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Bringing Skills to Market
Veronica Simpson hangs out with The Decorators – agents of change and placemaking – and finds inventiveness by the fistful.
Motown to mountain: Gunnar Birkerts’s new National Library of Latvia
Gunnar Birkerts, one of America’s greatest post-war architects, transformed modernism with metaphor and materiality. Now aged 89, he has realised an extraordinary glass mountain in the land of his birth – the new National Library of Latvia, a symbol of the country’s independence struggle from the Soviet Union.
A step beyond – the new breed of iconic hotels and holiday lets
Once the icons of hospitality were ancient palaces and mansions festooned with expensive fabrics and fixtures, redolent of past glories. Meet the new breed of iconic hotels and holiday lets – ultra-modern expressions of light and materiality, rich in their sense of place. Veronica Simpson celebrates heritage tourism, 21st-century style.
Lawrence Chiles – interview
Lawrence Chiles is head of design and digital media at the Royal Museums Greenwich. He heads a team of 20, working with internal and external designers on exhibition and programming projects, reports Pamela Buxton.
14th Venice Architecture Biennale
A look at this year’s research-centred festival, curated by Rem Koolhaas with the theme Fundamentals, showcasing our top 10 pavilions and the two contrasting exhibitions on display in the Giardini and Arsenale.
It’s time for us to take back control from computers, says Erik Spiekermann
It’s time for us to take back control from computers, which are being relied on to make decisions that, in the extreme, are costing innocent lives — regardless of the nature of ‘collateral damage’, says Erik Spiekermann. Erik Spiekermann set up MetaDesign and FontShop, and is a teacher, author, designer and partner at Edenspiekermann.
How to design the perfect restaurant
We talk trends, pitfalls and delights with expert practitioners of bar and restaurant design.
Simon Pengelly – 10 things I’ve learned about design
Simon Pengelly is one of the UK’s foremost furniture designers. Setting up Pengelly Design in 1993 he has worked extensively for UK and overseas furniture companies, Virgin Airlines and is currently developing his own product range, writes Pamela Buxton.
European office furniture markets a natural target for overseas exporters
Top 100 list of suppliers will help Americans form strategy, says John Sacks, managing partner at JSA Consultancy Services
Musee d’Art in Nantes redesigned by Stanton Williams
Stanton Williams’ transformation of the Musee d’Art in Nantes, the sixth largest museum outside of Paris, has just started on site and is due to open again to the public in 2016.