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Mizzi Studio to build cafe with undulating metallic canopy opposite Serpentine Gallery

June 21, 2018 India Block 0

Mizzi Studio has designed a glazed pavilion with a swooping brass-coated roof for a cafe opposite the Serpentine Gallery in London. Artisan coffee brand Collici commissioned the London-based architectural design studio to create the cafe, as well as nine other free-standing coffee kiosks that will be dotted around Hyde Park, Green Park and St James’s Park.

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“We need to become better at explaining the power of architecture” says new AA director Eva Franch i Gilabert

June 18, 2018 Marcus Fairs 0

Eva Franch i Gilabert takes up her role as the first female director of the crisis-hit Architectural Association in London next month. In this interview, she explains her vision for the influential school and her views on the problems facing architecture. The Catalan was elected as director of the Architectural Association (AA) in March this

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Haptic Architects completes contemporary apartment block in Chelsea conservation area

June 18, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Prefabricated stone and pale brick panels form the facade of this contemporary housing development in Chelsea, London, designed by Haptic Architects. The three-storey apartment block on Rosemoor Street, designed by Haptic for developer Banda Property, contains a pair of two-bedroom residences along with two one-bedroom apartments. The design of the building is intended to introduce a contemporary element to

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DSDHA reveals renovation of the Smithson-designed Economist Plaza

June 15, 2018 India Block 0

The Grade II*-listed Brutalist complex designed by Alice and Peter Smithson, which was the offices of The Economist Magazine, has been refurbished by DSDHA. The London-based architect has completed the first stage of the buildings’ renovation, adding a cafe on the ground floor and refurbishing six-storeys of the complex’s tallest tower. The Smithson’s completed The Economist Plaza,

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Serpentine Pavilion 2018 shows “what you can create with simple things” says Frida Escobedo

June 13, 2018 Ben Hobson 0

In this exclusive Dezeen movie, Mexican architect Frida Escobedo explains why she used stacks of roofing tiles to create this year’s Serpentine Pavilion. Escobedo’s pavilion, which was unveiled outside the Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Gardens, London, this week, is a secluded courtyard framed by latticed walls made from grey concrete roofing tiles. “We wanted to

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Scrapping plans for car-free Oxford Street is a “betrayal of Londoners” says city mayor

June 12, 2018 India Block 0

London mayor Sadiq Khan has denounced Westminster Council for blocking a proposal to pedestrianise Oxford Street. The local council has ruled out the possibility of transforming the major shopping thoroughfare into a traffic-free zone, citing a lack of community support. Khan, who pledged to deliver the project when he ran for office, has branded the decision as “a

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Frida Escobedo’s Serpentine Pavilion revealed in photography by Ste Murray

June 12, 2018 Amy Frearson 0

This slideshow of images offers a closer look at this year’s Serpentine Pavilion, designed by Mexican architect Frida Escobedo, which was unveiled yesterday in Kensington Gardens, London. Escobedo’s pavilion is framed by walls of concrete tiles, designed as a reinterpretation of the perforated “celosia” wall that is common in Mexican architecture. It also features a

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Nikjoo transforms disused chapel into artist’s house and studio

June 12, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Nikjoo has transformed a former chapel in south London into a home and workspace for an artist featuring a pulpit-like mezzanine that overlooks the main living space. The neglected Victorian chapel in Deptford was being used as a temporary studio before Nikjoo’s client asked the architects to convert it into a contemporary space for living and

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Frida Escobedo builds Serpentine Pavilion featuring “woven tapestry” of concrete tiles

June 11, 2018 Amy Frearson 0

Mexican architect Frida Escobedo has completed this year’s Serpentine Pavilion, a secluded courtyard framed by decorative, latticed walls. Located outside the Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Gardens, London, Escobedo’s pavilion features walls of concrete roofing tiles, a curving mirrored ceiling and a shallow, triangular pool of water. The aim was to reference the courtyards that are a

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Westminster Abbey extended with “steampunk gothic” tower by Ptolemy Dean Architects

June 8, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Ptolemy Dean Architects has added a star-shaped tower to London’s Westminster Abbey, the most significant addition to the building since 1745. Standing at seven stories tall, the £23 million Weston Tower is a modern take on gothic, which has been been described as “sci-fi gothic” by Guardian critic Olly Wainwright, and “steampunk gothic” by broadcaster and

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