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Rohan Silva on office spaces in London
Despite the number of small businesses and startups in the UK getting bigger and bigger, the property industry has failed to keep up. Rohan Silva, former technology adviser at Number 10, is on a mission to tackle the problem of inflexible, unimaginative office buildings, starting with his latest venture, Second Home, an office space designed by SelgasCano for creative businesses in Shoreditch.
History is Now: 7 Artists Take on Britain – Review
History is now is a group show in which seven artists were asked to consider Britain's post-war history, from 1945 to the present day. Each artist - John Akomfrah, Simon Fujiwara, Roger Hiorns, Hannah Starkey, Jane and Louise Wilson, and Richard Wentworth - curated one room each. Blueprint caught up with Wentworth a couple of days before the show opened to the public
FX Drawing Competition
Call for entries to FX's drawing competition in association with Ecophon
Glorious gas station design - the world's 10 best filling stations
Whether you know them as gas or petrol stations - these roadside rest-stops show a truly amazing bredth of architecture styles. Here are our 10 favourites
One to Watch: Christopher Boots
What you need to know about the up-and-coming Australian designer.
Meet: Ben Adams Architects
Introducing the London-based firm whose projects include workspaces for two major UK practices, Feilden Clegg Bradley's London office and WilkinsonEyre's design studio
Making connections: Grimshaw’s Fulton Centre, Manhattan
The trains now pulling into Manhattan’s Fulton Center are several years late, but welcome nonetheless... The Grimshaw-designed transit hub, just opened, stands out in the subway system for its natural light and clear sightlines, inspired by the city’s great civic transit halls. It is certainly attracting the attention of the commuters, who are pausing to view the unique Sky Reflector-Net overhead that is bouncing light around the new spaces.
New wallpaper collection from print design practice Eley Kishimoto
Tagged 'patron saints of print' Eley Kishimoto look set to bring the same kind of radicalism to interiors that it has been doing in fashion for more than 20 years with the launch of its first wallpaper collection. This represents the latest chapter in a story which has seen the studio gain worldwide acclaim within a number of fields from fashion and interiors to architecture and design collaborations.
The Art of Robert McGinnis – book review
Robert McGinnis with Art Scott; Titan Books, £24.99
The changing role of science and technology in materials development
Scientists and architects have some things in common: an attention to detail for one and a futurefacing attitude to know what will benefit the built environment for another.
