Lizzie Crook

Laura Álvarez Architecture transforms stone ruin into zero-energy Villa Slow

April 19, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

This holiday home in Spain by Laura Álvarez Architecture is built from the walls of a stone ruin and generates more energy that it consumes. Named Villa Slow, the dwelling replaces a former ruin found in rolling hills in the natural park of Valles Pasiegos. It is designed to have minimal impact on its environment, and

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Cave-like gift shops created by Koichi Takada Architects inside National Museum of Qatar

April 18, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Interiors of National Museum of Qatar by Koichi Takada Architects

Australian studio Koichi Takada Architects has completed two gift shops inside Jean Nouvel’s National Museum of Qatar in Doha, featuring undulating wooden surfaces. The two cave-like gift shops are the first of a number of interior spaces that Koichi Takada Architects is creating inside the new museum, along with three restaurants set to open later this year. Now

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The D*Haus Company to replace derelict petrol station with decorative brick terrace

April 11, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

The D*Haus Company has revealed visuals of The Arches, a row terraced houses in London that will be characterised by rounded windows and red brick walls. When built, The Arches will replace an abandoned petrol station in the Dartmouth Park Conservation Area, and comprise six three-storey sunken houses. The D*Haus Company’s design is informed by both the

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Safdie Architects to add fourth tower to Marina Bay Sands resort in Singapore

April 10, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Marina Bay Sands resort expansion by Safdie Architects

Safdie Architects has revealed its plans to extend its Marina Bay Sands hotel in Singapore by adding a fourth tower. The new stand-alone tower will contain more hotel rooms and take cues from the existing glass buildings, which were completed by Safdie Architects on Marina Bay in 2011. Alongside the tower, the studio will also design a new entertainment

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Photos reveal new children’s hospital by Renzo Piano under construction in Uganda

April 5, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Milan Design Week: Emergency's Centre of Excellence in Paediatric Surgery by Renzo Piano BUilding Workshop

Italian architect Renzo Piano is building a major new health facility, the Centre of Excellence in Paediatric Surgery, in Uganda. Renzo Piano Building Workshop has unveiled photographs of the new children’s hospital, which is currently under construction in Entebbe, on the banks of Lake Victoria. The project, set to be the studio’s first in Africa, is

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Watch JR construct a giant optical illusion around IM Pei’s Louvre Pyramid

April 3, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

The Secret of the Great Pyramid by JR under construction at Musée du Louvre

This time-lapse movie shows the installation of street artist JR’s paper trompe l’oeil at the Louvre Pyramid in Paris, France. Named The Secret of the Great Pyramid, it imagined the iconic building by Pritzker prize-winner IM Pei extending deep below the ground at the Musée du Louvre, in celebration of its 30th anniversary. Constructed from 2,000 stickers, it

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Snøhetta to build Shanghai Grand Opera House with spiral staircase roof

April 3, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Renders of Shanghai Grand Opera House by Snøhetta in China

Snøhetta has revealed visuals for a major new opera house in China, featuring a spiralling stepped roof that will connect the upper levels of the building with a riverside plaza. The architecture and design firm, which was founded in Norway, teamed up with Chinese studio ECADI on its competition-winning design for the Shanghai Grand Opera House. Set to be

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JR extends IM Pei’s Louvre pyramid with optical illusion to celebrate its 30th anniversary

April 2, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

The Secret of the Great Pyramid by JR at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France

Artist JR has created a giant 3D optical illusion from paper that imagines the iconic pyramid at the Louvre in Paris continuing underground. Named The Secret of the Great Pyramid, the trompe l’oeil was made from 2,000 stickers surrounding Pritzker Prize-winning architect IM Pei’s glass building, making it appear to project out from a white excavated crater. At 17,000-square-metres it was French street artist

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Cork walls and pink window frames characterise Nimtim Architects’ London house extension

April 2, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Nimtim Architects has added a extension clad in cork with contrasting pink windows to a Victorian terrace house in south London. The extension has a simple pitched roof and cork walls designed to complement the dwelling’s existing brickwork, while the window frames offer a bright counterpoint. Named Cork House, it was designed by Nimtim Architects in collaboration with

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Faceted aluminium panelling wraps Ramon Airport in Israeli desert

April 1, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Ramon Airport by Amir Mann-Ami Shinar Architects and Moshe Zur Architects in Negev desert, Israel

Panels of white aluminium envelop the exterior of this airport, designed by Amir Mann-Ami Shinar Architects and Moshe Zur Architects in the Negev desert. Located 12 miles north of the city of Eilat, Israel, Ramon Airport is expected to become a “major game changer for local and international tourism” to Israel, Jordan and Egypt’s Sinai desert, according to the

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