A modernist house originally designed by Belgian architect Paul Neefs has undergone a restoration by architecture studio ISM Architecten in the town of Beerse, Belgium. Named BEEV, the home has been reconfigured and extended to enhance… Read More »ISM Architecten expands modernist house BEEV with rooftop volume
Japanese architect Tadao Ando has unveiled the design for Il Teatro at Aljada, a cylindrical performing arts centre in Sharjah that will overlook a sunken water feature. The performing arts centre, which is being created… Read More »Tadao Ando designs concrete arts centre for Sharjah to be “round like the Earth”
The Sharjah Architecture Triennial aims to show the positives of architecture created using scarce resources, says its curator Nigerian architect Tosin Oshinowo in this interview. Titled The Beauty of Impermanence: An Architecture of Adaptability, the… Read More »Sharjah triennial rethinks architecture that “results from conditions of scarcity” says Tosin Oshinowo
The increasing need to protect cities from environmental hazards is a chance to transform communities for the better, says Rebuild By Design managing director Amy Chester in this interview conducted as part of Dezeen’s Designing… Read More »Worsening natural hazards an “opportunity” to rethink cities says Rebuild By Design head Amy Chester
A stack of meeting rooms and a moss-covered wall overlook the atriums of Here + Now, a pair of office buildings in England refurbished by architecture studio HawkinsBrown. Informed by changing attitudes to workplace design following… Read More »HawkinsBrown renovates Reading offices to create a “connection to nature”
UK-based company Solidwool has created a material made from a mixture of wool and bio-resin, which has been used to create the Welsh Mountain Hembury Chair. Solidwool‘s Welsh Mountain Hembury Chair has been shortlisted in the… Read More »Solidwool creates fibreglass-like chair from sheep fleeces