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Asha
Light + Tech: Transformers are Top Picks
Lighting expert Jill Entwistle looks at three IALD award winning projects, each taking illumination to a new level
Materials: Root of the Matter
Annabelle Filer, of the material resource SCIN, presents a selection of new materials that includes a textile from the root systems of plants
Park delights: Frida Escobedo’s Serpentine Pavilion & Christo’s London Mastaba
This year’s sleek Serpentine Pavilion in Hyde Park, designed by Frida Escobedo, aligns with the Greenwich Meridian. Floating on the lake nearby, Christo’s The London Mastaba makes a splash
Schemata Architects / Do-C, Nine Hours Capsule Hotel, Shibuya-Ku
Schemata Architects has taken a classic capsule hotel – the old fallback for Japanese workers who’d missed the last train home – and renewed the typology’s reputation
Profile – Kurt Merki
Kurt Merki is a leading designer for Duravit, and with the company having just opened a showroom in Clerkenwell he talks to us about family, design and his work for the company
‘Architecture that adapts to human need’: Carlo Ratti on the Senseable City
What happens when buildings and spaces can sense their surroundings? Carlo Ratti, founding partner of CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati and director of MIT’s Senseable City Lab, considers the benefits of ‘pervasive sensing’
One to Watch – Alexander White
Alexander White graduated in 3D design and now creates thought-provoking furniture with a language of its own
Island by Caruso St John and Marcus Taylor
Marcus Taylor and Caruso St John construct an island on the roof of the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale – leaving a vacant space below to echo Britain’s precarious position within Europe
The Diary: Exhibitions, shows and events in July
Our pick of events happening this month or coming up