Clare Dowdy
Clare Dowdy is a London-based freelance design and architecture journalist who has written for titles including Wallpaper*, BBC, Monocle and the Financial Times. She’s the author of ‘Made In London: From Workshops to Factories’ and co-author of ‘Made in Ibiza: A Journey into the Creative Heart of the White Island’.
Latest articles by Clare Dowdy
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Francis Sultana takes the helm at David Gill Gallery and will ‘give back to design’
As David Gill becomes chairman, Francis Sultana takes over the reins as CEO of David Gill Gallery, with an ambition to support young and emerging designers
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Inside MM:NT Berlin Lab, the new futuristic aparthotel captivating the tech-savvy
Wallpaper* spends two nights at the currently-on-trial MM:NT Berlin Lab, a digitally hosted escape for guests who value independence
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A pop-up gallery in Mayfair considers the real and the fake
PLP Architecture’s 60 Curzon in the heart of London is temporarily a gallery
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Best of British design: 'longevity through quality' honoured at Design Guild Mark 2024 awards
Design Guild Marks 2024 honours the best of British design, with creatives including Philippe Malouin, Industrial Facility and John Tree honoured this year
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A Crystal Palace house draws on frugality and an unconscious ‘collage’
Designed by 31/44 Architects, Six Columns is a Crystal Palace house that merges modern architecture with a brutalist approach
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Kunstsilo sees a functionalist grain silo transformed into Norway’s newest art gallery
Kunstsilo’s crisp modern design by Mestres Wåge with Spanish firms Mendoza Partida and BAX Studio transforms a listed functionalist grain silo into a sleek art gallery
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‘Bio-spaces’ exhibition at Roca London Gallery celebrates biophilic design
‘Bio-Spaces: regenerative, resilient futures’ opens at the Roca London Gallery as ‘a call to action to stop designing nature out’
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River Wing at Clare College responds to its historic Cambridge heritage
University of Cambridge opens its new River Wing on Clare College Old Court, uniting modern technology with historic design
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Collectible 2024 blurs the lines between the functional and the conceptual
Brussels' Collectible 2024 saw a mix of of returning gallerists and designers as well as newcomers presenting exclusive 21st century collectible design
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A north London home where residents can 'live in the garden'
Terzetto is a north London home by ConForm Architects connecting indoors and outdoors
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A refreshed Musée National de la Marine shows off its expanded exhibition spaces in France
Musée National de la Marine in France has been brought to the 21st century by a team comprising h2o Architectes, Snøhetta and exhibition designers Casson Mann
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Checkland Kindleysides design studio updates Virgin Atlantic's global HQ
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Is Pink Fish restaurant Norway’s healthy, sustainable answer to McDonald’s?
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Feilden Clegg Bradley unveils refresh of South Bank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room
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Crowning glory: Peninsula Place heralds Santiago Calatrava’s first major UK project
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Peckham's new art gallery-cum-hair salon DKUK is a cut above
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West End screening: Panter Hudspith breathe new life into London’s Trocadero
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Manchester's Whitworth Art Gallery gears up to reveal its striking makeover
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Two new installations at St James’ quarter draw on local history
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A new dawn of Polish design rises at Maison et Objet
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International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam 2014: exploring the relationship between city and nature
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From Form to Formless, Sydney
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Back to the future: Helsinki City Museum’s impressive new home
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A cubist white house takes a modern approach to local architecture in southern Italy
A relatively austere exterior plays with local vernacular and reveals a bright and open family retreat in Salento, Italy at La Torre Biance (The White Tower), a house courtesy of London-based DOS Architects' Lorenzo Grifantini
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