Latest articles by Harriet Thorpe
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Gensler designs a co-working space for the Stephen Lawrence Centre to empower young people and start-ups
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Type hype: Ben Adams Architects design new office for Monotype
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Mountain-top photography gallery the Lumen Museum opens in the Italian Dolomites
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London-based Tikari Works selected for Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2019
WALLPAPER* ARCHITECTS’ DIRECTORY 2019: Nicola and Ty Tikari combine pragmatism and craft in a practice that fuses design, construction and property development. The studio acquires land, then designs and builds, rigorously taking control of each stage of production, as demonstrated with the construction of their own home, the semi-subterranean Pocket House (pictured) in East Dulwich, London.
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Lord Richard Rogers announces new fellowship scheme at Wimbledon House
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Barcelona-based Nomo Studio selected for Wallpaper* Architects' Directory 2019
WALLPAPER* ARCHITECTS’ DIRECTORY 2019: Founding partners Alicia Casals and Karl Nyqvist have collectively gained experience at the likes of OMA, Kengo Kuma and BIG. Driven by innovation and the pursuit of the unique, the Barcelona-based studio, whose projects include the Frame House (pictured) on Menorca’s northeast coast, is currently in the process of setting up a branch in Stockholm.
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Minimalist interiors inside Álvaro Siza’s New York residential building revealed
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Architects 6a reveal new MK Gallery design in Milton Keynes
MK Gallery's stainless steel extension and redesign by 6a reflects the modernist ideals of the town of Milton Keynes built in the 1970s, through its logical planning, colour scheme and references to the High Tech architecture movement
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Swiss architect Leopold Banchini selected for Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2019
WALLPAPER* ARCHITECTS’ DIRECTORY 2019: Swiss architect Leopold Banchini founded his studio in 2016. His pre-fabricated timber house in Geneva, Casa CCFF (pictured) demonstrates his independent and playful approach to building.
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London’s brutalist Balfron Tower opens two eclectically designed show apartments
Ab Rogers Design and Studio Egret West have combined restoration, creativity and collaboration to design the interiors of two show apartments in one of London’s most iconic residential towers
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6a Architects’ MK Gallery design inspired by modern heritage of British town Milton Keynes
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Bohlin Cywinski Jackson designs a retreat in the landscape of Wyoming
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Melbourne's MPavilion reflects upon its contribution to urban health
The MPavilion – an annual temporary architectural pavilion commissioned by the Naomi Milgrom Foundation – has launched a new book, featuring essays by participating architects including Amanda Levete, Bijoy Jain and Rem Koolhaas
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Alexander Brodsky brings paper architecture and Soviet design to the fore
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Seattle’s art deco Asian Art Museum gains a modern extension
LMN Architects brings the Seattle Asian Art Museum into the 21st century with a modern glass and sandstone extension that makes a surprisingly seamless addition to an iconic art deco institution at the heart of public culture in the Pacific North West region
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JULIUS TAMINIAU
WALLPAPER* ARCHITECTS’ DIRECTORY 2019: Amsterdam-based Julius Taminiau set up his firm in 2015, after working at Carl Turner and DSDHA in London. His work seeks to distil the complications of the modern world into pure functions, while providing shelter and improving living conditions using natural materials, as seen in the Japanese- style houseboat (pictured) in Amsterdam that he built for himself.
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No limits: Büro Ole Scheeren launches designs for Empire City in Vietnam
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Porto-based Fala Atelier selected for Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2019
WALLPAPER* ARCHITECTS’ DIRECTORY 2019: Porto-based studio Fala Atelier founded in 2013 by Filipe Magalhães, Ana Luisa Soares and Ahmed Belkhodja has been internationally recognised for its contribution to an international conversation on architecture. Their naïve projects, such as the House in Rua do Paraíso (pictured), are collages of elements from postmodernism to history, with a charcaterful take on context.
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Sand castle: a raised Brazilian beach house by Studio Arthur Casas
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Mediterranean modern: the first house from architect Lydia Xynogala
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Livin’ la vida loft: a New York pad makes a comeback
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Class act: 6a Architects design accommodation for Cambridge students
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Ship shape: nautical modernism takes to the trees in a Highgate house
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Dubai daze: architecture and design destinations from the desert city
Dubai is an urban playground of reflective skyscrapers and sandy beaches, a city that has grown out of the desert into a booming business hub, a seductive resort and design destination. As well as the majestic Burj Khalifa, the Dubai Mall, the Palm Jumeirah and other hotspots, Dubai has a myriad of cultural activities to offer, from Dubai Design Week, launched in 2015, and the increasingly buzzing Dubai Design district area, to Art Dubai and the flourishing Alserkal Avenue scene – including the Concrete exhibition space designed by OMA and gallery outposts from Stephane Custot and Leila Heller. Let us take you for a spin through our highlights...
