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JCPCDR Architecture’s tiny timber pavilion invites walkers to “pause and observe”

August 23, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

L'Observatoire viewpoint in France by JCPCDR Architecture

A small elevated viewpoint projects from this tiny house-shaped pavilion, which JCPCDR Architecture has built for hikers to observe Lake Annecy in France. Named L’Observatoire, the pavilion is nestled below the trees on a secluded mountainside site in Giez. It was designed and built by Parisian studio JCPCDR Architecture with local fir wood. Though it

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Simone Subissati Architects creates linear Italian country home

August 21, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Casa di ConFine by Simone Subissati Architects

A fragmented frame disrupts the linear form of this Italian house in Le Marche, which Simone Subissati Architects has designed to immerse its occupants in the landscape. Named Casa di Confine, which translates as Border Crossing House, it was built by Simone Subissati Architects for a family that wanted a dwelling in “an open, panoramic

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Zaha Hadid Architects carves out sculptural flood protection barrier in Hamburg

August 21, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Niederhafen River Promenade by Zaha Hadid Architects

Zaha Hadid Architects has completed the sculptural Niederhafen River Promenade in Hamburg, Germany, as part of the city’s upgrade of its flood prevention system. Positioned along the 625-metre-long stretch between St Pauli Landungsbrücken and Baumwall, the Niederhafen River Promenade replaces one of the city’s existing, but dilapidating, flood barriers built in 1964. While providing vital

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IKEA and Queen of Sweden adapt modular BoKlok housing for the elderly

August 20, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

IKEA and Skanska are collaborating with the Queen of Sweden on an offshoot of their modular BoKlok housing that will meet the needs of the elderly and people with dementia. Named SilviaBo, the housing project is being developed in Sweden by IKEA, Skanska and Silviahemmet, a dementia-care foundation established by Queen Silvia of Sweden. The

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IAAC graduates propose parasitic pods as alternative to cage homes in Hong Kong

August 19, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Flux Haus by IAAC graduates Kammil Carranza, Jitendra Farkade and Vinay Khare

Flux Haus is a parasitic housing scheme, which has been conceptualised by Kammil Carranza, Jitendra Farkade and Vinay Khare, that would engulf five towers in Hong Kong with single-person pods. The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia graduates designed the grid structure covered in moving single-occupancy pods to be a “more dignified” alternative to cage homes – tiny dwellings enclosed

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SKNYPL designs inflatable rooftop garden for busy Seoul street

August 16, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

New Korean Garden is an “Instagrammable” meeting and events space proposed for a rooftop in Seoul, South Korea, which is made from turquoise, pebble-like inflatables. Designed by Moscow studio SKNYPL, it is envisaged as a contemporary interpretation of a traditional Korean garden, within which simplicity and nature are typically key, and rock arrangements are considered

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Stufish models the Chimelong Theatre in China on traditional circus tents

August 16, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

An undulating golden facade wraps around the 6,700-seat Chimelong Theatre on Hengqin Island in China, which Stufish has designed to evoke the form of traditional circus tents. Located south of Macau, the giant circus theatre was built by entertainment architecture studio Stufish to replace the Chimelong Hengqin International Circus City that was irreparably damaged by

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“The battle is over” says Amin Taha as 15 Clerkenwell Close is saved from demolition

August 15, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Architect Amin Taha has won his appeal against Islington Council, which had ordered the demolition of the RIBA award-winning 15 Clerkenwell Close. A report from the planning office released today revealed that 15 Clerkenwell Close has been given planning permission because it “accords with the generality of what had previously been approved”. Taha’s practice Groupwork

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Red concrete walls enclose The Walls teaching restaurant for children in China

August 15, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

The Wall Childrens' Teaching Restaurant in China

Kids that attend The Walls teaching restaurant in Xiamutang, China, are invited to take part in cooking courses where they pick, prepare and eat produce from nearby fields. Built by The Scarcity and Creativity Studio and Tianjin University School of Architecture, the linear building nestles within a grove of camphor trees on a steep, narrow

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Henning Larsen Architects awarded European Prize for Architecture 2019

August 14, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Danish architecture studio Henning Larsen Architects has been named as this year’s laureate of the European Prize for Architecture. Established in 2010, the European Prize for Architecture is awarded annually to the European architects perceived to have advanced “the principles of European humanism and the art of architecture”. Henning Larsen Architects is the second Danish

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