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Douglas Murphy: ‘The fire at Grenfell Tower is a tragedy that should change everything’

Icon’s architecture correspondent identifies four major questions that will need to be addressed in the wake of last week’s disaster Two disasters at the turn

Opinion

Stirling Prize shortlist: ‘Underwhelming, neither too blingy nor particularly challenging’

Douglas Murphy asks what this year’s line-up for the prestigious award says about the state of British architecture Architecture is rarely a subject that makes

Opinion

#BRUTALISM

The brute is back – on television, on social media, in coffee-table books, even in new buildings. But can we ever recapture the movement’s original

Architecture

Last Futures by Douglas Murphy

They may have been failures, beset by naivety, contradictions and political opposition, but revisiting the experimental structures of the 1960s and 70s is more than

Opinion

London School of Architecture

Will Hunter’s new postgraduate course is both a reaction to and an outcome of the progressive marketisation of UK higher education, says Icon’s architecture correspondent Douglas

Opinion

Rijksmuseum: Last year’s Interior of the Year

This article first appeared in our January 2014 issue, which included all the winners of last year’s Icon Awards. Read about the nominees for this

Design

Robbrecht and Daem: Last year’s Architecture Practice of the Year

This article first appeared in our January 2014 issue, which included all the winners of last year’s Icon Awards. Read about the nominees for this

Architecture

Elemental: Centro Innovacion, Santiago

Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena‘s practice turns corporate design on its head by creating a business innovation lab with the windows on the inside We’re very aware

Architecture

Allianz headquarters in Zurich by Wiel Arets

The building  is clad in glass etched to appear as onyx (image: Jan Bitter) The Dutch architect’s latest building in Switzerland, a headquarters for an insurance

Architecture

Glasgow School of Art – Mackintosh’s masterpiece

As firefighters battle to save the beloved art school, we revisit a piece by Douglas Murphy, in which he describes its significance The fire at the

Architecture

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Editor’s Picks: The best new season design and lifestyle launches

Triennale Milano presents 24th International Exhibition under the title Inequalities

New contemporary craft fair comes to Scotland this autumn

Architectural practice Local Local unveils a new contemporary art gallery in the heart of Athens

Forestalgia launches its first multi-sensory furniture concept

Anglepoise celebrates 90 years of its Original 1227 Desk Lamp with a limited-edition iteration

Meet YOUTH: The interior design studio seeking to enhance connection through a human-centred approach

From Milan to Shoreditch: Marelli’s New Collection Lands at Task Showroom

Archikon Architects uses prefabricated panel structure to build Hungary’s first smart kindergarten




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Triennale Milano presents 24th International Exhibition under the title Inequalities

Architectural practice Local Local unveils a new contemporary art gallery in the heart of Athens

Archikon Architects uses prefabricated panel structure to build Hungary’s first smart kindergarten

Meet Me Here exhibition by Spacon & X at Danish Architecture Center explores community and sense of place in a digital world

A slice of heaven: The Puglian trulli offering pure escapism

Ismael Medina Manzano designs small apartment in San Sebastián with flexible living spaces

The Brecon designed by Nicemakers combines local craftsmanship and Welsh design touches to create midcentury-inspired interior

Return of a legend: Gathering revives Cologne’s iconic Café Central

worc.studio blends earthy colours and natural materials at Casa Símera in Polanco, Mexico City


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Editor’s Picks: The best new season design and lifestyle launches

New contemporary craft fair comes to Scotland this autumn

Forestalgia launches its first multi-sensory furniture concept

Anglepoise celebrates 90 years of its Original 1227 Desk Lamp with a limited-edition iteration

Meet YOUTH: The interior design studio seeking to enhance connection through a human-centred approach

Meet the creative duo behind Deya – the Turkish homewares brand merging traditional craft and contemporary design

House of ICON brings design diversity to Shoreditch Town Hall

USM opens its new Marylebone store

Aesop’s Queer Library returns for its fifth edition


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Editor’s Picks: The best new season design and lifestyle launches

Triennale Milano presents 24th International Exhibition under the title Inequalities

New contemporary craft fair comes to Scotland this autumn

Architectural practice Local Local unveils a new contemporary art gallery in the heart of Athens

Forestalgia launches its first multi-sensory furniture concept

Anglepoise celebrates 90 years of its Original 1227 Desk Lamp with a limited-edition iteration

Meet YOUTH: The interior design studio seeking to enhance connection through a human-centred approach

From Milan to Shoreditch: Marelli’s New Collection Lands at Task Showroom

Archikon Architects uses prefabricated panel structure to build Hungary’s first smart kindergarten