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The kids are alright: co-designing with young people
10 December 2019Architects and designers are increasingly collaborating with the end users of spaces and places — and that includes children. We take a look at the projects and practices in the UK bringing young people into the heart of the co-design process and helping them shape their built environment
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Europe’s first subaquatic restaurant: Under by Snøhetta
6 June 2019In a remote spot of Norway’s coast, Snøhetta has designed Under — a project that is as surreal, elegant and surprising as a half-submerged concrete tube can get
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Curved, cantilevered concrete: Thomas P Murphy Design Studio by Arquitectonica
29 March 2019Arquitectonica’s studio for the University of Miami architecture faculty is both dramatic and minimal, gestural and functional
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From 90s business park to new co-working campus: Republic by Studio RHE
6 March 2019Studio RHE is busy turning an unlovely complex of Nineties offices in east London into a modern, open and social co-working campus
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Concrete oasis: Glenstone Museum by Thomas Phifer and Partners
12 December 2018Nestled in sleepy Maryland, the new Glenstone Museum, designed by Thomas Phifer and Partners, harnesses nature and concrete to create an immersive, sensory experience blending art and architecture. Far away from crowds and city stress, does ‘slow art’ and silence make for a better museum environment?
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Amsterdam, The Magic Centre: Art and Counterculture 1967–70 — review
1 November 2018The Stedelijk Museum’s show celebrates the Dutch city as a site of playful and creative counterculture in the late Sixties
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Taking the long view: AHMM opens up the University of Amsterdam
12 October 2018The University of Amsterdam’s Roeterseiland Campus — dating from the Sixties — has been completely rethought by AHMM to form a better relationship with students and the city
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Preview: London Design Festival 2018
13 September 2018Blueprint rounds up the highlights of what to see at this year’s London Design Festival (15–23 September)
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The 16th Venice Architecture Biennale — review
27 July 2018The 16th Venice Architecture Biennale takes as its theme the concept of Freespace. With 71 exhibition participants and 63 national pavilions, there’s much to explore. Here we bring you all the highlights — and reflect on how architects from around the world have interpreted the idea of generous, inclusive and humane architecture
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The new industry: former factories transform into modern makerspaces
1 July 2018Around the world, many former industrial buildings have been transformed into high-end housing or art galleries. But now a new wave of projects honours the manufacturing heritage of these built structures, repurposing them for the makers of today
