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Asha
FX Talks: Review
Toby Maxwell reports from the inaugural FX TALKS event, where a stellar line-up of inspiring thinkers shared their perspectives on thinking big and doing different with the audience
Home away from home: Second Home Lisboa
Following the success of their first creative workspace, Second Home Spitalfields in London, entrepreneurs Sam Aldenton and Rohan Silva have opened up shop in Lisbon, drawn by the city’s booming co-working culture and thriving tech scene. Designed by Madrid-based practice SelgasCano, it’s an unconventional office, inspired by biophilia and arranged to maximise serendipitous meetings among its diverse community
An oasis of calm in the City: Angel Court by Fletcher Priest
A series of garden terraces provide a unique viewpoint from which to view the City of London at the new 27-storey tower designed by Fletcher Priest. The project has also increased local public realm by a third
Warsaw rising: Zlota 44 by Studio Libeskind
A new luxury residential tower has become a dramatic addition to the skyline of Warsaw, but for both architect Daniel Libeskind and interior designer Woods Bagot, Poland’s past lies beneath the surface of its design
Berlin harmonic: Frank Gehry’s Pierre Boulez Saal
The world is used to seeing Frank Gehry’s architectural originality in his wrapping of buildings, but all this has changed for the Pierre Boulez Saal, the auditorium of the Barenboim-Said Music Academy in Berlin. Restricted by a not-to-be-altered classical shell, Gehry has instead taken his wrapping inside
How design can counteract the stress of travel
Listen: Julian Maynard, director of the transport and urban realm practice Maynard, discusses how good design can counteract the emotional stress of travel disruption and improve the experience of commuting
If Only…
graphics replaced words to get across life-saving messages, says Corrine Beaumont, designer of the ‘lemons’ graphics for the Worldwide Breast Cancer charity
Rethinking the cinema: Chester’s Storyhouse by Bennetts Associates
An old Odeon cinema in Chester has been brought back to life and reimagined as a new cultural and community centre as part of a long-term transformation of the city’s Northgate quarter
Costa Coffee House, Wandsworth, London by Edge
High-street refreshment outlets are not being left out in the drive to widen their appeal to the public
Focus: Round-up
Clare Dowdy takes a look at some of the extras being offered in London at a gallery, theatre, and the British Library