All articles by Veronica simpson
Veronica simpson
Welcome to M9, Italy’s first all-digital history museum
The unglamorous dormitory town of Mestre, which houses most of Venice’s workers, has just launched Italy’s first all-digital history museum: the M9 Museum of the 20th Century, designed by Sauerbruch Hutton
Artist Jorge Pardo designs L’Arlatan Hotel, Arles
Creating everything from the tiles to the lamps, artist Jorge Pardo has created a unique hotel from a previously faded establishment in Provence
Block party: OMA and BIG take on Stockholm
In a city that has resisted architectural innovation since the 1980s, two new landmarks from two of the 21st century’s leading practices have risen, commissioned by the same developer. What do these new apartment blocks from OMA and Bjarke Ingels Group contribute to Stockholm’s skyline?
Brief encounters: The Design Museum
Veronica Simpson casts a critical eye over the newly relocated Design Museum, and finds it pleasing
Ty Pawb arts centre, Wrexham by Featherstone Young
The new arts centre for Wrexham has been located in among a city market and multistory car park, to great community acclaim.
Brief Encounters in Sheffield
An exhibition on crystal technologies, both ancient and modern, in Sheffield’s Site Gallery finally gives a weightier, more nuanced perspective on our digital fascinations. Veronica Simpson reports
Preview: Surface Design Show 2019
Veronica Simpson takes a look at the highlights of February’s Surface Design Show in London
Reworking the traditional terrace: Grosvenor Avenue by fourth_space
High-quality interior finishes, generous proportions and a living wall set this 10-apartment building in Islington above the run-of-the-mill speculative development, showing what a determined architect can do — even with a tough client and tight budget
A New Cultural Programme for Plymouth
Plymouth is raising the bar for culture and tourism, launching the pilot for a major new art biennial, and building a £37m museum and contemporary art gallery. But will that be enough to reverse decades of economic decline? Veronica Simpson reports
Surface Design Show 2019 – Talks, discussions, debates: hearing about surfaces
From 5-7 February 2019 Surface Design Show, the only event in the UK that focuses solely on interior and exterior surfaces, returns to London’s Business Design Centre to provide a platform for architects, designers and specifiers to explore the best in surface material design, development and innovation.