Articles by Sebastian Jordahn

Serpentine Pavilion designed to be “part of surrounding landscape” says Junya Ishigami

June 19, 2019 Sebastian Jordahn 0

In this exclusive Dezeen video, Japanese architect Junya Ishigami explains how his design for this year’s Serpentine Pavilion was built to resemble a “stone hill”. Ishigami’s pavilion was unveiled yesterday at the Serpentine Gallery in London, following the resignation of the gallery’s CEO Yana Peel over her connection to an Israeli cybertech firm. The pavilion is

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Architects can “play a more prominent role” in creating queer space says Ben Campkin

June 5, 2019 Sebastian Jordahn 0

London’s queer community needs architects and designers to help them create new social spaces, says Ben Campkin, co-author of a report charting the decline of LGBT+ venues across the city. Campkin’s research, carried out with Laura Marshall for the UCL Urban Laboratory, found that London’s LGBT+ venues were fast disappearing – down by 58 per

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Watch our talk on the future of hospitality and travel design live from New York

June 4, 2019 Sebastian Jordahn 0

Dezeen’s Eleanor Gibson will speak to a panel of experts about how hospitality and travel design is changing in a panel discussion hosted with the Radical Innovation Award. Watch the stream live from 5:30pm New York time. The stream has not started yet. Watch it here or on Dezeen’s Facebook page from 5:30pm New York

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Amanyangyun resort by Kerry Hill Architects designed to be “a living museum”

May 17, 2019 Sebastian Jordahn 0

Amanyangyun hotel is designed to celebrate Chinese culture says Tanuj Goenka, director of Kerry Hill Architects, in this movie produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD awards. Part of the Aman Resorts collection of hotels, Amanyangyun was named Hotel of the Year at the AHEAD Asia Awards 2019, which celebrated the best in hotel and resort design

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The Storefront Theater is successful because “the community takes it and makes it their own”

May 7, 2019 Sebastian Jordahn 0

In this movie, artist Matthew Mazzotta says the success of The Storefront Theater, which won him Architecture Project of the Year at the inaugural Dezeen Awards, comes down to the way the local community has made use of it. The Storefront Theater is a retractable theatre disguised as a shop. It was built to re-invigorate the main street in the town

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Neri&Hu looked to “traditional courtyard house typology” for Tsingpu Yangzhou Retreat

May 3, 2019 Sebastian Jordahn 0

Neri&Hu cofounder Lyndon Neri explains how the studio referenced traditional Chinese courtyard homes in its design for a hotel, in this interview Dezeen filmed at the AHEAD Asia awards ceremony. Tsingpu Yangzhou Retreat won awards in two categories – New Concept of the Year, and Landscaping and Outdoor Spaces – at the third AHEAD Asia awards in March,

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Neri&Hu looked to “traditional courtyard house typology” for Tsingpu Yangzhou Retreat

May 3, 2019 Sebastian Jordahn 0

Neri&Hu cofounder Lyndon Neri explains how the studio referenced traditional Chinese courtyard homes in its design for a hotel, in this interview Dezeen filmed at the AHEAD Asia awards ceremony. Tsingpu Yangzhou Retreat won awards in two categories – New Concept of the Year, and Landscaping and Outdoor Spaces – at the third AHEAD Asia awards in March,

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Watch our talk on the digitalisation of architecture with Zaha Hadid Architects, Grimshaw and Viewpoint

April 25, 2019 Sebastian Jordahn 0

Dezeen’s deputy editor Tom Ravenscroft will speak to a panel of experts about how digital tools are changing the way we build. Watch the stream from 7pm UK time, live from Knauf’s Clerkenwell showroom. The livestream has not started yet. You can watch it here or on Dezeen Facebook page from 7pm UK time. Held

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Watch our talk on creating office spaces people want to work in live from London

March 28, 2019 Sebastian Jordahn 0

Watch our talk with Coalesse about designing office spaces that people want to work in, rather than have to work in, live from Steelcase’s WorkLife Center in London.  The livestream has not started yet. You can watch it here or on Dezeen’s Facebook page from 6:30pm UK time. Dezeen’s editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs will speak to office

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Casa Negra is designed to “be like a camera obscura” says Frida Escobedo

March 27, 2019 Sebastian Jordahn 0

Frida Escobedo explains how one of her first residential projects, Casa Negra, was influenced by the function of a camera obscura, in the third instalment of a series of short movies about the Mexican architect.  In an exclusive interview, Escobedo tells Dezeen that the house she designed for a photographer acts like a camera obscura –

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