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2014 Icon Awards shortlist: Architecture Practice of the Year

Robbrecht and Daem scooped last year’s title. Here are the nominees for the year’s best architecture firm. The category is sponsored by Scandinavian Business Seating

Architecture

Icon Awards 2014: shortlist revealed

The judges have announced the nominees for this year’s awards Icon is pleased to reveal the nominees for the 2014 Icon Awards. During a session

Design

Make it Right Foundation: Rebuilding New Orleans

(image: Virginia Miller, Beuerman Miller Fitzgerald) New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward is being rebuilt by an army of famous architects recruited by Brad Pitt. While some

Architecture

David Adjaye Libraries

For David Adjaye, libraries come in pairs. A decade ago, his two “Idea Stores” for the inner-city London borough of Tower Hamlets were intended to

Architecture
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Profile: Iwan Baan

Iwan Baan is a global nomad, restlessly travelling the world documenting new projects by the world’s most distinguished architects. Herzog & de Meuron, Rem Koolhaas

Design

Adjaye Africa Architecture

Adjaye. Africa. Architecture. The three As: an architect, a continent and a discipline – together at last. Adjaye comes first. He’s not just the author,

Opinion

Conversation: Dixon, Adjaye & Smith

Conversation between designer Tom Dixon, architect David Adjaye and fashion designer Paul Smith, at Paul Smith’s office, London, 15 June 2009. Paul Smith The first

Design

Sclera

words Diego Garcia Scaro Timber slats hang like stalactites from the roof of a temporary pavilion on the South Bank, London. Designed by British architect

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Collecting architecture

words The icon Team There is a new breed of client who collects architecture like stamps. In Mongolia, Taiwan, South Africa and Brazil, private developers

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Exhibit eh? | icon 001 | April 2003

words Gayle Markovitz Architectural exhibitions have become hollow, detached and lacking in curatorial drive. My first trip to Venice was a four-day trawl around the

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Five Highlights from Milan Design Week 2024

James Bantone teams up with UGG at this year’s Milan Design Week

The second edition Hospitality Innovation Summit Saudi Arabia & UAE by GBB Venture marks a new measure of excellence

ICON launches its inaugural digital Milan Design Week 2024 Guide

Meet interior designer Matt McKay as he discusses the inspiration behind the launch of his new furniture collection

TAKT is rethinking the way we design, build and sell furniture with its simple self-assembly furniture

Architecture Icon: The post-war designs of Yrjö and Irmeli Kukkapuro live on in their unique home studio

From the Archive: A short history of the iconic Egg Chair by Arne Jacobsen

Henry Holland Studio’s Big Brekkie collection brings a playful touch to morning mealtimes




Architects

Architecture Icon: The post-war designs of Yrjö and Irmeli Kukkapuro live on in their unique home studio

Atelier L’Abri completes silver-clad house in forested hills of Canadian Laurentians

Photographer Ruben Hughes shares how he captures the streets of New York and Copenhagen

Architecture Icon: The Paimio Sanatorium and its humanistic approach to modernism

House Dokka combines simple geometry and natural materials to create a home that resembles a floating treehouse

Makhno Studio’s Gnizdo houses seamlessly blend tradition and futurism

This new eco-conscious hotel concept in the Trosa archipelago draws a discerning crowd

Clément Cividino’s restoration of a 1960s fibreglass pod by Nikolaos Xasteros lands in the Spanish countryside

Architecture Icon: How the Noguchi Musuem advances the appreciation of its founder’s art and legacy


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Five Highlights from Milan Design Week 2024

James Bantone teams up with UGG at this year’s Milan Design Week

ICON launches its inaugural digital Milan Design Week 2024 Guide

Meet interior designer Matt McKay as he discusses the inspiration behind the launch of his new furniture collection

TAKT is rethinking the way we design, build and sell furniture with its simple self-assembly furniture

From the Archive: A short history of the iconic Egg Chair by Arne Jacobsen

Henry Holland Studio’s Big Brekkie collection brings a playful touch to morning mealtimes

Christofle partners with Roland Garros in an exclusive collaboration

Design Destination: ICON’s tips for where to go and what to see in London Fields


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Five Highlights from Milan Design Week 2024

James Bantone teams up with UGG at this year’s Milan Design Week

The second edition Hospitality Innovation Summit Saudi Arabia & UAE by GBB Venture marks a new measure of excellence

ICON launches its inaugural digital Milan Design Week 2024 Guide

Meet interior designer Matt McKay as he discusses the inspiration behind the launch of his new furniture collection

TAKT is rethinking the way we design, build and sell furniture with its simple self-assembly furniture

Architecture Icon: The post-war designs of Yrjö and Irmeli Kukkapuro live on in their unique home studio

From the Archive: A short history of the iconic Egg Chair by Arne Jacobsen

Henry Holland Studio’s Big Brekkie collection brings a playful touch to morning mealtimes