Church on a boat: Denizen Works completes the Genesis Floating Church
A canal barge has become an innovative mobile church in east London with help from architecture practice Denizen Works
Architecture
19.10.20
Why architects need to consider emotional inhabitance
The British poet LionHeart, who collaborates with architecture practices, explains why emotion-centred design is so important
Architecture
16.10.20
New version of Barber and Osgerby’s Tip Ton chair made from upcycled household waste
The Tip Ton RE has been developed by Vitra using recycled plastic material
Design
15.10.20
Car park in historic French town transformed by Antonio Virga into new cinema and public space
The Grand Palais in Cahors turns an underused space into a pedestrian-friendly cultural complex
Architecture
14.10.20
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25 Sep
3XN (@3xnarchitects) has designed a healing-focused extension to Denmark’s largest hospital, Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen. The design approach prioritises patient wellbeing and healing. Read the story online now at iconeye.com (link in bio). Photo by Adam Mørk (@adammork)
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25 September
17 Oct
‘Architecture emotes. As much as poetry does, and it acquires a plot of our mental real estate in many ways.’ London-based poet @lionheartfelt writes for ICON on the importance of emotion-centred design for mental health, reflecting on his collaborations with architecture practices and incorporating some of his own poetry. Read the piece now online at iconeye.com (link in bio). Photograph: Thomas Farnetti / Wellcome Collection
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17 October
6 Oct
British designer Mac Collins (@maccollins__) has launched his first consumer furniture collection, Iklwa, with Benchmark (@madebybenchmark). Read the story and interview with Collins on his narrative-infused design approach online now at iconeye.com (link in bio)
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6 October
24 Sep
Modern Ikebana, a new book from Victoria Gaiger and Tom Loxley of @rakesprogress, explores the designers reinventing the tradition of Japanese flower arranging. Including (pictured): @palaisflowers, @uunnaamm, @wifenyc. Read the story online now at iconeye.com (link in bio)
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24 September
13 Oct
Kokaistudios (@kokaistudios) has inserted a translucent, contemporary exhibition centre into an abandoned steel factory in Shanghai. The project is the first step in a long-term transformation of a 45 ha disused steel production plant into what is promised to be an ‘eco-industrial park’, with a waste-to-energy plant set alongside a public park, museum, wetland areas and offices. Read the full story online now at iconeye.com (link in bio). Photograph: Terrence Zhang
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13 October
16 Oct
The gently rocking, simultaneously playful and utilitarian Tip Ton chair was designed by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby (@barberosgerby) in 2011 in collaboration with Vitra (@vitra). Nine years later, the brand is launching a new version of the iconic chair made from upcycled household waste: Tip Ton RE. Read the full story now on iconeye.com (link in bio)
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16 October
28 Sep
Jakarta-based architecture practice RAD+ar (@radarchitects) has designed its own new office building, intended as an exploration of how to create a contemporary adaptation of ‘tropical architecture’. The building features a green roof where goats graze. Read the story online now at iconeye.com (Link in bio). Photograph: William Sutanto
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28 September
14 Oct
In the historic town of Cahors in southern France, nestled amid 13th-century buildings, a car park has been transformed into a new cinema and large public space designed by Paris-based Antonio Virga Architecte (@antoniovirgaarchitecte). Read the story online now at iconeye.com (link in bio). Photograph: Luc Boegly
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14 October
30 Sep
Japanese and Nordic design hub Pantechnicon (@_pantechnicon) has opened in London's Belgravia. It is located in a Grade II-listed Greek Revival building which has been sensitively restored and expanded by Farrells (@farrellsarchitects). Ready the full story now on iconeye.com (link in bio). Photograph: Charlie McKay (@charliemckay)
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30 September
27 Sep
Knit! by Kvadrat is a series of work by 28 international and emerging designers – including Benja Harney, Paola Sakr and The Fabrick Lab (pictured) – using Kvadrat Febrik textiles as the protagonist to showcase a world of material possibilities. ICON caught up with the project curators to discuss all things textiles and why the ethos of ‘remade’ underpinned the series. Read the feature now in ICON 201, the Autumn issue – available for free on iconeye.com (link in bio, then 'Latest issue' tab). Image credits: Christopher Morris; Luke Evans; Tracy Wong
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27 September
8 Oct
The Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando has designed the He Art Museum (@hemartmuseum), a building of stacked circles, in China’s Shunde District, Guangdong. Read the story online now at iconeye.com (link in bio)
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8 October
5 Oct
Studio Zhu-Pei (@studiozhupei) has designed the Imperial Kiln Museum in Jingdezhen, China, comprised of a series of large-scale brick vaults. The museum celebrates the Chinese city’s long history of pottery production. Read the story online now at iconeye.com (link in bio). Photograph: ©schranimage (@schranimage)
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5 October
2 Oct
A 16th-century Fratry at Carlisle Cathedral has been refurbished and extended with a contemporary but sensitive café pavilion by Feilden Fowles (@feildenfowles). Read the story online now at iconeye.com (link in bio). Photograph: Peter Cook
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2 October
30 Sep
The Royal Institute of British Architects (@riba) has announced that Sir David Adjaye (@adjaye_visual_sketchbook @adjayeassociates) will receive the 2021 Royal Gold Medal, one of the world’s highest honours for architecture. Read the story online now at iconeye.com (link in bio). Photographs L-R: Ruby City (credit Dror Baldinger), the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (credit: Nic Lehoux), Sir David Adjaye (credit: Josh Huskin)
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30 September
3 Oct
Is collective practice the future of architecture? In the Autumn issue of ICON, Shawn Adams (@_shawn_adams_) argues that as spaces and communication methods change, architects need to find an approach that brings together a diversity of expertise, which is what collectives such as Resolve (@resolvecollective) and Migrants Bureau (@migrantsbureau) are already doing. Read the feature in our free digital magazine, online at iconeye.com (link in bio, then 'Latest Issue' tab). Photograph: Resolve's 'The Garage' residency at Sheffield's S1 Artspace (@s1artspace), credit Vishnu Jayarajan
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3 October
7 Oct
Snøhetta (@snohetta) has created a series of saturated interiors for @monikeroslo’s concept fashion store as well as an entire graphic identity, based on the characters of five iconic people from the 19th and 20th centuries. Read the story online now at iconeye.com (link in bio). Photography: Hinda Fahre (@hindafahre)
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7 October
1 Oct
OMA (@oma.eu), led by partner Chris van Duijn, has completed MEETT, a new Exhibition and Convention Centre on the northern outskirts of Toulouse in southern France. Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the opening of a new centre for large-scale events may seem surreal, but the development is intended just as much an active piece of urbanism for Toulouse as it is a home for events. Read the story online now at iconeye.com (link in bio). Photograph: Marco Cappelletti (@_marcocappelletti)
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1 October
9 Oct
New book Wasted: When Trash Becomes Treasure, by @katietreggiden.1, showcases the 30 designers challenging the ‘take-make-waste’ model of the design industry by crafting new products out of discarded materials. Feat. Simone Post (@simone_post_), Charlotte Kidger (@charlottekidger) and Granby Workshop (@granbyworkshop). Read the story online now at iconeye.com (link in bio)
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9 October
29 Sep
Regularly updated since April of this year, digital design archive Design in Quarantine (@design_in_quarantine) has been documenting the rapid responses by designers in the wake of the global pandemic. In the ICON Autumn issue, Ting Jui Brook Lin (@tjbrookforest) talks to the founders of the initiative and takes a look at some of the projects, including the Elbow Sock by Raw Color (@raw_color_, pictured). Read the feature in our free digital magazine, online at iconeye.com (link in bio, then 'Latest Issue' tab)
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29 September
19 Oct
You don’t hear about many new churches popping up these days – and certainly not on a boat. But the Genesis Floating Church, on a canal barge in east London, is a new mobile community & worship space for local residents designed by London-based architecture practice Denizen Works (@denizen_works). Read the full story online now at iconeye.com (link in bio). Photograph: Gilbert McCarragher (@gilbertmccarragher)
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19 October
Architecture
Vertical garden in Riga tests out impact of pollution on urban agriculture
Latvian architecture practice Annvil collaborates with scientists to analyse whether food grown in cities is affected by air pollution
Cities
12.10.20
He Art Museum by Tadao Ando opens in Guangdong
The Japanese, Pritzker Prize-winning architect has designed a museum of stacked circles in China's Shunde District
Buildings
08.10.20
Studio Zhu-Pei completes Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum
A new museum in a series of large-scale brick vaults celebrates the Chinese city's long history of pottery production
Buildings
05.10.20
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Design
New version of Barber and Osgerby’s Tip Ton chair made from upcycled household waste
The Tip Ton RE has been developed by Vitra using recycled plastic material
Design
15.10.20
Creating a stylish bathroom with the latest wall tiles
Using wall tiles will let you design a focused, stylish bathroom look
Advertisement Feature
13.10.20
The 30 designers turning waste material into new products
New book Wasted by Katie Treggiden showcases the people and projects challenging the 'take-make-waste' model of the design industry
Design
08.10.20
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Opinion
Will design weeks survive the pandemic?
Writer and curator Max Fraser goes head to head with designer and author Seetal Solanki on the future of design weeks
Design
01.09.20
Vox pop: Dockless E-Bikes
Will shared e-bikes continue to be a part of the city furniture? Peter Smisek ventured to Shoreditch to find out more about dockless e-bikes and their users
Opinion
27.08.20
The Shenzhen Experiment: The Story of China’s Instant City
Once just a rural borderland, today Shenzhen is a city of twenty million and a technology hub
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