by Dezeen | Feb 27, 2021 | all, Architecture, Bricks, Design, Dezeen, Education, England, Houses, Libraries, Renovations, Residential, Schools, UK, Woods Bagot
Woods Bagot has completed a library building at a girls’ boarding school in Wiltshire, England, that features a faceted wooden ceiling designed to evoke spreading tree branches. Woods Bagot’s London studio designed the library for a plot at the heart of...
by Dezeen | Feb 24, 2021 | all, Architecture, Design, Dezeen, Houses, LGBT+, Opinion, Renovations, Residential, Toilets, UK
The UK government’s consultation on desegregated toilets is a direct attack on trans rights, says the United Voices of the World – Section of Architectural Workers union. The government’s current consultation on toilets, entitled Toilet provision for men...
by Dezeen | Feb 24, 2021 | all, Architecture, Design, Dezeen, England, Houses, Kohn Pedersen Fox, London, News, Renovations, Residential, Skyscrapers, UK
Kohn Pedersen Fox has unveiled its design for a trio of skyscrapers linked by vertical planters, which is set to be built at 70 Gracechurch Street in the City of London. The 154.7-metre-tall complex is designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) to host a mix of office and...
by Dezeen | Feb 22, 2021 | all, Architecture, Boris Johnson, Design, Dezeen, Houses, Landscape and urbanism, News, Renovations, Residential, UK
UK prime minister Boris Johnson has proposed connecting England, Scotland and Northern Ireland via tunnels connected to a giant underground roundabout beneath the Isle of Man. The roundabout, nicknamed the Douglas Junction after the Isle of Man’s capital, would...
by Dezeen | Feb 19, 2021 | all, Co-working, Design, Dezeen, England, Houses, Instagram, Interiors, London, Note Design Studio, Offices, Renovations, Residential, UK
Stockholm-based Note Design Studio used neutral colours and contrasting bright hues to reinvigorate the interiors of the Douglas House office building in London. Note Design Studio designed the Douglas House office space, which has 700 desks spread over six floors,...
by Dezeen | Feb 19, 2021 | all, Architecture, Barbican, Cultural, Cultural buildings, Design, Dezeen, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, England, Houses, London, News, Renovations, Residential, UK
Plans for the pyramidal Centre for Music by Diller Scofidio & Renfro in London have been scrapped, with a “major renewal” of the nearby Barbican estate set to take place instead. The concert hall designed by US studio Diller Scofidio & Renfro with...
