All Features articles – Page 130
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FeaturesPlacing women
Date 1978Location ArtNet, LondonHelen Chadwick’s exhibition, In the Kitchen, took the form of a series of full-scale mock-ups of domestic appliances – a stove, a sink with Ascot, a washing machine and a fridge – each of which was rendered in shiny soft vinyl and incorporated a female volunteer.The entombed ...
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FeaturesJohn Pawson: master of minimalism
At 61, minimalist architect John Pawson is about to take centre stage thanks to two projects for the Design Museum.
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FeaturesRound-up of the latest interiors products
Open cell ceiling systems, quartz kitchen surfaces and concealed door closers are some of the products used in recent interiors projects.
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FeaturesHow feasible is it to specify only locally sourced interior products?
Our experts agree locally sourced products should be used but one suggests importing pre-formed elements is not always environmentally unfriendly.
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FeaturesRevisiting Sheffield’s Crucible theatre
The signature thrust stage and octagonal plan of The Crucible have survived but changes in safety regulations and budget cuts made Burrell Foley Fischer’s refurbishment challenging.
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FeaturesSir John Soane Museum interiors by Caruso St John
Caruso St John Architects is designing three interiors at Sir John Soane’s Museum in London. Adam Caruso explains how such a sensitive location was tackled.
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FeaturesBethnal Green Health Centre by Theis & Khan
Stirling Prize-nominated architect Theis & Khan has made patients the priority with its reworking of Bethnal Green Health Centre.
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FeaturesApple Autocad software looks fruitful
Autodesk’s new cad software seems set to put Apple back at the top of the tree for architects.
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FeaturesCPD Module 5: Micro Combined Heat & Power Systems
This is the fifth in our regular series of CPD modules, designed to help you broaden your knowledge while you work. This module is sponsored by Baxi
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FeaturesDot to Dot: 17 September 2010
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday September 22 for a chance to win a copy of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture.
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FeaturesDot to dot results: September 10 2010
Last week’s winner was Alex Reeve of RH Partnership in Cambridge, who identified Renzo Piano’s Parco della Musica in Rome
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FeaturesA banquet fit for a historic towns crit
Adrian Gale, Peter Cook and Richard MacCormac were among those dining out in Devon in 1988.
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FeaturesDot to dot results: September 3 2010
Last week’s winner was Amy Bradley Smith, a student at London Metropolitan University, who identified the Royal Liver Building in Liverpool by Walter Aubrey Thomas
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FeaturesPerchance to dream of wharf wonders
Aldo Rossi’s unrealised buildings for Canary Wharf looked to Shakespeare’s Verona and Venice for inspiration
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FeaturesDot to dot results: 27 August 2010
Last week’s winner was Markus Nurkkala of Catford in London, who identified the Elephant & Castle shopping centre, designed by Willett Group
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FeaturesDot to Dot: 3 September 2010
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday September 8 for a chance to win a copy of The Scandinavian Home: A Style Sourcebook, by Lars Bolander and Heather Smith MacIsaac
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FeaturesRomania shines at the Venice biennale
The Giardini’s other pavilions fell somewhere along usual spectrum between artistic whimsy and corporate sales pitch, the most successful standing out for the powerful execution of a single idea.
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FeaturesI feel a sneeze coming...
Defeat was on the cards for Victoria Maitland when her world record was smashed by this master stacker 73 years later