Lizzie Crook

Stefano Boeri Architetti unveils Vertical Forest towers for Dubai

November 8, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0

Italian studio Stefano Boeri Architetti has adapted its Vertical Forest concept for a pair of skyscrapers in Dubai, which will be covered in thousands of trees. Revealed by Stefano Boeri Architetti yesterday at the COP27 climate change conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, the project comprises two tapering towers at 190 and 150 metres tall.

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Peter Barber wins 2022 Soane Medal for architecture

November 8, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0

British architect Peter Barber has been revealed as this year’s winner of the Soane Medal for having “devoted his life” to helping to resolve the UK’s housing crisis. Barber, who is the founder of the London-based studio Peter Barber Architects, was hailed by the jury for his work in social and affordable housing. The Soane

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Ten bedrooms with wardrobes that are disguised as walls

November 5, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0

This lookbook rounds up 10 bedrooms where architects have designed discreet built-in wardrobes to conceal clothing and clutter, creating the illusion of a seamless wall. Built-in wardrobe walls are an efficient way to supersize storage and utilise every centimetre of space in a bedroom, unlike freestanding units that often leave dead spaces around their edges.

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Buffalo Bills stadium by Populous will be “intimate yet intimidating”

October 31, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0

Architecture studio Populous has designed a new stadium for the American football team Buffalo Bills in New York state, which will reimagine historic architecture with modern materials. Due to open in autumn 2026, the venue will be developed by Populous to pay homage to the history, heritage and architecture of the Bills’ home city, Buffalo.

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Dezeen’s top five houses of October 2022

October 31, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0

An adaptable timber-framed home in Japan and a refurbished thatched-roof cottage in Germany feature in this roundup spotlighting Dezeen’s top five houses of October. The roundup is the first in our new Houses of the month series, which will select five of the most popular residences featured on Dezeen every month, from all around the

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Dezeen’s top five houses of October 2022

October 31, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0

An adaptable timber-framed home in Japan and a refurbished thatched-roof cottage in Germany feature in this roundup spotlighting Dezeen’s top five houses of October. The roundup is the first in our new Houses of the month series, which will select five of the most popular residences featured on Dezeen every month, from all around the

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Foster + Partners completes long-awaited 425 Park Avenue in New York

October 27, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0

British architecture studio Foster + Partners has completed a skyscraper in New York, which is the “first full-block office building” to be built on Park Avenue in over 50 years. The highly anticipated 47-storey tower, named 425 Park Avenue, occupies a plot alongside landmarks including Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Seagram Building and Lever House

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Zaha Hadid Architects models giant sports venue on Hangzhou tea farms

October 27, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0

A 60,000-seat football stadium is among the features of the terraced Hangzhou International Sports Centre, which Zaha Hadid Architects is designing in the east of China. Over 26.39 hectares, the giant sports venue in Hangzhou will comprise three buildings that also accommodate a 19,000-seat indoor arena, an aquatics centre and practice pitches. Hangzhou International Sports

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MVRDV creates hill-like housing for “variety of income levels” in France

October 24, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0

A pair of hill-like buildings define Ascension Paysagère, a French housing project that Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has created on the riverside in the west of Rennes. Designed in collaboration with local studio ALL, the 10,550-square-metre complex contains a mix of apartment types to accommodate “a variety of income levels”, MVRDV said. Ascension Paysagère is

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Apple reveals Foster + Partners-designed offices at Battersea Power Station

October 19, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0

Apple CEO Tim Cook has unveiled visuals of the tech giant’s offices within Battersea Power Station, which it is designing with UK studio Foster + Partners. As revealed by Cook in a tweet, the office is expected to open early next year and will provide a workspace for many of Apple’s corporate employees based in

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