Lizzie Crook

Sans-Arc Studio’s Plaster Fun House takes cues from cruise liners

May 21, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Sans-Arc Studio has added a playful kitchen extension to a cottage in Torrensville, Australia, which is characterised by white-plaster walls, arches and terrazzo. Named the Plaster Fun House, the home is intended to be a fun, light and compact space that contrasts with the city’s commonplace brown-brick houses. Australian practice Sans-Arc Studio achieved this by taking cues

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Five key projects by emerging Thai architect Boonserm Premthada

May 20, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Who is Boonserm Premthada? Here’s a look at five significant projects by the Thai architect, founder of Bangkok Project Studio, who won the Royal Academy’s Dorfman Award for 2019. Born and raised in Bangkok, Premthada founded his architecture studio in 2013, after completing his architectural studies at Chulalongkorn University the year before. Bangkok Project Studio is

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EMBT and Patricia Urquiola complete Maggie’s Barcelona at Sant Pau Hospital

May 15, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Kálida Sant Pau Centre by EMBT and Patricia Urqiuola in Barcelona, Spain

EMBT has completed a Maggie’s Centre for cancer care at an art nouveau-hospital in Barcelona, with interiors designed by Patricia Urquiola. Located in the grounds of the Sant Pau Hospital, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Spain, the Kálida Sant Pau Centre is the first building created by the Maggie’s Centres charity in mainland Europe. It is distinguished

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David Adjaye creates earth-house pavilion for Ghana at Venice Art Biennale

May 13, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Ghana Freedom by David Adjaye at Venice Art Biennale

Curving galleries plastered with earth characterise Ghana Freedom, the country’s national pavilion at the 58th Venice Art Biennale, designed by architect David Adjaye. Now open in the Venetian Arsenal, Ghana Freedom marks the first time that the country has presented at the prestigious art event. Modelled on traditional Gurunsi earth houses, the Ghana pavilion comprises a series of interconnected oval-shaped galleries topped

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Studio Bark’s flat-pack U-build system lets anyone self-build

May 10, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

U-Build is a simple modular construction system designed by Studio Bark, which encourages individuals and communities to self-build. The system relies solely on a flat-pack kit made from timber parts, and is born from Studio Bark’s desire to make construction “truly affordable” for the public. Components can be quickly slotted together like puzzle pieces to assemble a building

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Muir and Openwork create mist-filled “chasm” at National Gallery of Victoria

May 10, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Canyon-like walls overflowing with mist define the Doubleground pavilion, which nestles within the sculpture garden of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Designed by local studios Muir and Openwork, the installation is intended to resemble a “series of chasms” weaving though the gallery’s floor beds. It is the fourth pavilion built as part of the

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Construction set to begin on Frank Gehry’s long-awaited Guggenheim Abu Dhabi

May 8, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

The Guggenheim Foundation has revealed that its Frank Gehry-designed art museum in the United Arab Emirates is “on track” to complete in four years time. First unveiled in 2007, the long-awaited Guggenheim Abu Dhabi will be 42,000-square-metres, making it the largest of the four Guggenheim outposts. Though the specific timeline for construction of the sculptural building has not

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Federico Babina merges animals with architecture for Planimals floor plans

May 7, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

An elephant, giraffe and crocodile are among the animals that Federico Babina has illustrated in these zoomorphic floor plans. Named Planimals, they are the latest series of architectural illustrations completed by Italian architect and graphic designer Babina. Each drawing is intended to resemble “a huge, habitable sculpture” whilst merging the boundary between architecture and the natural world.

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Take a video tour of A-CH’s tiny Keperra House in Australia

May 7, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

This architecture movie shows A-CH’s compact Keperra House, located in a post-war suburb of Brisbane, Australia. Completed in 2013, the house was designed by Australian studio A-CH for a single occupant, and is positioned at the end of the garden of an existing property. It is characterised by a central sheltered deck that separates the bedroom from

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Zaha Hadid Architects’ lakeside cultural centre nears completion in Changsha

May 3, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Changsha Meixihu International Culture and Art Centre by Zaha Hadid Architects

New photos reveal the Zaha Hadid Architects-designed Changsha Meixihu International Culture and Art Centre nearing completion in China. Due for completion this year, the 115,000-square-metre cultural complex is located beside Meixi Lake in Changsha, the capital of the Hunan province. It contains a theatre, contemporary art museum and a smaller multi-purpose venue, which Zaha Hadid Architects has placed in

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