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Designing for a building's many lives: meet Davidson Rafailidis
20 February 2019George Kafka talks to Buffalo-based practice Davidson Rafailidis, whose work breathes new and flexible life into old structures
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Meet the Designers in Residence
17 February 2019For the latest Designers in Residence programme at London’s Design Museum, an all-female line-up explores the theme of ‘dwelling’
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'I got here by sticking to my guns': Nicholas Grimshaw on winning the RIBA Royal Gold Medal
14 February 2019Best known for a series of buildings which wear their engineering credentials on their sleeve, as well as being linked in with the Brit high-tech pack, Nicholas Grimshaw receives the RIBA Royal Gold Medal for Architecture this February, recognising his lifetime’s achievements. We sit down with him for an exclusive interview
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The walls have years: Battersea Arts Centre and Bristol Old Vic by Haworth Tompkins
8 February 2019The Grand Hall of Battersea Arts Centre, London and the Bristol Old Vic have been brought back to life by Haworth Tompkins. The projects demonstrate an approach to cultural venues that is democratic, radical and unusually animated by the quirks of history
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Designing the domestic: Home Futures at the Design Museum — review
7 February 2019The Design Museum’s Home Futures show presents ideas of how the future of the home was once imagined
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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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Futurebuild welcomes Vision in 2019
29 January 2019Futurebuild is excited to partner with and welcome Vision to the 2019 event, to provide a London focused seminar programme alongside an unrivalled networking opportunity for architects, housebuilders and developers.
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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
