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Asha
FX Awards Trophies by Armourcoat
The inside gen on the coveted FX Awards trophy, being handed out at the gala FX Awards night later this month
Mountaintop majesty: 007 Elements by Obermoser Architects
High up in the Austrian Alps, a new museum experience for James Bond lovers, 007 Elements, has been created by Obermoser Architects. Following multiple technical challenges, what has resulted is a breathtaking brutalist building, buried in a mountain
If Only… there could be a house on the horizon
Gensler imagine a place out of time and out of space
Light + Tech: Sculptural Fittings
As smaller, more powerful sources free up the design of light fittings, they have increasingly become more svelte, sinuous and sculptural, in some cases bordering on art, reports Jill Entwistle
Perkins + Will give Shell’s distinctive tower a facelift
Oil giant Shell has had a presence on London’s South Bank for more than 50 years. Now its distinctive Tower building is undergoing a major four-year facelift. Cathy Hayward donned a hard hat and went to talk to the team involved
Is that a razor in your pocket? (or are you going to design the same old stuff as last time)
Neil Usher, author of the new book The Elemental Workplace, explains what an elemental workplace means to the A&D community
Sensitive Subject: workplace sensors and automation
With organisations that use them often being accused of Big Brother-style surveillance, workplace sensors are as controversial as they are pervasive. But what insight can they provide the design community? Cathy Hayward talks to the experts
Joyful architecture: King Bill by Austin Maynard Architects
A bold and playful rethink of a family home in Melbourne, complete with corrugated metal cladding and a sinuous glazed bridge, creates a pocket of joy for its owners — and neighbourhood
Amsterdam, The Magic Centre: Art and Counterculture 1967–70 — review
The Stedelijk Museum’s show celebrates the Dutch city as a site of playful and creative counterculture in the late Sixties
Workplace Week takes a bite out of the Big Apple
Jo Sutherland reports from the New York as the venue for the USA’s debut of Workplace Week, five days of workplace innovation