Diébédo Francis Kéré’s Serpentine Pavilion will relocate to Malaysia

December 29, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

This year’s Serpentine Pavilion by Diébédo Francis Kéré will find a new permanent home in Malaysia, following an extended run in London.  The Serpentine Galleries has confirmed that the pavilion has been sold to Kuala Lumpur-based Ilham Gallery. Ilham is now seeking a location for the pavilion in Malaysia’s Klang Valley – the region that surrounds and encompasses the

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Dezeen’s top 10 conceptual skyscrapers of 2017

December 23, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

This year saw a bumper crop of conceptual towers unveiled, in addition to the plethora of completed skyscrapers. Architecture editor Jessica Mairs continues our review of the year with her pick of the best fantasy towers, from plant-covered high-rises on Mars to a vertical farm in Africa. Analemma Tower by Clouds Architecture Office Not satisfied with building

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It’s difficult to get prominent women to speak, says WAF organiser Paul Finch

December 21, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

World Architecture Festival is failing to attract enough leading female architects as speakers despite efforts to improve its gender balance, according to organiser Paul Finch. At this year’s World Architecture Festival (WAF) 30 per cent of the 125 award judges were women, and just 27 per cent of the speakers female – although the speaker’s page of the

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It’s difficult to get prominent women to speak, says WAF organiser Paul Finch

December 21, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

World Architecture Festival is failing to attract enough leading female architects as speakers despite efforts to improve its gender balance, according to organiser Paul Finch. At this year’s World Architecture Festival (WAF) 30 per cent of the 125 award judges were women, and just 27 per cent of the speakers female – although the speaker’s page of the

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SelgasCano adds roof extension with pools and plants to Second Home offices in London

December 20, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Spanish practice SelgasCano has extended the roof of the Second Home offices in east London, creating five studios with winding desks, and a terrace with a serpentine border of aquatic planting. Madrid-based SelgasCano – run by José Selgas and Lucia Cano – was invited back to extend the offices it designed for the workspace provider Second Home inside a former

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Dezeen’s 10 biggest architecture trends of 2017

December 19, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Continuing our review of the year, architecture editor Jessica Mairs looks at the themes that dominated construction in 2017, from outlandish shipping container designs and fantasy skyscraper concepts, to the demise of brutalist housing stock. Plant-covered buildings sprouted up everywhere  We published more proposals for plant-covered buildings this year than ever before. Among the 15 plans –

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High-rise safety regulations are “not fit for purpose” finds Grenfell report

December 18, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Fire-safety guidelines for tall buildings in the UK are unclear and offer too many opportunities for corner cutting, according to a review of building regulations commissioned following the Grenfell Tower fire. An interim report of the review published today deemed current regulations and fire safety guidance are high-rise buildings is not fit for purpose. “The work of

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Extension to Walter Segal’s modernist London home is modelled on ruins

December 14, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Jonathan Tuckey Design has revealed plans to extend the former home of Walter Segal with an addition like an “overgrown ruin”, while Turner Prize-winning collective Assemble has designed a shed for the garden. London studio Jonathan Tuckey Design drew up the plans for Matt Gibberd, one of the founders of design-led estate agent The Modern House. The two-storey brick extension, which has just received

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VeloCity wins ideas competition for development of Oxford and Cambridge region

December 12, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

An all-female team has won a contest seeking ideas for how the UK government could instigate growth in the Cambridge-Milton Keynes-Oxford corridor, with plans to revitalise six villages by adding housing, and a network of cycling and pedestrian routes. The team of architects, planners and engineers comprises Jennifer Ross of Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design, Sarah Featherstone of

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Iwan Baan photographs MAD’s Chaoyang Park Plaza in the Beijing haze

December 11, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

These images taken by Dutch photographer Iwan Baan capture the mountainous forms of MAD’s new Beijing skyscraper complex against a humid August sky.  Baan’s photographs show the 10 rounded structures that make up the 220,000-square-metre Chaoyang Park Plaza – completed by MAD earlier this year – juxtaposed with a skyli ne dominated by boxy tower blocks. The photographer, who is

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