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  • March 2016

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    • What a carry-on

    • 21 March 2016

    Stephen Hitchins travels through history to trace the evolution of luggage from its earliest form to the new smart case.

    Transparent Starlight Room provides panoramic views of alpine landscape

    A cabin in the Dolomites offers a closer way to experience the mountain sky

    The hills have eyes

    Craftsmanship and big ambitions brought this intriguing house to life despite a small budget

    Talking Points

    • 15 March 2016

    Fiona Livingston discusses the issues and challenges to be met in translating a digital brand into a 3D bricks-and-mortar space.

    Workspace Invaders

    • 15 March 2016

    In a forward-looking workshop run by charity Open-City for HÅG, London school kids envisaged the workspace they would want to be working in when their time comes...

    Dare to dream

    • 15 March 2016

    The chance to dream – something designers are rarely offered in the name of productive work. Veronica Simpson uncovers some inspiring examples of schemes – even countries – that offer support for unfettered creativity.

    King’s Cross Gasholders by WilkinsonEyre

    The vast, ongoing development of King’s Cross behind the station, led by Argent, has seen major repurposings of industrial heritage, such as the Granary Building. Perhaps the most unusual are three conjoined Victorian gasholders, Grade II listed like their neighbour gasholder no. 8. A WilkinsonEyre project will see them restored, to house three cylindrical-based volumes, rising 12, nine and eight storeys and providing 145 apartments, ready in 2017. Practice founder Chris Wilkinson talks about King’s Cross Gasholders with Herbert Wright.

    Resilient cities: Bristol

    Bristol’s year as European Green Capital has seen this UK city deliver a raft of projects that demonstrate its commitment to sustainable transport, energy, food culture and urban design. But a greater force is being summoned to maximise the programme’s impact: the creativity and enthusiasm of its citizens

    Melbourne Quarter: The city’s answer to the NYC High Line

    • 15 March 2016

    A new sustainable precinct is on its way to the heart of Melbourne's up and coming economic centre in the Southern Cross area

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