Articles by Lizzie Crook

Grimshaw reveals mussel-shaped greenhouses for Eden Project North

November 27, 2018 Lizzie Crook 0

Grimshaw, the London-based studio behind the Eden Project in Cornwall, has unveiled its designs for an ecological resort on the seafront in Lancashire, UK. Designed for Cornwall-based environmental charity Eden Project International, the coastal attraction combines a mix of indoor and outdoor experiences at a prominent location in Morecambe Bay. “Morecambe Bay is a truly unique

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LUO Studio’s Longfu Life Experience Centre can be dismantled and reused

November 26, 2018 Lizzie Crook 0

This real-estate sales centre in China’s Henan province features a wooden structure designed by architecture firm LUO Studio to be easily adapted or dismantled. Located in Puyang County, the Longfu Life Experience Centre was commissioned by an eco-farm operator engaging in property development, who required a space to target consumers chasing a green lifestyle. It was

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This week, images emerged of new towers by Gehry and Foster

November 24, 2018 Lizzie Crook 0

This week on Dezeen, Foster + Partners revealed its plans for a 305-metre-tall tower in London, while photos emerged showing Frank Gehry’s Luma Arles taking shape in the French city. Foster + Partners has submitted a planning application for The Tulip, a viewing tower complete with rotating gondolas. If approved, it will become the tallest structure in the

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Snøhetta completes colourful fishing facility in Norwegian archipelago

November 21, 2018 Lizzie Crook 0

Architecture office Snøhetta has completed the 6,000-square-metre Holmen Industrial Area in a fishing hub in Sortlandssundet, northern Norway. The industrial facility comprises four distinctive buildings and a guest house, which seamlessly combine fish farming facilities with the company’s corporate headquarters. Commissioned by shipowner Holmøy Maritime, the highly sophisticated complex in the archipelago of Vesterålen was designed to accommodate

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Sex shop converted into tiny Japanese art gallery by Persimmon Hills Architects

July 1, 2017 Lizzie Crook 0

Persimmon Hills Architects has transformed an illegal sex shop into a a dramatic wedge-shaped micro-studio and gallery space in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture. Measuring just 20 square metres, the space named Cut is designed for an artist in residence as an extension of the annual open-air art festival, Koganecho Bazaar. “Koganecho has art everywhere during an

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Gianni Botsford Architects’ Corten steel extension hosts private art collection in central London

June 30, 2017 Lizzie Crook 0

Rust-toned frames cover the facade of this extension to a central London home, which Gianni Botsford Architects designed to house its owner’s private collection of photographs, prints and lithographs. The client’s need for storage evolved into the design of a gallery added to the rear wall of the Grade II-listed five-storey home, which forms a connection with the outside. “The aim

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Galvanised steel panels cover irregularly stacked volumes of Japanese townhouse

June 4, 2017 Lizzie Crook 0

Yuichi Yoshida & Associates has completed a house in the suburbs of the Japanese city of Kanazawa with pared-back interiors and an irregularly layered structure that challenges the area’s housing typology. Set back from the roadside, the unconventional house comprises two steel-clad volumes set askew on a concrete base. The architects chose galvanised steel cladding for it ability

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Oblong windows puncture concrete office block by Yoshihiro Kato Atelier

June 3, 2017 Lizzie Crook 0

Oblong windows with pivoting glazing cut through the striking white walls of this minimal five-storey office block in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture, designed by local architects Yoshihiro Kato Atelier. The concrete building, named Tetote Note, is located on a tight 100-square-metre site in the city of Nagoya and provides collaborative workspaces for designers and their clients. “In Japanese, ‘tetote’ literally means

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Adamo Faiden completes undulating plaza in Buenos Aires’ financial district

May 21, 2017 Lizzie Crook 0

Argentinian studio Adamo Faiden has designed a stepped public plaza to cover an underground carpark in Catalinas Norte, the financial centre of Buenos Aires. The urban landscape, named Plaza Catalinas, is made up of triangular segments of planting and sits at the foot of a glass tower in the business district. Designed to defy the rigidity of its metropolitan surroundings, architects Sebastián

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Andreas Gruber embeds minimal concrete house into Tyrolean hillside

May 15, 2017 Lizzie Crook 0

A three-storey house made entirely of concrete has been set into the steep slope of the Eisack Valley in South Tyrol by local architect Andreas Gruber. The mountainous setting in northern Italy came with a number of restrictions and regulations, which called for an innovative design that was sympathetic to its Alpine surroundings. “The special climatic conditions in

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