Articles by Ali Morris

Plans unveiled for London’s first purpose-built design district

September 28, 2017 Ali Morris 0

SelgasCano, 6a Architects and David Kohn Architects are among the eight architecture studios creating buildings for a purpose-built design district at the heart of the new Greenwich Peninsula development in London.  The new one-hectare design district will provide a permanent base for over 1,800 of London’s creatives across a range of affordable architect-designed workspaces at the centre of the riverside

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Plans unveiled for London’s first purpose-built design district

September 28, 2017 Ali Morris 0

SelgasCano, 6a Architects and David Kohn Architects are among the eight architecture studios creating buildings for a purpose-built design district at the heart of the new Greenwich Peninsula development in London.  The new one-hectare design district will provide a permanent base for over 1,800 of London’s creatives across a range of affordable architect-designed workspaces at the centre of the riverside

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An ancient monastery wall slices through this Utrecht house extension

September 23, 2017 Ali Morris 0

Utrecht-based architecture studio Richèl Lubbers Architecten has added an angular extension to a residence that sits on the site of an old monastery. Located in a leafy neighborhood of the city, the owners wanted to create an extension to their home that could be used as guest quarters with the possibility of turning it into a

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An ancient monastery wall slices through this Utrecht house extension

September 23, 2017 Ali Morris 0

Utrecht-based architecture studio Richèl Lubbers Architecten has added an angular extension to a residence that sits on the site of an old monastery. Located in a leafy neighborhood of the city, the owners wanted to create an extension to their home that could be used as guest quarters with the possibility of turning it into a

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Instagrammers capture Jean Nouvel’s National Museum of Qatar as it nears completion

September 21, 2017 Ali Morris 0

Images of Jean Nouvel’s National Museum of Qatar in Doha are beginning to emerge on Instagram as the building’s interlocking design nears completion. Inspired by the rose-like formations of crystal that appear in the desert sand, the building is composed of a ring of low-lying and linked pavilions, which encircle a large courtyard area and existing palace.

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Six stand-out buildings by Praemium Imperiale winner Rafael Moneo

September 15, 2017 Ali Morris 0

Following the news that Rafael Moneo has been named as the architecture laureate for the 2017 Praemium Imperiale, here’s a look at six of the Spanish architect’s most prolific projects. The 2017 Praemium Imperiale is a prestigious art prize awarded annually by the Japan Art Association. Rafael Moneo is one of this year’s five winners, alongside Latvian dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, Senegalese musician Youssou N’Dour, Iranian visual artist

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Six stand-out buildings by Praemium Imperiale winner Rafael Moneo

September 15, 2017 Ali Morris 0

Following the news that Rafael Moneo has been named as the architecture laureate for the 2017 Praemium Imperiale, here’s a look at six of the Spanish architect’s most prolific projects. The 2017 Praemium Imperiale is a prestigious art prize awarded annually by the Japan Art Association. Rafael Moneo is one of this year’s five winners, alongside Latvian dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, Senegalese musician Youssou N’Dour, Iranian visual artist

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Clare Cousins Architects creates first carbon-positive home in Australia’s Victoria

September 10, 2017 Ali Morris 0

This timber-clad residence designed by Australian firms Clare Cousins Architects and The Sociable Weaver is the first home in the Australian state of Victoria to achieve a “10 Star” energy rating. Boasting a carbon-positive accreditation, the Cape Paterson-based 10 Star Home has been constructed using zero waste and building biology philosophies to earn it a 10 Star energy rating, after which it

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IKEA lab Space10 creates algae-producing pavilion in Copenhagen

September 10, 2017 Ali Morris 0

IKEA’s external innovation lab Space10 has worked in collaboration with three young architects to create a four-metre-high bioreactor dome for growing microalgae. Described by Space10 as a “food-producing architecture pavilion”, the futuristic dome houses a photo-bioreactor — a closed system that enables the high productivity of green microalgae. The dome was installed at Copenhagen’s CHART Art Fair last

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Francisco Sutherland Architects inserts an oak structure into a Barbican flat

September 8, 2017 Ali Morris 0

Francisco Sutherland Architects has slotted a timber structure containing a bathroom, mezzanine and wardrobes into a triplex apartment in London’s brutalist Barbican Estate. Located on the apartment’s double-height top-floor space, the bespoke oak-panelled structure sits next to the master bedroom, fitting snugly under the barrel-vaulted ceiling and taking up roughly half the floor space. The intervention

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