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  • Rooftop extension to FAT's Blue House revealed in drone film

    Rooftop extension to FAT's Blue House revealed in drone film

    This video shot by architectural photographer Edmund Sumner shows the pebbledash-covered rooftop studio that architect Sean Griffiths recently added to the postmodern Blue House in London. More about Rooftop extension to FAT's Blue House revealed in drone film

    Tom Ravenscroft | 22 December 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Blue House by FAT

    Sean Griffiths adds pebbledash extension "in spirit of original house" to FAT's Blue House

    Architect Sean Griffiths has added a pebbledash-covered rooftop studio to the seminal postmodern Blue House he designed 20 years ago as part of architecture studio FAT. More about Sean Griffiths adds pebbledash extension "in spirit of original house" to FAT's Blue House

    Tom Ravenscroft | 19 December 2022 | Leave a comment
  • FAT's Blue House set for rooftop extension by Sean Griffiths

    FAT's seminal Blue House set for rooftop extension

    Architect Sean Griffiths has unveiled plans to add a shed-inspired roof extension to the Blue House, one of the best-known projects of his former studio FAT. More about FAT's seminal Blue House set for rooftop extension

    Amy Frearson | 3 May 2016 | Leave a comment
  • A House for Essex by FAT and Grayson Perry

    Grayson Perry and FAT reveal the elaborate interiors of their House for Essex

    After almost five years in the making, architecture studio FAT and artist Grayson Perry have completed their fairytale-inspired Essex holiday home, which was designed as a shrine to the fictional character Julie Cope (+ slideshow). More about Grayson Perry and FAT reveal the elaborate interiors of their House for Essex

    Jessica Mairs | 15 May 2015 | 35 comments
  • A House for Essex by Garyson Perry and Fat for Living Architecture

    First photographs of Grayson Perry and FAT's house for Alain de Botton

    News: structural work has completed on A House for Essex, the holiday home designed by British artist Grayson Perry and London architecture firm FAT for Alain de Botton's Living Architecture project. More about First photographs of Grayson Perry and FAT's house for Alain de Botton

    Anna Winston | 7 August 2014 | 31 comments
  • British pavilion is "a call to arms for contemporary architecture"

    Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: British pavilion curator and Dezeen columnist Sam Jacob says his exhibition aims to revive the "imaginative visions and entrepreneurial spirit" of postwar public housing projects in Britain (+ movie). More about British pavilion is "a call to arms for contemporary architecture"

    Benedict Hobson | 22 June 2014 | 4 comments
  • A Clockwork Jerusalem at the British Pavilion, Venice Architecture Biennale 2014

    FAT bring together postwar towns and pop culture for British Pavilion in Venice

    Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: the British pavilion at the biennale charts the nation's Modernism using a fluorescent pink mound of earth, a galloping horse made from LEDs, imagery of social housing and a pair of concrete model cows (+ slideshow). More about FAT bring together postwar towns and pop culture for British Pavilion in Venice

    Amy Frearson | 5 June 2014 | 2 comments
  • Sean Griffiths

    University of Westminster appoints FAT founder Sean Griffiths as Professor of Architecture

    News: following the announcement last month that London architecture studio FAT is to disband this year, founding member Sean Griffiths has been appointed professor of Architecture at the University of Westminster.

    More about University of Westminster appoints FAT founder Sean Griffiths as Professor of Architecture

    Alyn Griffiths | 9 January 2014 | 1 comment
  • FAT calls it a day after 23 years

    FAT architects announce studio closure

    News: London architecture office FAT has announced that it will shut down its studio next summer, after "exploring the potential of the projects as much as possible". More about FAT architects announce studio closure

    Amy Frearson | 16 December 2013 | 17 comments
  • CIAC Housing by FAT

    Community In A Cube by FAT

    An assortment of building typologies appear to be stacked on top of one another at this housing block in Middlesborough, England, by London architects FAT (+ slideshow). More about Community In A Cube by FAT

    Amy Frearson | 27 February 2013 | 51 comments
  • A House for Essex by FAT and Grayson Perry

    Architects FAT have teamed up with artist Grayson Perry to design a house inspired by fairytales on the east coast of England. More about A House for Essex by FAT and Grayson Perry

    Amy Frearson | 2 October 2012 | 11 comments
  • "Copying is both fundamental and dangerous to architecture" - Sam Jacob of FAT

    FAT director Sam Jacob explains why he believes that "copying is both fundamental to how architecture develops and something that threatens its foundational belief in originality," in this movie we filmed at the Venice Architecture Biennale, where the firm has created an installation called The Museum of Copying. More about "Copying is both fundamental and dangerous to architecture" - Sam Jacob of FAT

    Amy Frearson | 2 September 2012 | 2 comments
  • The Museum of Copying by FAT at Venice Architecture Biennale 2012

    London studio FAT will create an exhibition dedicated to architectural copying inside a 5-metre-high model of Palladio's Villa Rotunda for the Venice Architecture Biennale 2012 next week. More about The Museum of Copying by FAT at Venice Architecture Biennale 2012

    Amy Frearson | 23 August 2012 | 4 comments
  • Selfridges 3rd Central by FAT

    Selfridges 3rd Central by FAT

    London studio FAT have completed the womenswear department of London department store Selfridges using angular structures and painted floor patterns in clashing colours. More about Selfridges 3rd Central by FAT

    Rose Etherington | 25 September 2010 | 11 comments
  • Soft Hercules by FAT

    Architects Fashion Architecture Taste have produced a stool with a seat in the form of a bust of Hercules cast in foam rubber. More about Soft Hercules by FAT

    Marcus Fairs | 23 September 2008 | 53 comments
  • From Now to Eternity

    From Now to Eternity is an exhibition of plastic objects by designers including FAT, Tomoko Azumi, Stuart Haygarth and Committee, which opens in London this week. More about From Now to Eternity

    Rose Etherington | 16 September 2008 | 10 comments
  • St Paul’s Way by Fashion Architecture Taste

    Here's a third project by architects Fashion Architecture Taste (FAT) - a design for a 19-storey residential tower beside Mile End Park in London. More about St Paul’s Way by Fashion Architecture Taste

    Marcus Fairs | 19 March 2008 | 30 comments
  • KK Outlet by Fashion Architecture Taste

    Another one from Fashion Architecture Taste: the architects have completed the KK Outlet, a combined office, gallery and shop in London for communications agency KesselsKramer. More about KK Outlet by Fashion Architecture Taste

    Rose Etherington | 18 March 2008 | 10 comments
  • Bentley library by Fashion Architecture Taste

    Architects Fashion Architecture Taste (FAT) have won a competition to design a library and nursery at Walsall, England. More about Bentley library by Fashion Architecture Taste

    Marcus Fairs | 17 March 2008 | 16 comments
  • FAT design pie shop and scoff house

    Fashion Architecture Taste have completed two new projects for restauranteur Oliver Peyton in London. More about FAT design pie shop and scoff house

    Marcus Fairs | 12 January 2007 | Leave a comment

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