Tag: Amanda Levete Architects

Plans for East London tower by Amanda
Levete Architects withdrawn


Dezeen Wire:
the developer behind plans for a tower designed by architecture practice AL_A in Shoreditch, East London has withdrawn its planning application – BDonline

The design for a twisted tower on a former industrial estate attracted over a thousand letters from local residents. Developers Londonewcastle say they will adapt the proposal before submitting a new planning application early next year.

See our previous story on the original design for the Huntingdon Estate here, another AL_A project in London that was scrapped recently here and more projects by AL_A here.

Competition: ten copies of Timber Wave
to be won

Competition: ten copies of Timber Wave to be won

Competition: we’ve teamed up with the American Hardwood Export Council to give away ten copies of Timber Wave, a book documenting the installation of the same name by architects AL_A and engineers Arup at the V&A museum in London.  More »

Move: Choreographing You exhibition design
by Amanda Levete Architects

Move Choreographing You Exhibition by Amanda Levete Architects

Concertinaed paper-like ribbons swoop through an exhibition about performance art and movement designed by London firm Amanda Levete Architects at the Hayward Gallery in London. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »

Monte St Angelo Subway Station by
Amanda Levete Architects and Anish Kapoor

Construction has begun on a subway station in Naples, Italy, designed by London studio Amanda Levete Architects and artist Anish Kapoor. More »

Corian Super-Surfaces Showroom
by Amanda Levete Architects

London practice Amanda Levete Architects were awarded the Interiors and Fit-Out Prize at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona last week for their Corian Super-Surfaces Showroom in Milan. More »

Paperlove at Design Miami

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Design Miami 08: more than 50 paper objects created by artists and designers including Ingo Maurer, Ron Arad, Zaha Hadid, Amanda Levete and Yves Behar were sold at a charity auction held by Miami design store Luminaire yesterday. More »

Amanda Levete for Corian at LDF 2

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Here is a new rendering of architect Amanda Levete of Future Systems’ installation for the London Design Festival this September (see our earlier story for more details and images). The piece, made of Corian, is part of the Size + Matter project that also includes Zaha Hadid’s Urban Nebula (see previous story).