For our Social Housing Revival series, we look at how the fate of UK social-housing estates has become an urgent topic as councils grapple with the housing crisis and challenges of preservation. Regeneration of social… Read More »Demolition of council estates “has peaked”
Landscape architect Lynn Kinnear, founder of Kinnear Landscape Architects who collaborated on projects including the Stirling Prize-winning Burntwood School, has died aged 64. Described by Observer architecture critic Rowan Moore as “one of the outstanding… Read More »“Outstanding” landscape architect Lynn Kinnear dies aged 64
Dezeen Showroom: designer Anna Vonhause opted for an “eye-catching industrial-style” when developing the Vank Long furniture collection for Polish brand Vank. Vank Long comprises an armchair, sofa, pouffe and bench, designed by Vonhause with black-metal… Read More »Vank Long by Anna Vonhausen for Vank
British design studio Seymourpowell has put cheap electronic goods under the spotlight with Un-Made, a project imagining four possible ways to design for quick disassembly and recycling. As part of the project, Seymourpowell devised four… Read More »Toothbrush pops open for recycling in Seymourpowell’s Un-Made disassembly concept
Architecture studio Linehouse has wrapped a food market in a Shanghai laneway neighbourhood around a central atrium informed by Victorian greenhouses. Named Foodie Social, the 2,000-square-metre food market is located within the Hong Shou Fang community… Read More »Linehouse creates greenhouse-informed food market in Shanghai
Brooklyn architecture studio Peterson Rich Office has adapted an early-1900s Detroit church into The Shepherd arts centre, inserting contemporary art galleries into its nave and transept. Peterson Rich Office‘s (PRO) conversion of the original Romanesque-style… Read More »Peterson Rich Office inserts white-cube galleries into converted Detroit church