated cabins have been nestled into a woodland by Snøhetta, to improve the treatment of patients at two of Norway’s largest hospitals by immersing them in nature. Commissioned by Friluftssykehuset Foundation, the Outdoor Care Retreats offer “physical and psychological respite” for patients, and are designed by Snøhetta to contrast with the two hospitals. The first cabin is situated

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Apollo Architects & Associates hides courtyard behind Cover House’s metal facade

January 9, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Cover House by Apollo Associates

A windowless wall punctured by a giant void projects from this steel-clad Japanese house near Tokyo, creating a secret “exterior living room”. Located in a dense residential district in Fuchū, Cover House’s striking form was designed by Apollo Architects & Associates to create privacy for the residents, while ensuring the interiors have sufficient light levels. “The roof and exterior

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