Lizzie Crook

Morphogenesis creates stone-clad skincare factory in Himalayan foothills

March 12, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

Indian architecture studio Morphogenesis referenced traditional housing when creating this stone-covered skincare factory in the village of Lodsi in India. The 929-square-metre building provides production facilities for the skincare brand Forest Essentials, replacing its old facility on the same site in the Himalayan foothills. Morphogenesis’ aim for the building, named The Lodsi Community Project for

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Sculptural house in India resembles “snake curling up under a rock”

March 10, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

Living spaces snake around trees and rocks at the Chuzhi house, which architecture studio Wallmakers has created on an overlooked site in the village of Shoolagiri, India. The spiralling home is partly embedded in a steep and rocky site that had previously been overlooked as a “waste space” and considered unsuitable for a building. However,

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Murray Grove housing by Waugh Thistleton kickstarted “tall-timber movement”

March 10, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

The second case study in our Timber Revolution series is Murray Grove, a London housing tower by Waugh Thistleton that has a superstructure built almost entirely from cross-laminated timber. Slotted into a residential area in Hackney, the groundbreaking Murray Grove garnered international recognition when it was completed in 2009. With a nine-storey superstructure constructed almost

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Eleven upcoming buildings with mass-timber structures

March 9, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

A stadium by Zaha Hadid Architects and housing by Adjaye Associates feature in this roundup of upcoming wooden buildings, curated as part of our Timber Revolution series. Also featured on the list are towers, university buildings and an airport terminal, illustrating mass timber’s potential for use in a variety of architectural projects. Mass-timber products, such

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David Chipperfield wins 2023 Pritzker Architecture Prize

March 7, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

British architect David Chipperfield has been awarded this year’s Pritzker Architecture Prize for his “understated but transformative” body of work that spans over four decades. Chipperfield is the 52nd winner of the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize, which is considered the most significant award in international architecture. The 2023 jury hailed him for “steering clear of

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Nine notable projects by late architect Rafael Viñoly

March 6, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

Following the news of Rafael Viñoly’s death at the age of 78, we look back at nine stand-out projects designed by the Uruguayan architect over his career. Viñoly, who passed away on 2 March 2023 in New York City, is known for his portfolio of iconic, and often controversial, buildings around the globe. He began

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“We should hold the mirror to ourselves” say Turkish architects in wake of earthquakes

March 2, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

Improvements to both architectural education and practice must form part of the recovery plan to prevent history from repeating itself, argue Turkish architects following last month’s deadly earthquakes. Architects in Turkey believe that the scale of destruction caused by the earthquakes on 6 February was exacerbated by poor construction in the country caused, in part,

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Eight open-plan living areas with mix-and-match flooring

February 25, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

This lookbook collects eight homes with spacious open-plan interiors, where different floor designs have been used to subtly define areas for cooking, dining and lounging. Open-plan interiors are an enduring trend in residential design, used most commonly to blend kitchen and living spaces and create a social heart for the home. However, this is now

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Kenzo Tange’s modernist gymnasium set to be demolished

February 21, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

The demolition of the Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium in Japan by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Kenzo Tange has been announced, sparking a petition to save it. Completed by Tange in Takamatsu in 1964, the post-war landmark has been under threat of demolition since 2014 when it was closed due to a roof leak. It has now

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David Chipperfield designs rammed-earth extension for Athens museum

February 17, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

A rammed-earth extension is set to be added to the neoclassical National Archaeological Museum in Athens as part of a refurbishment by David Chipperfield Architects’ studio in Berlin. The museum, which is located in the Greek capital’s Exarcheia neighbourhood, will be expanded with 20,000 square metres of space as well as a verdant rooftop park

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