Valerio Olgiati creates huge red concrete canopy at entrance to Bahrain’s Pearling Path

April 20, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Musuem for the UNESCO heritage Pearling Path in Bahrain by Valerio Olgiati

A coloured concrete canopy supported by large columns forms this gateway designed by Swiss architect Valerio Olgiati for the Pearling Path, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bahrain. Valerio Olgiati designed to structure to mark the start of the Pearling Path, a 2.2 mile trail situated close to the historic market buildings on Muharraq Island. It connects oyster beds and a

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Sarah Whiting named first female dean of Harvard Graduate School of Design

April 20, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
Sarah Whiting is named first female dean of Harvard Graduate School of Design

Architect Sarah Whiting has been appointed dean of Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Whiting will become the first female dean of GSD since it was founded in 1936. She will assume the role on 1 July, succeeding Mohsen Mostafavi, who announced his decision to step down last October after 11 years in the role. Whiting is

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SanHe Kindergarten / OBRA Architects

April 20, 2019 Pilar Caballero 0

Located in Beijing, the Sanhe Kindergarten is part of a large two million square meter multifamily housing development. The building faces south as it embraces a playground. It totals 5,550 m2 and has 18 classrooms for 30 children each, a total of 540 children. Besides the classrooms, it includes a gymnasium, a music room, administrative offices, a common kitchen, and 15 teacher’s bedrooms.

ole scheeren’s mirrored stainless steel stage for dean & deluca opens in new york

April 20, 2019 macnadusa 0

the dean & deluca stage by ole scheeren, which opened recently in new york’s meatpacking district, offers a dramatic backdrop for food, staff, and the choreography of preparing and assembling the legendary gourmet market‘s delicacies. the platform, which was first launched during design miami/ 2016, comprises two horizontal volumes of mirrored stainless steel, one floating […]

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This week, fire at Notre-Dame caused a state of emergency

April 20, 2019 Natashah Hitti 0

This week on Dezeen, a major fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris dominated headlines, with millions of euros pledged in support and an architectural competition set to launch for a new spire. On the evening of 15 April, Paris’ iconic Gothic cathedral was ravaged by a fire that caused its 90-metre-high spire and parts of the

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Design – The iconic lesson proffered by Vilanova Artigas

April 20, 2019 Vilanova Artigas 0

On March 1, 1967, João Batista Vilanova Artigas, Brazilian modernist architect, proffered at the College of Architecture and Urbanism of Sao Paulo University an inaugural lesson that marks his return to the university after the exile imposed by the Brazilian military coup. This lesson became one of the most influential concept to the next generation of Brazilian architects and we share here the entire speech.

Newly built townhouses in Melbourne channel art-deco era architecture

April 20, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Interiors of Pine Ave townhouses by Cera Stribley Architects and The Stella Collective

Cera Stribley Architects teamed with interior design studio The Stella Collective on a series of eight, three-storey townhouses in a Melbourne suburb that reflect the area’s art-deco architecture. Called Pine Ave, the townhouses are located in the Melbourne suburb of Elwood and are the latest project by longstanding Melbourne developers, Angle and BuxtonGroup. The area is known

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