All articles by Rachakatla Srinivas
Rachakatla Srinivas
The art of getting listed
The Sainsbury Centre for visual arts at the University of East Anglia – one of Norman Foster’s first completed buildings – has been given Grade II* listed status by heritage minister Ed Vaizey, who called the building ‘a highpoint in the British high-tech movement’.
Students score for public hub
Students from the RCA have designed a new community building for the district of Wembley, north-west London.
Charles Jencks
A man of many talents, Charles Jencks defies being pigeonholed: teacher, author, theorist, architect, landscaper, postmodernist, Maggie’s Centres’ co-founder… He talks to Jamie Mitchell
Don’t cut the lighting budget
Simon Fisher highlights growing concerns within the lighting industry that high-quality specifications are increasingly being compromised when the dreaded budget axe falls
United Visual Artists creates pyramid of light for Dubai Mall
United Visual Artists has created a sculpture for the shoe section of a shopping centre in Dubai.
Aisles of places to meet busy people
Architect@Work, an international exhibition and meet-up series geared up exclusively for architects and interior designers, is coming to London for the first time. Taking place at the Earl’s Court exhibition centre 30 and 31 January, the show organisers recognise that while architects worldwide are keen to find out about the latest concepts and products, they are also often too busy and overbooked to do so.
Luke Miles
Head of the design team at Virgin Atlantic, designer Luke Miles’ real focus is on the whole service experience, which has recently produced the relaunched Upper Class cabin and the JFK lounge, reports Johnny Tucker
Designs of the Year 2013 nominations announced
The Design Museum has announced the nominees for the sixth annual Designs of the Year, which include the best designs from all over the world across seven categories of Architecture, Digital, Fashion, Furniture, Graphics, Product and Transport.