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Herzog & de Meuron designs motorway chapel in Switzerland

February 21, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

515 Autobahnkirche by Herzog & de Meuron

Angled white walls will mark the entrance to underground contemplation spaces at Herzog & de Meuron’s roadside Autobahnkirche chapel in Switzerland. Set to be developed on the outskirts of Andeer beside the A13 highway, Autobahnkirche will become the country’s “first motorway chapel” once complete. Herzog & de Meuron’s proposal seeks to challenge traditional places of worship,

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Grimshaw releases visuals of Eden Project Foyle with thatched centrepiece

February 19, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Eden Project Foyle by Grimshaw for Northern Ireland

Grimshaw, the studio behind the Eden Project in Cornwall, has designed an ecological resort in Northern Ireland that will feature a thatched play area and treetop walkways. Commissioned by environmental charity Eden Project International, the Eden Project Foyle will be built on a 100-hectare site on the bank of the River Foyle in Derry that

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Johan Sundberg’s Sommarhus H is a “discreet and inviting addition” to its coastal setting

February 18, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Johan Sundberg has designed a Swedish house that has a deliberately simple form to draw attention to its Baltic sea backdrop. Located in a nature conservation area in the region of Skåne, the house was built by Sundberg for a Swedish family that currently lives in the US and required a place to stay when visiting friends

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Foster + Partners reveals visuals of co-living apartment block in China

February 17, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Qianhai Talents' Apartments by Foster + Partners for Shenzhen, China

Foster + Partners has released visuals of Qianhai Talents’ Apartments, an apartment block with co-living spaces that is set to be built in Shenzhen, China. The proposal has been developed for the city’s Qianhai financial district, and will centre around the construction of rentable apartments that are connected to shared living and dining spaces. According

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Foster + Partners reveals visuals of co-living apartment block in China

February 17, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

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CF Møller Architects reveals Sweden’s tallest timber building

February 17, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Sweden's tallest timber tower, Kajstaden, by CF Møller

CF Møller Architects has revealed photos of the Kajstaden Tall Timber Building, which has recently completed in the city of Västerås and is Sweden’s tallest timber building. Completed in 2019, the 8.5-storey-high apartment block has a structure built entirely with cross-laminated timber, and secured with mechanical screws that ensure it can be taken apart and

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Less is a Bore book celebrates “postmodern architecture in all its forms”

February 14, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Kindergarten Wolfartsweier, Germany, 2002, by Jurgen Mayer H, WORKac, Clavel Arquitectos, Nicolas Buffe and K/R

Less is a Bore by Dezeen columnist Owen Hopkins reveals the diversity of postmodern architecture from around the world. Here, he spotlights 10 significant structures from the book that come in all shapes, sizes and colours. Named after the anti-minimalist maxim coined by American architect Robert Venturi, Less is a Bore is a global survey of

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Proctor and Shaw’s Soffit House extension wins Don’t Move, Improve! 2020

February 13, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

A “beautifully understated” rear extension by Proctor and Shaw has been named as London’s best new home improvement project at the 2020 Don’t Move, Improve! awards. Soffit House is the overall winner of this year’s architecture contest, which New London Architecture (NLA) hosts annually to celebrate “the ingenuity of residential design” in the UK capital. London-based

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French public buildings to be built with 50 per cent wood

February 12, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Odile Guzy Architectes' social housing scheme in Chalon-sur-Saône, France. Photo is by David Foessel

The French government has announced plans for a sustainability law that will ensure all new public buildings are built from at least 50 per cent timber or other natural materials. The measure will be implemented by 2022 and affect all public buildings financed by the French state, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP). “I impose on all

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Nuns offer up convent as wetlands to fight flooding in New Orleans

February 11, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Mirabeau Water Garden by Waggonner & Ball in New Orleans

A community of nuns have donated their convent in New Orleans to create the Mirabeau Water Garden wetlands and improve the city’s system for flood prevention. The transformation of the 25-acre Catholic convent is being developed by Waggonner & Ball and Carbo Landscape Architects to reduce pressure on the low-lying coastal city’s existing drainage system,

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