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Room with A view
30 May 2014Forme UK director Edward Price surveys the jaw-dropping vista from one of the luxurious serviced apartments at Cheval Residences' new Three Quays development, located next to the Tower of London.
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Common ground: scientists and designers work together
23 May 2014Scientists and designers are pairing up to imagine extraordinary things. Veronica Simpson welcomes the bridging of two seemingly disparate worlds
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Per Nimer to front colour trend seminar from surface design show
23 May 2014A free seminar on global colour trends will be led by Per Nimer (pictured left), the design manager at giant paints and coatings company Akzo Nobel. Hosted by Interface, the event will be part of series of design-led seminars organised by the Surface Design Show. This one takes place at the Interface showroom in Clerkenwell on 15 May, from 6pm.
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Marc Mimram puts a twist on design for new architecture school
19 May 2014Marc Mimram has completed the first phase of the Strasbourg School of Architecture (Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Strasbourg). Located in the centre of the city, La Fabrique (The Factory), pictured above, is a new 4,500 sq m building to be accompanied by the refurbishment of the adjoining building, Le Garage, due to be completed in December.
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Drawing architecture in motion
13 May 2014Artist-in-residence at the British Museum, Liam O’Connor has been hiding away inside for the past three years while Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners’ new extension went up around him, documenting its construction in drawings. He tells us about his practice, while Graham Stirk of RSH+P relays observations from the building process.
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Third phase of designs revealed for Battersea site
13 May 2014The final phase for the Battersea development site is being designed by Gehry Partners and Foster + Partners.
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Meet: 42 Architects
6 May 2014Johan Berglund, the founder of 42 Architects, who hails from Stockholm, admits that he is still figuring out how to be a practice
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Just passing through - moveable architecture
15 April 2014Architecture, for so many years obsessed with permanence and making grand statements, is now looking at ways in which structures can be reused and transported elsewhere while maintaining their initial concept
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Make Architects showcases recyclable cinema at Ecobuild
10 April 2014International architecture practice Make Architects designed a unique, recyclable, cinema that showcased at this year’s Ecobuild exhibition, in London.
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Designs revealed for King’s Cross Midland goods shed
7 April 2014New designs have been revealed for the historic Midland Goods Shed and East Handyside Canopy at King's Cross. Architecture practice Bennetts Associates has developed proposals that will see the two structures sensitively restored and converted into a new Waitrose supermarket and cookery school, as well as a separate events and cultural space.
