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David Kohn and Fiona Banner win A Room For London for 2012
PUBLISHED 8 Feb 2011 - 4:42pm
AUTHOR: William Shaw
Congratulations to David Kohn Architects, who, with artist Fiona Banner, have just won the Living Architecture A Room For London contest organised with Artangel. This one-bedroom temporary installation designed by David Kohn and Fiona Banner is a delightful imaginary boat that makes no concessions to the iconic brutalism of the building it sits on. Kohn's recent work has been very much about creating celebratory spaces. Having designed the Modern Art Gallery in 2008, he's currently working on a project for restauranteurs Pablo Flack and David Waddington in Brighton, and during London Design... More
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Richard Woods/ Ab Rogers: The Rainbow House
PUBLISHED 12 Jan 2011 - 2:03pm
AUTHOR: William Shaw
When I visited the Rainbow House two years ago, it was half-way through being rebuilt. I was there to interview the artist Richard Woods who was creating the house's floors using his trademark "logos". "The woman who owns it is a former Miss Russia," Woods had explained, before trying in vain to demonstrate the revolving bed upstairs. He had been commissioned by his friend, the architect Ab Rogers who was working on the house in Portobello Road. It was completed last year. It's nice to have a peek at the finished version. Should you have £15,000 you could rent it out for a month. ... More
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Thomas Heatherwick: V&A Breakfast Talk with Tom Dyckhoff, Architecture Critic for The Times
PUBLISHED 29 Sep 2010 - 1:12pm
AUTHOR: Laura Chan
Susan Smart Photography
'Architecture is a funny word,' says Thomas Heatherwick, 'It is not set apart from other design.'  Speaking in response to Tom Dyckhoff's question about how the London-based designer became involved with architecture, Heatherwick focussed the talk on his role as an interdisciplinary designer, crossing between the realms of furniture, sculpture and architecture.  Fuelled by his interest in the built environment and the hand of the maker, Heatherwick blurs the boundaries between disciplines with his sculptural structures that bring a fresh playfulness to the landscape. Propelled by... More
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TH is great.  British design needs him for his ability to inspire recent graduates to persevere and to really bring fresh ideas to the surface.

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