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Groupwork to “resurrect” Victorian facades of Clerkenwell shops

September 10, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Architecture studio Groupwork is set to reinstate the facades of a group of 19th-century shops in Clerkenwell, London, as part of its renovation of a 1970s office block. The architecture studio plans to clad the office block’s facade with a perforated brass structure that takes it shape from a group of eight Victorian and Edwardian-era

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Dezeen Events Guide lists the key design events taking place in London this month

September 10, 2020 Marcus Fairs 0

Dezeen Events Guide for September in London

Dezeen Events Guide’s special guide to architecture and design events taking place in London this September is now live. The guide, which includes over 30 events taking place in the city, includes participants in London Design Festival and Open House. Key London events this September Highlights include Planted, a new event that aims to reconnect

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Bureau de Change inserts bronze lift into 1920s art deco office block

September 4, 2020 Natasha Levy 0

Bureau de Change inserts bronze lift into The Gaslight building in London

Bronze laser-cut sheets wrap around the lift shaft that extends up through this building in central London, which has been updated by architecture studio Bureau de Change. The elevator links together all four floors of The Gaslight, a mixed-use development that’s been created within an art deco building in central London’s Fitzrovia neighbourhood. Originally constructed

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Useful Studio creates arched weathering steel Chiswick Park Footbridge

September 2, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Chiswick Park Footbridge by Useful Studio in Chiswick, west London

London-based Useful Studio has connected a tube station to a business park in Chiswick, west London, with a pedestrian bridge made from weathering steel. Named Chiswick Park Footbridge, the pedestrian bridge forms part of a route between a London Underground station and the Chiswick Business Park. “The bridge is designed to enable better connectivity and

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Norman Foster unveils “uniquely great British” reusable parliament replacement

August 24, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Demountable parliament plan as replacement for Palace of Westminster by Norman Foster

British architect Norman Foster has revealed plans for a demountable glass and steel building to house the UK government while the Houses of Parliament is renovated. Created in partnership with property developer John Ritblat, the temporary building would contain an exact replica of the House of Commons along with offices for 650 members of parliament wrapped

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Perforated metal pavilion by Neiheiser Argyros disguises London Underground vents

August 24, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

The faceted North Greenwich Sculptural Screen by Neiheiser Argyros is designed to conceal the exhaust vents and fire escape of a London Underground station. Shrouded by corrugated aluminium and a large digital screen, the 14-metre-high pavilion above North Greenwich Station in south London, UK, also incorporates a cafe and public toilets. Thousands of tiny perforations

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Antepavilion juror attacks “pathetic” council for blocking Sharks! installation with court injunction

August 21, 2020 India Block 0

An installation of five fibreglass sharks by architect Jaimie Shorten for the Architecture Foundation’s Antepavilion project in east London has been hit by a last-minute court injunction by the local council. Four of the five models had already been lowered into the Regent’s Canal in east London ahead of today’s planned opening. But Hackney Council’s

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Step House extension built around perforated birch-ply staircase

August 17, 2020 Natasha Levy 0

Step House extension in London by Grey Griffiths Architects

A staircase punctured with rectangle-shaped holes is the focal point of this two-storey extension Grey Griffiths Architects has added to a workers’ cottage in west London. The bespoke staircase allows light to pass from the original end-of-terrace workers’ cottage into the extension, which Grey Griffiths Architects have aptly named Step House. Situated in the district

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Step House extension built around perforated birch-ply staircase

August 17, 2020 Natasha Levy 0

A staircase punctured with rectangle-shaped holes is the focal point of this two-storey extension Grey Griffiths Architects has added to a workers’ cottage in west London. The bespoke staircase allows light to pass from the original end-of-terrace workers’ cottage into the extension, which Grey Griffiths Architects have aptly named Step House. Situated in the district

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ARC Club is a London co-working space for people wanting to escape working from home

August 14, 2020 Natasha Levy 0

ARC Club co-working office in Homerton, London designed by Caro Lundin

Architect Caro Lundin took a less-is-more approach for the creation of ARC Club, a fuss-free co-working space in east London for those struggling to work from home during the coronavirus pandemic. It took just six weeks for Lundin and her self-titled studio to complete ARC Club, which takes over a formerly characterless retail unit in

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