Latest articles by Nick Compton
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'Cities are not static': the Norman Foster Institute launches
The Norman Foster Institute launches in Madrid, celebrating cities as our 'greatest invention', and working to help fix them
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Apple digs deeper into function, fluid graphics and interactions with the new WatchOS 10
Billed as the biggest update to its wearable interface since the Apple Watch debuted in 2015, WatchOS 10 enhances the function and performance of this essential device
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Apple store at Battersea Power Station prioritises sustainability and ‘universal design’
We get a first peek inside Foster + Partner’s Apple store at Battersea Power Station in London, a space pioneering sustainability and ‘universal design’ principles
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Essential Homes Research Project launches first shelter for displaced communities
The Norman Foster Foundation and Swiss building materials giant Holcim launch the Essential Homes Research Project’s first design – a concrete cabin shelter. Nick Compton met with Norman Foster to find out more
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Charles Holland’s east London house refresh offers ‘playful conservation’
Charles Holland’s east London house design for Will Wiles and Hazel Tsao Wiles brings light, colour and flair to a Victorian restoration process
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Meet Tyler Hobbs, the breakout star of generative art
Tyler Hobbs is making waves with abstract, algorithm-assisted art that harnesses code as a creative medium. We speak to the American artist ahead of two physical exhibitions in New York and London
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Ab Rogers crafts ‘co-being’ brutalist artist’s studio for Hiraki Sawa in Kanazawa
Fishmarket is Hiraki Sawa’s new, brutalist artist’s studio, designed by Ab Rogers in Kanazawa
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What Daisy did next: how Apple’s evolving team of de-manufacturing machines battles e-waste
Apple hopes that e-waste will become a thing of the past thanks to its Daisy family of specialist break-down robots that will transform old iPhones into raw materials
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Park House is a minimalist, art-filled family home in Melbourne
Park House by Mim Design and Pleysier Perkins is an art-filled family home in Melbourne including a bold, concrete extension
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Generative art: the creatives powering the AI art boom
It’s a new age for generative art, thanks to pixel-sorting, algorithm-sifting creatives. While the NFT market remains in flux, we delve into the rise of generative art, and the AI art boom
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Roz Barr’s terrace house extension is a minimalist reimagining
Terrace house extension by Roz Barr Architects transforms Victorian London home through pared-down elegance
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Street view: Maboneng Precinct in Johannesburg
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Nike plots the London Fuel Map
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Twin peaks: Vollebak’s high-tech sportswear aids recovery
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Neneh Cherry: style icon, Buffalo girl and Wallpaper* Design Award judge
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Brooks England: the cult saddle maker's new store and pop-up pedal into London's Covent Garden
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Ahead of the iPhone X release, we take a look at Apple’s latest suite of products
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Vincent van Duysen transforms former post office into Alexander Wang’s London flagship
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Bang & Olufsen BeoVision 11
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Tread lightly: eco trainers to minimise your carbon footprint
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Modernist Coromandel farmhouse refreshed by Frankie Pappas, Mayat Hart and Thomashoff+Partner
An iconic Coromandel farmhouse is being reimagined by the South African architectural collaborative of Frankie Pappas, Mayat Hart and Thomashoff+Partner
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'Making Dreams': Fendi's filmic venture at Cinema Manzoni, Milan
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The Royal College of Art announces honorary doctorates for 2013
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Interwoven: Kvadrat Textile and Design's new monograph
