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Eyewitness: Gareth Gardner experiences tunnel vision in King’s Cross
22 June 2015Clementine Fletcher-Smith and Speirs + Major principal, Keith Bradshaw, review their work.
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2015 Serpentine Pavilion unveiled
22 June 2015Serpentine Galleries celebrates the 15th anniversary of the Pavilion commission with Spanish artists Selgascano.
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The world's 10 best green universities
19 June 2015DesignCurial counts down the 10 best green universities in the world
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Beijing toy shop inspired by dandelions
16 June 2015A new toy store and cafe in Beijing features a dramatic arrangement of columns inspired by dandelions.
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Brief Encounters: The truth about digital connectivity
15 June 2015Veronica Simpson attends this year’s Future Everything festival of art, design and digital culture, and comes away with mixed feelings.
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James Dilley shares his top 10 tips
15 June 2015Jestico + Whiles’ head of hospitality, hotel and interior design teams, James Dilley, imparts his knowledge on 10 things he’s learned over his career to date…
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Dim Sum Towers – Heatherwick Studio’s Learning Hub in Singapore
15 June 2015The Thomas Heatherwick Studio has just completed a building for the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, with the specific intention of it not being anything like any other university building in existence so far. With the Learning Hub’s stacks of circular spaces, its nickname of Dim Sum Towers, given by the students, seems particularly apt
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Camper’s Life on Foot: Zonzo, the city where you can get lost, and the wasting of time
15 June 2015Francesco Careri, founder of architecture collective Stalker and research network Osservatorio Nomade - that carries out walks in the ‘indeterminate’ or void spaces of the city - ponders the meaning of Zonzo, a city of flaneurs as described by Walter Benjamin. The text is taken from The Walking Society, the wide-ranging catalogue that accompanies the Design Museum’s exhibition on Spanish footwear brand Camper, entitled Life on Foot
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Spectacular Grand Designs house selling for £2.3m
12 June 2015Featuring on Grand designs in 2010, the renowned Dome House overlooking Lake Windermere is now on sale.
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Final designs released for Two World Trade Centre
10 June 2015Danish architect Bjarke Ingels, founder of architectural firm BIG, has completed the near-impossible by fusing heritage with innovation for the final design of the Two World Trade Centre building.
