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“I didn’t want to become an architect at all” says Reiulf Ramstad in VDF lecture

May 13, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

In the first lecture from today’s collaboration with Architects, not Architecture, Norwegian architect Reiulf Ramstad discusses his background and how he originally wanted to become a dancer, not an architect. Ramstad, founder of Oslo studio Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter, spoke of how growing up with an architect made him want to chose a different career for

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Archigram, Faye Toogood, Reiulf Ramstad and Rosey Chan feature at VDF this week

May 11, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
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In week five of Virtual Design Festival we team up with former Archigram members Peter Cook and Dennis Crompton for an exclusive video series, plus our live Screentime interviews feature Rael San Fratello, Standard Architecture, Ben van Berkel and more. Also on the schedule is a collaboration with conference Architects not Architecture, a discussion with

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Moxon Architects adds perforated weathering steel extension to Aberdeenshire Council HQ

May 8, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
The Faithlie Centre by Moxon Architects

Moxon Architects has restored and converted a listed building and a former police station in Fraserburgh, Scotland, adding a contemporary extension clad in weathering steel. Two civic buildings – the Category B-listed Fraserburgh Town House and a derelict police station – have been turned into one facility that serves as the headquarters for Aberdeenshire Council.

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Live interview with architect Carlo Ratti as part of Virtual Design Festival

May 4, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
VDF Screentime Carlo Ratti

Architect Carlo Ratti speaks to Dezeen in this Screentime conversation sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival today. Watch it live from 4:00pm UK time. Italian architect Ratti is the founder of international design and architecture studio Carlo Ratti Associati and is a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he directs the

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This week’s VDF highlights include Alison Brooks, Chris Precht, UNStudio, Fritz Hansen and free Dieter Rams film screening

May 2, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Gary Hustwit screens Rams documentary at VDF

That was week three of VDF! Highlights include a video message from Ben van Berkel and an exclusive screening of the Dieter Rams documentary plus a live interview with director Gary Hustwit. We also teamed up with Fritz Hansen to celebrate Vico Magistretti’s centenary. Monday 27 April VDF x reSITE: we started week three with

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Live interview with architect Alison Brooks as part of Virtual Design Festival

May 1, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Screentime Enscape: Alison Brooks

Architect Alison Brooks speaks to Dezeen in this live discussion with Marcus Fairs, as part of our Screentime interview series sponsored by Enscape. Watch the conversation live from 4pm UK time. Alison Brooks is the principal and creative director of Alison Brooks Architects, which she founded in 1996. The studio works on both commercial and

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Arthur Mamou-Mani seeks game designers to help create virtual version of timber amphitheatre for cancelled Burning Man

April 29, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Arthur Mamou-Mani's Catharsis

Architect Arthur Mamou-Mani has called for help to turn an installation designed for this year’s Burning Man into a virtual experience after the desert festival was cancelled due to coronavirus. Sharing the design exclusively with Dezeen, he called on people with expertise of working with gaming engines to help him realise the project in a

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Toni Yli-Suvanto Architects creates angular Arctic Sauna Pavilion

April 25, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Arctic Sauna Pavilion by Toni Ily-Suvanto Architects

Finnish studio Toni Yli-Suvanto Architects has created a timber pavilion that functions both as a sauna and a hub for social activities. The Arctic Sauna Pavilion, located by a lake in Lapland, Finland, has a distinctive geometric shape with walls that have been tilted outwards. This is a traditional way of making storage buildings in

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Derek Jarman’s Prospect Cottage saved by Art Fund campaign

April 3, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

UK charity Art Fund’s crowdfunding campaign to save artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman’s cottage in Dungeness from being sold to a private owner has been successful. The Art Fund has raised £3,624,087 to purchase Prospect Cottage in Kent, which was at risk of being sold to a private individual, from the Keith Collins Will Trust.

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Working from home “the new normal” for architects and designers

April 1, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Working from home "the new normal" for architects and designers

Coronavirus lockdowns will have a profound impact on how creative businesses work in future, according to architects and designers including Carlo Ratti Associati, BIG, Snøhetta and Pearson Lloyd. Over the past couple of weeks a huge shift in office culture has occurred, with teams spread across multiple houses instead of one studio. This has forced

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