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  • University of Kent building by Sam Jacob Studio

    Sam Jacob gives "soft brutalist" University of Kent building a modern makeover

    Architecture studio Sam Jacob Studio has refurbished a 1960s building at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England, using playful architectural references and bright colours to add layers of "wit and delight" to the existing interiors. More about Sam Jacob gives "soft brutalist" University of Kent building a modern makeover

    Alyn Griffiths | 26 July 2024 | Leave a comment
  • Glass lobby in historical V&A building

    Sam Jacob Studio adds glass-tube entrance to London's V&A museum

    British architect Sam Jacob has used ribbed glass to create a contemporary entrance for London's historic V&A museum and updated its bathrooms with a broken-ceramic cladding that feels "a little perverse". More about Sam Jacob Studio adds glass-tube entrance to London's V&A museum

    Cajsa Carlson | 3 August 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Yinka Ilori studio

    Yinka Ilori gives London studio colourful revamp

    Designer Yinka Ilori has collaborated with British architect Sam Jacob to give his London studio and office a bright revamp. More about Yinka Ilori gives London studio colourful revamp

    Tom Ravenscroft | 29 April 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Design Yard Sale by Harvard GSD

    Harvard GSD students create Design Yard Sale to support anti-racism initiatives

    Students and alumni of Harvard GSD have launched an online sale of items donated by architects and designers, including an IKEA chair signed by Virgil Abloh and a Sam Jacob painting, to fundraise for organisations that fight for racial equality. More about Harvard GSD students create Design Yard Sale to support anti-racism initiatives

    Eleanor Gibson | 1 July 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Sam Jacob looks to a future when ocean plastic outnumbers fish

    Sam Jacob has reimagined a famous Eames textile for his London Design Festival installation Sea Things, to highlight the threat ocean plastic poses to marine life. More about Sam Jacob looks to a future when ocean plastic outnumbers fish

    Amy Frearson | 16 September 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Building Better, Building Beautiful commission

    "The beautiful buildings commission is just a front for the continuing attack on progressive ideas"

    The historicism of the UK's Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission is no laughing matter, says Sam Jacob. More about "The beautiful buildings commission is just a front for the continuing attack on progressive ideas"

    Sam Jacob | 14 November 2018 | Leave a comment
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    "Poor communication skills" to blame for architecture's problems, says Tom Dyckhoff

    Writers Sam Jacob and Tom Dyckhoff have clashed over the way architects speak about their work, with Dyckhoff claiming obscure language is to blame for lack of public interest in the discipline and Jacob saying he is "sick" of people making this claim. More about "Poor communication skills" to blame for architecture's problems, says Tom Dyckhoff

    Marcus Fairs | 4 June 2018 | Leave a comment
  • "Will Alsop had the balls to think differently"

    The late Will Alsop wasn't always right, nor was his work always great – but his wild imagination and generous spirit were much needed in British architecture, says Sam Jacob. More about "Will Alsop had the balls to think differently"

    Sam Jacob | 16 May 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Citizen of nowhere passport design by Sam Jacob

    Competition: win a post-Brexit passport cover designed by Sam Jacob

    Dezeen has teamed up with architect Sam Jacob to give away five of his Citizen of Nowhere passport covers, which reference a comment made by UK prime minister Theresa May after the Brexit vote. More about Competition: win a post-Brexit passport cover designed by Sam Jacob

    Gunseli Yalcinkaya | 24 November 2017 | 11 comments
  • MINI Living Urban Cabin explores how future cities may merge public and private, says Sam Jacob

    In our latest Dezeen x MINI Living movie, architect Sam Jacob and Corinna Natter of MINI Living explain how micro homes, like the one they presented during London Design Festival, could one day function as shared resources. More about MINI Living Urban Cabin explores how future cities may merge public and private, says Sam Jacob

    Benedict Hobson | 1 November 2017 | Leave a comment
  • Urban Cabin by Sam Jacob and MINI Living

    Sam Jacob and MINI team up to create micro home with attached library

    A miniature library adjoins this tiny home that architect Sam Jacob and car brand MINI have built for this year's London Design Festival. More about Sam Jacob and MINI team up to create micro home with attached library

    Eleanor Gibson | 15 September 2017 | 1 comment
  • Sam Jacob and MINI design mirrored micro-cabin for London Design Festival

    Architect Sam Jacob is teaming up with MINI to create an urban retreat that offers visitors a space to research and relax during this year's London Design Festival. More about Sam Jacob and MINI design mirrored micro-cabin for London Design Festival

    Alice Morby | 1 September 2017 | Leave a comment
  • "MIPIM is one big performance with the purpose of speaking cities into existence"

    Is it possible to speak buildings into being? The exhibitors at annual property fair MIPIM may try, but they need to come up with far more extreme fictions, says Sam Jacob in his latest Opinion column. More about "MIPIM is one big performance with the purpose of speaking cities into existence"

    Sam Jacob | 23 March 2017 | 1 comment
  • "The design of a passport might create new kinds of identity and citizenship"

    Last week we launched an ideas competition calling for a redesign of the UK passport after Brexit. It offers the chance to radically rethink the contemporary idea of nation, says Sam Jacob in this Opinion column. More about "The design of a passport might create new kinds of identity and citizenship"

    Sam Jacob | 23 February 2017 | 1 comment
  • Sam Jacob scarf

    Sam Jacob's Insulation Scarf is a witty way to warm your neck

    This scarf by architect Sam Jacob features the wiggly symbol used to represent insulation on architectural drawings. More about Sam Jacob's Insulation Scarf is a witty way to warm your neck

    Alice Morby | 22 November 2016 | 5 comments
  • Design Museum exhibition - Fear and Love

    Design Museum's opening exhibition presents reactions to a complex world

    The first exhibition to take place in London's new Design Museum explores a spectrum of issues that define our time, with installations by OMA, Hussein Chalayan and Neri Oxman. More about Design Museum's opening exhibition presents reactions to a complex world

    Alice Morby | 17 November 2016 | 1 comment
  • The Illuminated River Shortlist

    David Adjaye and Amanda Levete compete in London bridge lighting contest

    David Adjaye, Amanda Levete and Diller Scofidio + Renfro are among the six design teams shortlisted to create light installations for the bridges on London's River Thames. More about David Adjaye and Amanda Levete compete in London bridge lighting contest

    Jessica Mairs | 8 November 2016 | Leave a comment
  • A Very Small Part of Architecture Adolf Loos mausoleum by Sam Jacob Studio

    Sam Jacob erects Adolf Loos-designed mausoleum in Highgate Cemetery

    A tomb that was designed but never realised by modernist architect Adolf Loos has been built by British architect Sam Jacob in a historic London cemetery. More about Sam Jacob erects Adolf Loos-designed mausoleum in Highgate Cemetery

    Amy Frearson | 14 September 2016 | Leave a comment
  • Sam Jacob opinion on Brexit

    "We could imagine nationhood as a design project"

    Opinion: in the aftermath of the EU referendum, Britain has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to redesign itself as a coherent, relevant and functioning nation for the 21st century, says Sam Jacob. More about "We could imagine nationhood as a design project"

    Sam Jacob | 12 August 2016 | 4 comments
  • "Vote Leave is a vote for a theme park instead of a country"

    Opinion: commercialisation of the UK's architectural heritage helped lay the foundations for the false nostalgia that is proving such potent propaganda for Brexiteers, says Sam Jacob. More about "Vote Leave is a vote for a theme park instead of a country"

    Sam Jacob | 21 June 2016 | 20 comments
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