Unique service tackling homelessness launched in Lewisham
Social enterprise ProxyAddress, created by architect Chris Hildrey, has launched a pilot in the south London borough
News
23.10.20
RNIB’s Design for Everyone campaign unveils first pregnancy test for those with sight loss
A new tactile device is part of the Royal National Institute of Blind People's campaign to promote accessible design
Design
22.10.20
Anna Heringer wins 2020 Obel Award for Anandaloy project in Bangladesh
The German architect has been awarded the international prize for her bamboo and rammed earth therapy centre and textile workshop
Architecture
21.10.20
This Hong Kong kindergarten is designed as an indoor playground
Local architecture studio Eureka created the Playwall project to help children learn through play
Design
20.10.20
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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
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
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
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
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
22 Oct
Every Thursday our newsletter delivers the best ICON stories of the last week to your inbox. Amid overwhelmed newsfeeds, it’s a simple edit of the most interesting architecture and design projects & news from around the world. Sign up at our website! (link in bio, ‘Newsletter’ tab)
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22 October
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
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
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
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
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
20 Oct
Hong Kong architecture studio Eureka (@eureka.architects) has designed a kindergarten in the city which is centred on the idea of play. Playwall, as the project is called, includes an elevated climbing tunnel leading to a twisting tube slide, which whizzes children down into an open-plan classroom that can be navigated by bright yellow trikes. Read the story online now at iconeye.com (link in bio). Photograph: Kevin Mak (@kingymak)
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20 October
21 Oct
This year’s Obel Award (@obelaward) – an international prize for architectural achievement – has been presented to Anandaloy, a project in rural Bangladesh designed by German architect Anna Heringer. Crafted using local bamboo and rammed earth, Anandaloy hosts a therapy centre for people with disabilities as well as a fair-trade textile manufacturing workshop for local women. Read the full story online now at iconeye.com (link in bio). Photography: Kurt Hoerbst
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21 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Comment
Design
Unique service tackling homelessness launched in Lewisham
Social enterprise ProxyAddress, created by architect Chris Hildrey, has launched a pilot in the south London borough
News
23.10.20
RNIB’s Design for Everyone campaign unveils first pregnancy test for those with sight loss
A new tactile device is part of the Royal National Institute of Blind People's campaign to promote accessible design
Design
22.10.20
This Hong Kong kindergarten is designed as an indoor playground
Local architecture studio Eureka created the Playwall project to help children learn through play
Design
20.10.20
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Vox pop: Dockless E-Bikes
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The Shenzhen Experiment: The Story of China’s Instant City
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