Articles by Lizzie Crook

The late Balkrishna Doshi’s time working under modernist pioneer Le Corbusier sparked a career of fun and creative freedom, his granddaughter and fellow Indian architect Khushnu Panthaki Hoof tells Dezeen in this interview. “[Doshi] would never want anyone to be serious,” Panthaki Hoof said. “He would say to me, ‘You’ve been too serious’,” she said,

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The late Balkrishna Doshi’s time working under modernist pioneer Le Corbusier sparked a career of fun and creative freedom, his granddaughter and fellow Indian architect Khushnu Panthaki Hoof tells Dezeen in this interview. “[Doshi] would never want anyone to be serious,” Panthaki Hoof said. “He would say to me, ‘You’ve been too serious’,” she said,

The post Le Corbusier “used to prank” Balkrishna Doshi says granddaughter Khushnu Panthaki Hoof appeared first on Dezeen.

The late Balkrishna Doshi’s time working under modernist pioneer Le Corbusier sparked a career of fun and creative freedom, his granddaughter and fellow Indian architect Khushnu Panthaki Hoof tells Dezeen in this interview. “[Doshi] would never want anyone to be serious,” Panthaki Hoof said. “He would say to me, ‘You’ve been too serious’,” she said,

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British practice Studio Weave has converted a barn on the Isle of Wight, creating a home with countryside views and a spacious living area for hosting large gatherings. Named South Barn, the home was designed for a client who purchased the old agricultural building on a farm near Cowes, next door to another owned by

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A barn in rural England and a lakeside cottage in Poland feature in this roundup of homes with highly textured facades, finished with scaly-looking shingles. Shingles are a type of roof and wall cladding formed of small overlapping elements, favoured for their durable and tactile qualities. They can be made from everything from slate to

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A public winter garden sits at the heart of this cylindrical office in Copenhagen, designed by Danish studios Cobe, Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects and Third Nature to evoke the city’s historic silos. Named Tip of Nordø, the building is intended as an “anchor point” for Nordhavn, a former industrial port on the coast of the Øresund

The post Tip of Nordø office is a “modern lighthouse” on Copenhagen’s coast appeared first on Dezeen.