Lizzie Crook

Morris + Company completes Wildernesse Mews retirement homes in historic Kent estate

March 4, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Morris + Company has staggered a terrace of brick houses for the elderly within the grounds of a 17th century mansion in Sevenoaks, Kent. London-based Morris + Company, formerly called Duggan Morris Architects, designed the dwellings for the Wildernesse Estate retirement community, which is currently being developed by PegasusLife. Named Wildernesse Mews, they replace an old stable yard

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Snøhetta designs Italian mountaintop museum for Ötzi the Iceman

February 28, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Visuals of Museum Quarter by Snøhetta in Bolzano, Italy

Snøhetta has released visuals of a Museum Quarter in the mountains of Bolzano, which will have a projecting stepped roof that doubles as a viewpoint. If built the museum would have exhibition space for the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology and the Municipal Museum of Bolzano, and would house the famous prehistoric mummy of Ötzi the Iceman.

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SPPARC’s Golden Hinde visitor centre will cantilever over the River Thames

February 27, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

SPPARC has unveiled its designs for a museum surrounding the Golden Hinde – a full-size replica of the of Francis Drake’s Golden Hind galleon. The museum, located in St Mary Overie Dock in London, will be partially cantilevered over the River Thames. It will allow visitors to see more of the famous working-replica of the 16th-century sailing galleon, which is currently undergoing

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Studio Fuksas reveals plans for “vertical park” on Monaco waterfront

February 26, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Visual of Studio Fuksas' new building for Fontvieille waterfront

Studio Fuksas has unveiled plans for a stepped office and commercial building covered in plant-filled terraces, on the waterfront in Monaco. Referred to by Studio Fuksas as “a vertical park”, the scheme will be built on the site of a shopping centre in the south of the city, and will stand alongside a cable car station being designed by Shigeru

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Trio of deer observatories by Orma Architettura nestle within Corsican mountains

February 26, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Corsica Deer Observatories by Orma Architettura

Orma Architettura has built three matching wooden viewpoints in the mountains of the Mediterranean island Corsica, for people to observe native red deer from. Named Corsican Deer Observatories, the structures are located within the Regional Natural Park of Corsica, a wildlife protection zone that covers nearly 40 percent of the island. The viewpoints, designed by

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Iker Gil and Luftwerk emblazon Barcelona Pavilion with laser grid

February 20, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Geometry of Light installation at Barcelona Pavilion by Luftwerk and Iker Gil

Luftwerk and designer Iker Gil have projected a grid of red lasers onto Mies van der Rohe’s seminal Barcelona Pavilion to create the Geometry of Light installation. Media-artist duo Luftwerk collaborated with Mas Studio’s Iker Gil to create the light show, which took place during of Barcelona’s Llum BCN and Santa Eulàlia festival. Named Geometry of Light, the

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Mecanoo completes giant red cultural centre in China

February 20, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

The Longgang Cultural Centre in Shenzhen, China, occupies a row of angular four red buildings designed by Mecanoo. Located on a long and narrow site in the Longgang district, the the 95,000-square-metre complex comprises an art gallery, science museum, youth centre and bookshop. Described by Mecanoo as an “urban connector”, the row of four-storey blocks join at

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Seven key projects by MPavilion 2019 architect Glenn Murcutt

February 18, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Pritzker Prize-winning architect Glenn Murcutt is designing this year’s MPavilion. Here’s a look at seven of his most significant projects. Murcutt is one of Australia’s best-known architects, and the only Australian winner of the prestigious Pritzker Prize, which he won in 2002 in recognition of his innovative and environmentally sensitive buildings. Murcutt, who was a born in London in 1936 before moving to

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10 off-grid homes for a self-sufficient lifestyle

February 16, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

The Off-Grid Guest House by Anacapa Architecture

From an isolated house in a Californian nature reserve, to a rural house in China that encourages villagers to be self-sufficient, here are 10 off-grid homes where people are living sustainably. Black Barn, England, by Studio Bark Designed to have minimal environmental impact, this off-grid house by Studio Bark is fully powered by solar and bio-diesel.

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Timber walls disguise secret spaces within tiny Pavilion House in Portugal

February 15, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Pavilion House by Andreia Garcia Architectural Affairs + Diogo Aguiar Studio

Andreia Garcia Architectural Affairs and Diogo Aguiar Studio have hidden a bathroom, bed, and kitchen within the walls of this timber-clad holiday home in Guimarães, Portugal. Located on a mountainside between vineyards and a forest, Pavilion House is a single, timber-lined room punctured with large windows. Its minimal design was developed by Andreia Garcia Architectural

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