Future Project of the Year 2017 imagines Sydney fish market as “a new important public space”

December 22, 2017 Sebastian Jordahn 0

Allen Jack + Cottier’s proposal for a new fish market in Sydney, recently named Future Project of the Year, aimed to “regenerate a whole section of the city”, according to architect Michael Heenan. Australian firm Allen Jack + Cottier designed Sydney Fish Markets as a public square on the harbourside, with a marketplace at its centre. Intended to replace

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World Landscape of the Year 2017 teaches people about China’s farming history, says Turenscape

December 18, 2017 Sebastian Jordahn 0

The Chinese rice farm that was recently named World Landscape of the Year is designed to teach people about traditional agriculture, according to Stanley Lung of landscape architecture firm Turenscape.  Located in China’s Hunan Province, the farm forms part of the Chengtoushan Archaeological Park. It features a network of pathways that allow visitors to walk freely through paddy fields, observing

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Produce Workshop used “tailoring tactics” to create plywood pavilion for Herman Miller

December 14, 2017 Sebastian Jordahn 0

In this exclusive movie, Pan Yi-Cheng of Produce Workshop explains how his team used fabric-stitching techniques to create the plywood pavilion that was named World Interior of the Year last month.  Called Fabricwood, Produce Workshop’s pavilion was installed in a Singapore department store as a display area for office furniture manufacturer Herman Miller. The structure is

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Space10 pavilion imagines a future where buildings produce food for residents

December 6, 2017 Sebastian Jordahn 0

This week’s instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living video series explores an algae-producing pavilion by research lab Space10, which demonstrates how buildings could help feed urban populations sustainably in the future. Presented at the annual Chart Art Fair in Copenhagen, Space10’s Algae Dome comprised a four-metre-high wooden structure wrapped in 320 metres of coiled transparent

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World Building of the Year 2017 could help 100 million people, says Edward Ng

December 1, 2017 Sebastian Jordahn 0

This award-winning prototype house developed for a Chinese village destroyed by earthquake could protect millions of people around the world, claims architecture professor Edward Ng in this movie Dezeen filmed at World Architecture Festival 2017. The rammed-earth house was designed by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and a team of seismic design experts at the University

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Movie offers a look inside the People’s Pavilion from Dutch Design Week

November 28, 2017 Sebastian Jordahn 0

This captioned movie features the venue for Dezeen’s Good Design for a Bad World talks at Dutch Design Week – a pavilion designed by Bureau SLA and Overtreders W, which was built using only borrowed and recycled materials. Find out more about the People’s Pavilion › Movie is by Dezeen, with photography by Filip Dujardin and Jeroen van der

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Movie offers a look inside the People’s Pavilion from Dutch Design Week

November 28, 2017 Sebastian Jordahn 0

This captioned movie features the venue for Dezeen’s Good Design for a Bad World talks at Dutch Design Week – a pavilion designed by Bureau SLA and Overtreders W, which was built using only borrowed and recycled materials. Find out more about the People’s Pavilion › Movie is by Dezeen, with photography by Filip Dujardin and Jeroen van der

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Watch Kim Cook talk about Burning Man live from World Architecture Festival

November 17, 2017 Sebastian Jordahn 0

Burning Man festival director Kim Cook wraps up World Architecture Festival 2017 with this talk on building temporary cities in the Nevada desert. Watch the livestream here from 4.40pm UK time. The livestream is now live. You can watch it above or on Dezeen’s Facebook page. Cook, the director of art and civic engagement for Burning

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Tune in to hear Terry Farrell’s talk live from World Architecture Festival 2017

November 17, 2017 Sebastian Jordahn 0

British architect and planner Terry Farrell discusses city-making during this lecture at the World Architecture Festival 2017 in Berlin. Watch the livestream here from 12.10pm UK time. The livestream is now live. You can watch it above or on Dezeen’s Facebook page.  Terry Farrell is the principal of architectural firm Farrells. Among Farells’ most recent work is

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Tune in to hear Terry Farrell’s talk live from World Architecture Festival 2017

November 17, 2017 Sebastian Jordahn 0

British architect and planner Terry Farrell discusses city-making during this lecture at the World Architecture Festival 2017 in Berlin. Watch the livestream here from 12.10pm UK time. The livestream has now ended. You can watch it above or on Dezeen’s Facebook page.  Terry Farrell is the principal of architectural firm Farrells. Among Farells’ most recent work is

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