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Nine home interiors brightened with colourful window frames

April 21, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Shades of green, red and yellow run throughout this lookbook, which collects nine home interiors enlivened by colourful window frames. Whether painted wood, plastic or metal, opting for colourful window frames is an easy way to brighten a residential interior. The examples in this lookbook demonstrate how they can be used to create a focal

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Don’t Move, Improve! unveils London’s best house renovations of 2024

April 19, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

A dwelling with a “tin hat” by Nimtim Architects and a colourful extension by Charles Holland are among the 16 London homes named on the shortlist for this year’s Don’t Move, Improve! competition. A triangular house in a former garage by studio Brown Urbanism is also on the shortlist, alongside an extension by Cairn that

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Don’t Move, Improve! unveils London’s best house renovations of 2024

April 19, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

A dwelling with a “tin hat” by Nimtim Architects and a colourful extension by Charles Holland are among the 16 London homes named on the shortlist for this year’s Don’t Move, Improve! competition. A triangular house in a former garage by studio Brown Urbanism is also on the shortlist, alongside an extension by Cairn that

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Fire engulfs Copenhagen’s old stock exchange causing spire to collapse

April 16, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

A fire has broken out at the 17th-century Børsen building in Copenhagen, Denmark, causing its iconic dragon tail-shaped spire to collapse. The fire at the building, which was once the city’s stock exchange, began early this morning with the 56-metre-tall spire collapsing around 8:30am local time. Built in 1615, the Renaissance-style building is one of

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Heatherwick’s Vessel set to reopen with “floor-to-ceiling steel mesh”

April 15, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

The Vessel viewpoint by Thomas Heatherwick is expected to reopen in New York this year, shrouded by steel netting to prevent people from jumping from its platforms. It follows the closure of the structure in Hudson Yards in August 2021, after a 14-year-old boy became the fourth person to die there by suicide. Related Companies,

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Chatillon Architects releases first photos of Grand Palais restoration in Paris

April 15, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

French studio Chatillon Architects has unveiled its progress on the Grand Palais renovation in Paris, which is set to host fencing and taekwondo events at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Located on the Champs-Élysées, the landmark glass and steel structure is being revamped to improve public access after becoming “a monument that was often only

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Dezeen video captures reconstructed spire at Notre-Dame

April 12, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

This Dezeen video shows the restoration progress of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, including its reconstructed spire that is crowned by a golden rooster. In the video, viewers can see the 96-metre-tall spire without its scaffolding, with a design replicating the 1859 version designed by architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc.   View this post on Instagram   A

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Mikhail Riches unveils plans for final phase of Park Hill regeneration

April 11, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

London studio Mikhail Riches has shared visuals for Phase 5 in the regeneration of Park Hill estate in Sheffield, which will “tie together all the buildings and landscapes”. It will be the final stage of redevelopment at the brutalist Grade II*-listed complex, which has been underway since 2004, led by developer Urban Splash. Phase 5

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Mikhail Riches unveils plans for final phase of Park Hill regeneration

April 11, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

London studio Mikhail Riches has shared visuals for Phase 5 in the regeneration of Park Hill estate in Sheffield, which will “tie together all the buildings and landscapes”. It will be the final stage of redevelopment at the brutalist Grade II*-listed complex, which has been underway since 2004, led by developer Urban Splash. Phase 5

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Photos reveal Kengo Kuma’s swooping Lisbon museum extension nearing completion

April 10, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

A swooping tiled roof will be the defining feature of Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian extension designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, which is nearing completion in Lisbon. Due to open this September, the extension will form a new entrance for the art museum and become Kengo Kuma and Associates’ first completed project in Portugal.

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