Shawn Adams
Shawn Adams is an architect, writer, and lecturer who currently teaches at Central St Martins, UAL and the Architectural Association. Shawn trained as an architect at The Royal College of Art, Architectural Association and University of Portsmouth. He is also the co-founder of the socially-minded design practice Power Out of Restriction. In 2023, POoR won the London Design Festival’s Emerging Design Medal. Shawn writes for numerous international magazines about global architecture and design and aims to platform the voices of those living across the Caribbean, Asia, and Africa.
Latest articles by Shawn Adams
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Superflux: making climate change ‘tangible, relatable and specific’
Design studio Superflux explores some of the biggest issues humans currently face, and is now tipped by Formafantasma as one of 25 creative leaders of the future, in Wallpaper’s 25th Anniversary Issue ‘5x5’ project
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Architecture studio uses design to create immersive hearing test app
London architecture studio Kennedy Woods announces Hearing Birdsong, an immersive audio-focused app supported by Design Age Institute, which encourages people to get their ears tested
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Marina Tabassum on the ‘architecture of relevance’
Dhaka-based architect Marina Tabassum – tipped by Frida Escobedo as one of 25 creative leaders of the future in Wallpaper’s 25th Anniversary Issue ‘5x5’ project – on architecture for human wellbeing and dignity
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Tosin Oshinowo on Sharjah, adaptable architecture and reuse
Architect Tosin Oshinowo is curating the 2023 Sharjah Architecture Triennial around beauty, impermanence and adaptability; we catch up with her to find out more
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These are the B Corp architecture studios dedicated to positive change
B Corp month is taking place through March, and here we highlight this important movement towards a better, more equitable world, and celebrate the UK architecture studios that have become part of the B Corporation
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Notting Hill Carnival pavilion provides ‘a place to lime’ in London
A Notting Hill Carnival pavilion by Sumayya Vally and Alvaro Barrington draws on ‘the identities, mythologies, and rituals surrounding the Afro-Caribbean community'
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Diversity and inclusion consultancy Kiltered launches
Creating diversity and inclusion is an opportunity for businesses, not an obstacle, says Morag Ofili, as she launches consultancy Kiltered. Here, she tells Wallpaper* how the consultancy will help companies promote more equitable cultures and forge a new path through data analysis
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Ini Archibong unveils Pavilion of the African Diaspora in London
Now on view at the London Design Biennale (1-27 June 2021), the first instalment of Ini Archibong's Pavilion of the African Diaspora project is a place for collaboration, education and dialogue, designed to be ‘Afrofuturistic and Afro current'
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Mingardo crafts candleholders as beacon of hope against cancer
‘A Flame for Research’, launching Milan Design Week, sees Italian metal designer Daniele Mingardo invite ten major talents, including Jaime Hayon, Patricia Urquiola, and Philippe Malouin, to create a candleholder in support of cancer research
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Wondrous Brewing Company celebrates new minimalist home in San Francisco
Wondrous Brewing Company's new headquarters by Garcia Tamjidi Architecture Design makes its mark in San Francisco
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Matharoo Associates' concrete response to multigenerational living in India
A new home in India by Matharoo Associates, Plain Ties in Surat, is a machine for multigenerational living, offering spaces to both meet and retreat
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Long Island house by Young Projects reimagines local barn architecture
A Long Island house by Young Projects, Six Square House combines traditional pitched forms with unexpected curves, drawing on local barn architecture
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Concrete House is a verdant family home design in East Sussex
Concrete House is a raw and robust family home in East Sussex, created by owners Adrian and Megan Corrigall and RAW Architecture
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Artist Amanda Williams on race, social space and the power of colour
Chicago-based artist Amanda Williams – tipped by architect Frida Escobedo as one of 25 creative leaders of the future in Wallpaper’s 25th Anniversary Issue ‘5x5’ project – uses colour to dissect politics, urban landscapes and Black social space
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Satoshi Kawamoto’s botanical art meets Nordic-Japanese dining at Sachi
Botanical artist Satoshi Kawamoto’s installation greets diners at Sachi, the new restaurant at Pantechnicon, a Nordic-Japanese design and dining hub in London
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