While emerging artists continually captivate audiences with innovative designs, the true measure of a brand’s success lies in its ability to remain relevant across generations. British design studio PINCH, founded by Russell Pinch and Oona… Read More »PINCH Celebrates 20 Years of Design Excellence
This video spotlights Phase 2 of the Park Hill estate regeneration in Sheffield by Mikhail Riches, which is one of six projects shortlisted for this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize. Park Hill is one of two housing… Read More »Park Hill Phase 2 “contains the history and stories of the people of Sheffield”
Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza has completed Colien House, a three-storey concrete home embedded into a hill that overlooks a beach in Barcelona. Made from orange-tinted exposed concrete, Siza designed each floor in the house with an… Read More »Álvaro Siza steps orange-hued concrete home into sloped site in Barcelona
As the UK closes its last coal-fired power station, conservation group Twentieth Century Society is running a campaign to preserve a set of cooling towers. Hyperboloid thermal towers, more commonly known as cooling towers, were… Read More »Twentieth Century Society calls for preservation of “just one set of cooling towers”
After the UK’s last coal power station closed last week, the Twentieth Century Society has selected seven projects that demonstrate how the under-threat cooling towers at these “cathedrals of industry” could be reused. Cooling towers… Read More »Decommissioned cooling towers turned into theme parks, music venues and extreme sports centres
Designer Rachel Griffin discusses the “utopian qualities” of aluminium for Hydro‘s 100R exhibition, which is captured in this video produced by Dezeen for the brand. Griffin was one of seven designers featured in Hydro’s 100R… Read More »Hydro showcases “revolutionary” aluminium design pieces at London Design Festival