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Interview: Renzo Piano on The Shard
May 18th
As The Shard nears completion in London, here is the transcript of an interview conducted with architect Renzo Piano before work started on the 300 metre-high tower. (more…)
World Architecture Festival 2012: Media-ICT by Cloud 9
May 18th
World Architecture Festival 2012: in the final movie from our series announcing the call for exhibitors at this year’s World Architecture Festival in Singapore from 3-5 October, programme director Paul Finch discusses why an experimental office building with an inflatable facade was named World Building of the Year in 2011. (more…)
Melvin the Mini Machine by HEYHEYHEY
May 18th
Dutch design studio HEYHEYHEY assembled an assortment of objects including toothbrushes, books, marbles, matches and a toy train inside two suitcases to build a chain-reaction machine that signs and stamps a postcard. (more…)
Slideshow feature: Yongsan International Business District
May 18th
Slideshow feature: this week we’ve run a series of stories on the Yongsan International Business District , a new commercial hub in Seoul, South Korea, that’s due for completion in 2024. Commissioned by South Korean developer DreamHub , the new district has been masterplanned by architect Daniel Libeskind and will include skyscrapers by a host of international architects including Renzo Piano, BIG, MVRDV, REX, Dominique Perrault and Libeskind. Here’s a slideshow to bring them all together. (more…)
Slideshow feature: Yongsan International Business District
May 18th
Slideshow feature: this week we’ve run a series of stories on the Yongsan International Business District , a new commercial hub in Seoul, South Korea, that’s due for completion in 2024. Commissioned by South Korean developer DreamHub , the new district has been masterplanned by architect Daniel Libeskind and will include skyscrapers by a host of international architects including Renzo Piano, BIG, MVRDV, REX, Dominique Perrault and Libeskind. Here’s a slideshow to bring them all together. (more…)
Project R6 by REX
May 17th
New York firm REX was another of the fifteen architects commissioned to design skyscrapers for the fast-growing Yongsan International Business District of Seoul, South Korea. They’ve proposed a tower with blocks of storeys offset from the centre and cantilevered from each end. (more…)
Designed in Hackney: Leutton Postle AW12 collection
May 17th
Designed in Hackney: scribbled faces on fabric masks feature in the latest collection from young designers Leutton Postle , who continue this week’s look at Hackney fashion designers. (more…)
Designed in Hackney: Leutton Postle AW12 collection
May 17th
Designed in Hackney: scribbled faces on fabric masks feature in the latest collection from young designers Leutton Postle , who continue this week’s look at Hackney fashion designers. (more…)
The Blade by Dominique Perrault
May 17th
The next building in our series from the new Yongsan International Business District in Seoul, South Korea, is a skyscraper designed by French architect Dominique Perrault , with faceted glass that will ripple across the surface. (more…)
The Blade by Dominique Perrault
May 17th
The next building in our series from the new Yongsan International Business District in Seoul, South Korea, is a skyscraper designed by French architect Dominique Perrault , with faceted glass that will ripple across the surface. (more…)
