Articles by Lizzie Crook

Mecanoo builds glass house partly submerged in a lake in the English countryside

December 12, 2018 Lizzie Crook 0

Window walls surround all sides of Glass Villa in the Lake, a three-storey house built by Dutch studio Mecanoo in the Cotswolds. Mecanoo designed the house to be as transparent as possible to maximise views of its scenic setting, over a lake near the town of Lechlade. The idea was to create the feeling of “living outside on

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White Arkiteker designs water tower with wave shape for Sweden

December 11, 2018 Lizzie Crook 0

Undulating concrete panels will form the facade of VÅGA, a large water tower planned for a hilltop in Varberg, Sweden, to create the impression of a wave rolling across the landscape. White Arkiteker seeks to challenge the idea that water towers must be vertical and circular with the design. The Scandinavian firm instead proposes a horizontal structure, which it

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UN17 Village to be built in Copenhagen with recycled materials

December 10, 2018 Lizzie Crook 0

A 35,000-square-metre eco-village is going to be built in Copenhagen using recycled concrete, wood and glass. Architecture studios Lendager Group and Årstiderne Arkitekter won a competition to design the UN17 Village, a housing development set to provide 400 new homes in Ørestad South, a district to the south of the Danish capital. Their proposal is to create “the first building project in

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This week, Snøhetta updated its controversial AT&T Building proposal

December 8, 2018 Lizzie Crook 0

This week on Dezeen, Snøhetta revised its proposal for Philip Johnson’s postmodern tower in New York, as Foster’s 425 Park Avenue skyscraper reached a construction milestone. Snøhetta has unveiled a more subtle approach for its overhaul of the AT&T Building in Midtown Manhattan, after a backlash against the initial scheme, which resulted in the building gaining landmark status. The new

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Charles Holland designs quirky country house for a hamlet in Kent

December 7, 2018 Lizzie Crook 0

These characterful illustrations show a house designed by Charles Holland Architects for Kent, England, with exaggerated features including an extra-long roof and mismatched windows. The house, which has just been granted planning permission, will be located in a hamlet, neighbouring a Grade II listed manor house. Kent-based Charles Holland Architects’ visuals for the 170-square-metre house show “a mannerist

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Dezeen’s top 10 office interiors of 2018

December 6, 2018 Lizzie Crook 0

Continuing our review of 2018, editorial assistant Lizzie Crook selects 10 of the best office interiors of the past 12 months, from a converted iron foundry in Sheffield, to a design studio in Minsk that features colour-blocking.  Studio11 Office, Belarus, by Studio11 Studio11 designed its own workspace in Minsk using colours and textures that reflect the personality

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MAD to build huge blue spiral staircase in old Fenix warehouse in Rotterdam

December 4, 2018 Lizzie Crook 0

MAD has revealed visuals of a “theatrical” spiral staircase set to create a panoramic viewing platform for a historic warehouse on Rotterdam’s waterfront. The bright blue viewpoint will form part of a complete renovation of the former Fenix warehouse, which was once one of the largest warehouses in the world. Beijing-based MAD’s visuals show a “theatrical staircase”

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This week, Dezeen Awards winners were revealed

December 1, 2018 Lizzie Crook 0

This week on Dezeen, the winners of the inaugural Dezeen Awards were announced at a ceremony in London, with Christ & Gantenbein, Studio Roosegaarde and Atelier NL among the winners. Four hundred people attended the Dezeen Awards ceremony, which was hosted by Sir Lenny Henry. Matthew Mazzotta was the recipient of the overall Architecture Project of the Year

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Textured concrete gives rocky appearance to office in a nature reserve by Rink Tilanus

November 30, 2018 Lizzie Crook 0

Rough concrete forms the walls of Levensstrijdweg, an office designed by Rink Tilanus to blend into its nature-reserve setting in Zierikzee, the Netherlands. Accessed by a boardwalk through puddled fields north of Oosterschelde, the building provides a new regional headquarters for the Dutch society for the preservation of nature, Natuurmonumenten. It forms the cornerstone of Plan

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New Zealand Architecture Awards 2018 winners announced

November 30, 2018 Lizzie Crook 0

A seaside retreat, a restaurant slotted between heritage buildings and a pair of replacements for earthquake-ruined buildings in Christchurch are among the best new architecture projects completed this year in New Zealand. The New Zealand Institute of Architects Incorporated (NZIA) has announced 17 winners of its annual awards, four of which have been awarded special prizes. It

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