We continue our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series with a look at Waugh Thistleton Architects‘ Murray Grove, “the original timber tower”. On an unassuming street in the east London borough of Hackney is… Read More »Waugh Thistleton Architects’ Murray Grove was the most significant building of 2009
Architecture studios Chetwoods and J&A have transformed a metro station in Shenzhen, China, into a coastal-themed transit hub, drawing on the local landscape and cultural identity. Created as part of Shenzhen’s “Tourism Line”, Dameisha station… Read More »Chetwoods and J&A unveil beach-informed metro station in Shenzhen
Architecture studio Schemata Architects has created Blue Bottle Coffee Toyosu Park Cafe, a wooden cafe in Japan with an open design that gives visitors an unobstructed view of the sea. The wooden building comprises three… Read More »Wooden pillars support Blue Bottle Coffee cafe overlooking Tokyo Bay
Crisscrossing bamboo poles combine with woven raffia mats to form this pavilion built by architecture studio HTL Africa in Lagos, Nigeria. Site Office was installed at the Ecobank Pan African Centre on Victoria Island for… Read More »HTL Africa installs bamboo scaffolding pavilion in Lagos
Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass has issued an executive order that expedites or negates permit requirements, expands ADU usage and provides for the cataloguing of damage to historical buildings as unprecedented wildfires continue to destroy… Read More »Los Angeles mayor issues executive order for “residents to rapidly rebuild”
American retailer Walmart has updated its brand identity and logo to reflect the store’s current state as a “people-led, tech-powered omnichannel retailer”. The refreshed Walmart wordmark, “spark” motif logo and yellow and blue palette were… Read More »Walmart unveils largely unchanged logo for retailer’s “next chapter”