Articles by Lizzie Crook

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Foster + Partners frames underground Apple Store in Shanghai with “active public space”

April 3, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

A multi-level plaza and elevated viewpoint flank this Apple Store, which British architecture studio Foster + Partners has buried below ground in Shanghai’s Jing’an district. Named Apple Jing’an, the subterranean store is accessed by the plaza that links with existing pedestrian routes in a bid to establish it as an “active public space”, Foster +

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Barcelona’s “best projects are being done in the field of social housing”

March 27, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

As part of our Social Housing Revival series, we spotlight the city of Barcelona, which is shrugging off the legacy of fascism by rapidly ramping up its supply of social housing. In June 2015, veteran housing activist Ada Colau became the first female mayor of Barcelona. She had risen to prominence clashing with police as

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Eight compact garden studios with neat storage solutions

March 23, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

From cantilevered shelves to customisable pegboards, our latest lookbook rounds up eight examples of garden studios with storage designed to make the most of limited space. Garden studios are becoming increasingly popular in homes around the world, prompted largely by the evergrowing trend of remote work. Often slotted into small spaces, these structures typically have

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COBE to transform Danish parliament into “democratic meeting place for all”

March 15, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Amphitheatre-like seating will be introduced to the courtyard at the Danish parliament in Copenhagen as part of a wider overhaul by Danish studios Cobe, Arcgency and Drachmann Arkitekter. The revamp is set to open up the government complex to the public and establish it as “an accessible and inviting meeting place where everyone can experience

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Woo Architects reveals demountable UK Pavilion for Expo 2025 Osaka

March 13, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

London studio Woo Architects will employ the principles of a circular economy for its design of the UK Pavilion at the Expo 2025 Osaka, which will have a reversible gridded structure. The UK Pavilion will be defined by a 10-by-10-metre structural grid, which can be easily deconstructed and moved to a different location following the

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World’s largest museum captured ahead of opening in Egypt

March 13, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

The long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum by Dublin studio Heneghan Peng Architects has been captured ahead of its scheduled opening in Giza, Egypt, later this year. In the photos shared by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the colossal building, also known as the Giza Museum, is framed against the Pyramids of Giza. Heneghan Peng Architects’ design

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Notre-Dame’s rebuilt spire revealed as scaffolding removed

March 7, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

The reconstructed spire of Notre-Dame cathedral has been revealed in Paris, with a design identical to the 1859 version designed by architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. Scaffolding has been removed from around the 96-metre-tall spire, which is among the elements of the landmark to be reconstructed following the devastating fire in 2019. It marks a major milestone

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Fifteen key projects by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner Riken Yamamoto

March 5, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

To celebrate Riken Yamamoto’s Pritzker Architecture Prize win today, we look back at the architect’s five-decade career to spotlight 15 of his most interesting projects. Yamamoto was named the 53rd laureate of the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize today, in honour of his buildings where “normality becomes extraordinary”. A common thread throughout Yamamoto’s work is the

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Marks & Spencer wins legal battle over demolition of Oxford Street flagship

March 1, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Breaking news: the High Court has quashed the government’s refusal of planning permission for Marks & Spencer to demolish and replace its flagship store on Oxford Street in London. The High Court has ruled that the rejection of Marks & Spencer’s demolition plans by the UK’s levelling up secretary Michael Gove was unlawful, the UK

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