Hackney designer Lee Broom has filled a room in a London mansion with studded furniture to host visting business leaders during the Olympic games. More »
Tag: UK
The Gold Room
The Barking Bathhouse
by Something & Son
These hand-drawn illustrations by Hackney design studio Something & Son explain the designs for a temporary spa that opens tomorrow in Barking, east London. More »
New Court, Rothschild Bank headquarters
by OMA with Allies and Morrison
The OMA-designed headquarters for the Rothschild Bank in London is one of the six buildings shortlisted for the 2012 Stirling Prize (+ slideshow). More »
The White Building by
David Kohn Architects
London studio David Kohn Architects has created an arts venue in a former sweet factory on the edge of the Olympic Park. More »
Coca-Cola Beatbox by Asif Khan
and Pernilla Ohrstedt
Here are some photographs of the recently completed Coca-Cola Beatbox, a pavilion in the London 2012 Olympic Park that can be played like a musical instrument (+ slideshow). More »
The Tanks at Tate Modern
by Herzog & de Meuron
Architects Herzog & de Meuron have uncovered three underground concrete tanks at the Tate Modern gallery in London to create new spaces for art and performance, which open this week (+ slideshow). More »
The Great Eye by Hudson Architects
and Ben Coode-Adams
The surrounding countryside is projected onto the ceiling of this reed-covered tower that Hudson Architects and artist Ben Coode-Adams have installed in a field in Norfolk, England. More »
British architects comment
on UK housing crisis
Dezeen Wire: as the shortage of housing in the UK worsens, British architects including Charles Holland of FAT, Glenn Howells and Sarah Wigglesworth offer their opinions and solutions - The Guardian
"I'd like to see more rent regulation and buildings reused in creative ways," says Holland, while Wigglesworth suggests that "what we need is greater flexibility."
The article follows the news that New York City are seeking designs for “micro-units” to help solve the shortage of of small apartments in Manhattan.
Stonehenge Visitor Centre
by Denton Corker Marshall
Dezeen Wire: work finally starts this week on architect Denton Corker Marshall's design for a new visitor centre at Stonehenge, a prehistoric stone circle in England, after years of wrangling and delay, English Heritage has announced (+ slideshow). More »
V&A Exhibition Road
by AL_A
The Wahaca Southbank Experiment
by Softroom
Another pop-up project built of shipping containers: architects Softroom have built a temporary Mexican restaurant outside the Southbank Centre in London (+ slideshow). More »
Wakefield Street Townhouses
by Piercy & Company
These London townhouses by architects Piercy & Company have chunky banisters formed from thickly layered birch plywood. More »
Folklore by Danielle
and Rob Reid
Wall panels and shelves in this north London design shop are made from reclaimed floorboards and scaffolding planks. More »
Emirates Air Line by
Wilkinson Eyre Architects
A kilometre-long cable car designed by British architects Wilkinson Eyre has opened today over the River Thames in London. More »
Amhurst Road by
Edgley Design
Hoxton architects Edgley Design have tucked a rubber-clad residence and aluminium artist's studio behind a row of semi-detached houses in Hackney. More »