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Ilse Crawford creates dining space with “dignity” for London soup kitchen

June 16, 2017 Alice Morby 0

Renowned chef Massimo Bottura has opened an Ilse Crawford-designed community kitchen in Kensington, the London borough that’s been in the headlines this week for the fire at public housing block Grenfell Tower. The Refettorio Felix community kitchen, located inside St Cuthbert’s Community Centre, opened earlier this month. It is the latest project conceived by Bottura’s

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Grenfell Tower fire triggers emergency safety review across UK’s 4,000 high-rises

June 16, 2017 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

The UK government has launched an emergency review of the country’s high-rise apartments following the Grenfell Tower fire, with cabinet minister Sajid Javid saying residents of similar buildings could be rehoused for their safety. The communities and local government secretary Sajid Javid told the BBC Breakfast programme this morning that an emergency fire safety review

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“A lethal failure of oversight, like at Grenfell Tower, was going to happen sooner or later”

June 16, 2017 Owen Hatherley 0

The devastating fire at London’s Grenfell Tower has highlighted the widespread neglect of the UK’s residential high-rises, and the undeserved contempt held for the people that live in them, says Owen Hatherley. This column was going to be about the election of a left-wing architectural historian and housing campaigner as Member of Parliament for Kensington in the UK’s general

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Haverstock extends school on London’s modernist Alexandra Road Estate

June 15, 2017 Lizzie Fison 0

British architecture studio Haverstock has added new facilities to a school on the historic Alexandra Road Estate in London’s Camden, built by architect Neave Brown in the 1970s. The Camden-based studio added new therapy rooms and short-stay accommodation for up to 50 young people with autism and learning difficulties to the Jack Taylor School, which first opened in 1978 at

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542 Copper Sections Were Used To Create The Curved Roof Of This London Cafe

June 15, 2017 Erin 0

Photography by Greg Fonne   Architecture firm Mizzi Studio were commissioned by Italian café brand Colicci, to design a new cafe located at the entrance to Westfield City’s Shopping Centre in London. Inspired by nature, Mizzi Studio designed the roof to take on the form of an abstract leaf blowing in the wind. Copper was chosen […]

Vision unveiled for London school powered by Thames tide

June 14, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

Curl la Tourelle Head Architecture has drawn up plans for “London’s greenest public building”, a school that would be entirely powered using the tidal movements of the River Thames. The conceptual plans for the Thames Tidal Powered School involve a building that juts out over London’s principle waterway. A series of large turbines positioned underneath would then allow

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Baca Architects proposes floating settlements to combat overcrowding in cities

June 9, 2017 Calum Lindsay 0

The latest instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living video series explores the “aquatecture” of Baca Architects, which includes plans for floating houses, villages and even a Grand Prix track. London-based Baca Architects has developed a number of concepts that aim to move growing urban populations into floating communities on docks and canals. The studio’s plans to reinvigorate a water space in London’s

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Guard Tillman Pollock slots modernist-styled Holm House behind Highgate residence

June 8, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

British firm Guard Tillman Pollock punched a hole through a detached Edwardian property in north London to create a driveway leading to this modernist-inspired house that faces onto a secluded garden. The existing house is situated on a landlocked site at the end of a terrace in Highgate, north London. Its previous owners had also purchased an

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Six films to watch during London’s first architecture film festival

June 7, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

The inaugural ArchFilmFest is now underway in London, and Dezeen reporter Eleanor Gibson has selected her top picks – ranging from an insight into the life of ageing architect Gottfried Böhm to a look at the tech infrastructure of New York’s art-deco buildings. Dezeen is media partner for ArchFilmFest London, which takes place from 6 to 11 June 2017 in two locations,

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Cereal magazine unveils alternative show flat on London’s Greenwich Peninsula

May 25, 2017 Ali Morris 0

Design magazine Cereal has teamed up with ‘design-literate’ estate agents Aucoot to create a temporary three-bedroom penthouse apartment on the Greenwich Peninsula in southeast London. Functioning as a show apartment, the choice of finishes and furnishings are intended as a physical representation of the Cereal brand. Contemporary and vintage furnishings are placed against a backdrop of moody greys

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