Harriet Thorpe
Harriet Thorpe is a writer, journalist and editor covering architecture, design and culture, with particular interest in sustainability, 20th-century architecture and community. After studying History of Art at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and Journalism at City University in London, she developed her interest in architecture working at Wallpaper* magazine and today contributes to Wallpaper*, The World of Interiors and Icon magazine, amongst other titles. She is author of The Sustainable City (2022, Hoxton Mini Press), a book about sustainable architecture in London, and the Modern Cambridge Map (2023, Blue Crow Media), a map of 20th-century architecture in Cambridge, the city where she grew up.
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Bohlin Cywinski Jackson designs a retreat in the landscape of Wyoming
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Melbourne's MPavilion reflects upon its contribution to urban health
The MPavilion – an annual temporary architectural pavilion commissioned by the Naomi Milgrom Foundation – has launched a new book, featuring essays by participating architects including Amanda Levete, Bijoy Jain and Rem Koolhaas
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Alexander Brodsky brings paper architecture and Soviet design to the fore
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Seattle’s art deco Asian Art Museum gains a modern extension
LMN Architects brings the Seattle Asian Art Museum into the 21st century with a modern glass and sandstone extension that makes a surprisingly seamless addition to an iconic art deco institution at the heart of public culture in the Pacific North West region
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JULIUS TAMINIAU
WALLPAPER* ARCHITECTS’ DIRECTORY 2019: Amsterdam-based Julius Taminiau set up his firm in 2015, after working at Carl Turner and DSDHA in London. His work seeks to distil the complications of the modern world into pure functions, while providing shelter and improving living conditions using natural materials, as seen in the Japanese- style houseboat (pictured) in Amsterdam that he built for himself.
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No limits: Büro Ole Scheeren launches designs for Empire City in Vietnam
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Porto-based Fala Atelier selected for Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2019
WALLPAPER* ARCHITECTS’ DIRECTORY 2019: Porto-based studio Fala Atelier founded in 2013 by Filipe Magalhães, Ana Luisa Soares and Ahmed Belkhodja has been internationally recognised for its contribution to an international conversation on architecture. Their naïve projects, such as the House in Rua do Paraíso (pictured), are collages of elements from postmodernism to history, with a charcaterful take on context.
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Sand castle: a raised Brazilian beach house by Studio Arthur Casas
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Mediterranean modern: the first house from architect Lydia Xynogala
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Livin’ la vida loft: a New York pad makes a comeback
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Class act: 6a Architects design accommodation for Cambridge students
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Ship shape: nautical modernism takes to the trees in a Highgate house
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Dubai daze: architecture and design destinations from the desert city
Dubai is an urban playground of reflective skyscrapers and sandy beaches, a city that has grown out of the desert into a booming business hub, a seductive resort and design destination. As well as the majestic Burj Khalifa, the Dubai Mall, the Palm Jumeirah and other hotspots, Dubai has a myriad of cultural activities to offer, from Dubai Design Week, launched in 2015, and the increasingly buzzing Dubai Design district area, to Art Dubai and the flourishing Alserkal Avenue scene – including the Concrete exhibition space designed by OMA and gallery outposts from Stephane Custot and Leila Heller. Let us take you for a spin through our highlights...
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Norm Architects designs Sticks ‘n' Sushi's new outpost on London’s King’s Road
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BIG's prefab modular residence in Copenhagen is a template for affordable living
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From hipster to high end, the 10 Chicago hotels to check into
Chicago is a-whirl with a burst of fresh hotels, from hipster to high-end, that have been springing up across The Windy City from the Gold Coast all the way to Wicker Park. Take a look at our pick of the best Chicago hotels to check into right now.
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The architects who built Palm Springs: E. Stewart Williams
Most influential in the realm of public and cultural life, Williams’ (1909-2005) legacy can be seen all over town. He’s the architect behind the Palm Springs Art Museum (1976) and the Santa Fe Federal Savings & Loan building (1960) and the Aerial Tramway Station (1963) – a refuge for hikers and wildlife lovers, 2,600m above the town in the San Jacinto Mountains
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Home proud: surveying the work of African architect Francis Kéré
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RIBA Stirling Prize 2018 shortlist for the UK’s best building is revealed
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UK’s best buildings announced by 2019 RIBA National Awards
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Paradigm shift: the MAAT’s inaugural exhibition debates a new world order
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Inside Europe's modernist estates and their distinct cultures
Stefi Orazi welcomes readers inside her book Modernist Estates Europe, where she speaks to residents about daily life inside these 20th-century domestic experiments
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Cultural reef: organic forms abound at the National Taichung Theater
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LA Design Festival 2018: the Wallpaper* guide to the unmissable events
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