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The Blueprint curated diary: Lydia Yee
30 January 2019Chief curator of the Whitechapel Gallery, Lydia Yee, shares her recommendations for the best shows to kick off 2019
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Preview: Surface Design Show 2019
30 January 2019Veronica Simpson takes a look at the highlights of February’s Surface Design Show in London
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Street life: Ordnance Road by Peter Barber Architects
29 January 2019Eleven townhouses and four bungalows — all for social rent — have been created in the London suburb of Enfield. With a brand new mews and a focus on social space, the low-rise buildings bring a sense of warmth and intimacy to the streetscape
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Chicago's hidden intervention: Wrightwood 659 by Tadao Ando
25 January 2019In a wealthy, residential Chicago neighbourhood, a 1920s apartment block has been radically transformed inside by Tadao Ando’s concrete minimalism. As a new space for socially engaged art and architecture, Wrightwood 659 finds surprising opportunity in adapting historic fabric
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Library in the clouds: Oodi by ALA Architects
24 January 2019In Finland the right to visit a library has been enshrined in law for almost a century. Now in Helsinki, ALA Architects has created the crown jewel of libraries, Oodi, on the most prime piece of real estate in the country. Don’t expect too many books though — that’s just not what the modern library is all about
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Reworking the traditional terrace: Grosvenor Avenue by fourth_space
18 January 2019High-quality interior finishes, generous proportions and a living wall set this 10-apartment building in Islington above the run-of-the-mill speculative development, showing what a determined architect can do — even with a tough client and tight budget
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'We need to actively encourage a collaborative culture': Pooja Agrawal on the architect-planner divide
10 January 2019Public Practice co-founder Pooja Agrawal reflects on the 'ever-widening chasm' between built environment disciplines — and why architects and planners need to collaborate better
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Retirement done differently: Moor’s Nook by Coffey Architects
9 January 2019A light-filled, community-focused housing complex for the over-55s in suburban Surrey proposes a new kind of residential scheme for retirees
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Breeze block: National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts by Mecanoo
8 January 2019Mecanoo’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts in Taiwan, houses four auditoria under the largest performing arts venue roof in the world, and another one on top of it. This futuristic mega-volume creates new public space and takes its inspiration from the banyan tree
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Part of the landscape: Arvo Pärt Centre by Nieto Sobejano
3 January 2019With the Arvo Pärt Centre, Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos has orchestrated a musical legacy in the heart of an Estonian forest
