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Highly accomplished Marlborough Primary School by Dixon Jones

The RIBA London Award and RIBA National Award 2018 are just the start of a long list of accolades that Marlborough Primary School, based in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, has won for its redeveloped design by Dixon Jones. Since it opened on 11th September 2017, the school has also received commendations at both the New London Architecture and Schueco Excellence Awards; it became a finalist for the British Construction Industry Awards; and it has recently been shortlisted in the Education Building Category at the 2018 Brick Awards.

Liqui Contracts Launch New Smart and Sustainable Designs for LDF

Liqui Contracts Will Launch the New Smart and Sustainable Theodore Bench-Desk System at 100% Design
British furniture and lighting manufacturer Liqui Contracts will launch the new Theodore Bench-Desk System at this year’s 100% Design. A central design destination for architects and designers at the London Design Festival, 100% Design is the ideal showcase for Liqui Contracts’ aesthetic, functional and innovative furnishings.

Theodore Bench-Desk System by Liqui Contracts

3D printed apartment model wins communication category of German Design Council’s Iconic Awards 2018

DANUBIO’s ‘Flet’ kit crafted by Modelart represents an innovative way to communicate design according to the jury of experts
As part of 2018’s Iconic Awards, design studio Modelart Presentation has received an award for standout communication due to the company’s method of presenting property plans and designs to prospective clients. ‘Flet’, is a flatpack kit of 3D-printed pieces based on the apartments of internationally-recognised Budapest-based property development DANUBIO. The tool can be utilised to create a realistic visual representation of a proposed apartment layout and interior design. A Flet presentation can be packed away into its stylish box and drawn out to reveal each of the designs individually, an innovative method of displaying an accurate representation of how the apartments would look in real life.

Associative Design Showcases the Best of Contemporary and Luxury Portuguese Design at London Design Festival 2018

At London Design Festival 2018, Associative Design will present two eye-catching showcases of Portuguese design at Decorex International 2018 and London Design Fair . Created by the Portuguese Association of Wood and Furniture Industries (AIMMP), Associative Design seeks to promote Portuguese design globally, exhibiting the best of Portugal at many of the design world’s most discerning and distinguished shows.

GLOBE lamp by That Place // CORK BOWL by Granorte // Azulejo cavaquinho by Malabar // DEFROST lamp by Creativemary // KIM chair by Ottiu // FUGO table by DeFontes // COLETTE stool by Ottiu

Two Significant Gifts Further Critical Restoration Of 20th Century Art Icon Louise Nevelson’s Masterwork In Midtown Manhattan

A critical restoration for Louise Nevelson’s 1977 masterwork Chapel of the Good Shepherd is now underway in New York City. The work is colloquially known as Nevelson Chapel.

Objects Conservation Studio’s Sarah Nunberg and students from Pratt Institute are treating overpainted wood surfaces with an innovative cleaning system developed in Florence, revealing Nevelson’s original paint for the first time in decades. A multidisciplinary team, including Jane Greenwood of Kostow Greenwood Architects, Michael Ambrosino of ADS Engineers, Michael Henry of Watson & Henry Associates, Ryoko Nakamura of Loop Lighting and Sarah Sutton of Sustainable Museums, has designed and will introduce an integrated system to regulate heating/cooling/humidity, filter UV light and provide for energy-efficient LED lighting — all while respecting the historic architecture of the room.

Nevelson Chapel at Saint Peter’s Church. New York City, Photo Credit: Thomas Magno Photography

On September 8, Art Omi: Architecture Inaugurates Zoid by LevenBetts and hosts Book Signing with David Sokol, Author of Hudson Modern

On Saturday, September 8 from 1 – 4 p.m., Art Omi: Architecture presents an afternoon celebrating new and experimental architecture in and around the Hudson Valley region, featuring the inauguration of Zoid, as well as a book signing with David Sokol, author of Hudson Modern: Residential Landscapes (Monacelli Press). Zoid is a project of Manhattan-based architecture firm LevenBetts, and the latest pavilion to be included in Architecture Field 01. Hudson Modern is a new book devoted to contemporary domestic architecture in the region, and includes Open House, a home by LevenBetts.

Dwell Development Wins Department of Energy’s 2018 Housing Innovation Award

Seattle home by Dwell Development wins DOE’s prestigious Housing Innovation Award which recognizes the nation’s top builders paving the way to zero energy ready homes.

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced that Dwell Development’s Genesee Park Net Zero home in Seattle, Washington has won a 2018 Housing Innovation Award in the Custom Spec category!

AIA architect pushes for school design best practices in testimony to White House Cabinet officials today

Leading school design architect Jay Brotman, AIA, is advocating for legislation supporting open learning environments with enhanced security.
In testimony today before senior White House cabinet members, leading school-design architect Jay Brotman, AIA, pushed for legislation—being spearhead by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) this week—that promotes the design of open learning environments that enhance safety and security.

David Manfredi and Elizabeth Lowrey to Receive Real Estate Finance Association’s Annual Distinguished Service Award at 30th Annual Gala

David Manfredi, CEO and Founding Principal, Elkus Manfredi Architects and Elizabeth Lowrey, Principal, Elkus Manfredi Architects have been selected by the Real Estate Finance Association (REFA) to receive the Robert S. Swain Jr. Distinguished Service Award at the 30^th Annual REFA Gala, to be held Thursday, October 11, 2018 at the Marriott Copley Place Hotel. Details may be found at https://2018refagala.weebly.com/

The annual REFA Gala, Boston’s premier commercial real estate awards dinner, will honor Mr. Manfredi and Ms. Lowrey for their contributions to the real estate industry and to the Greater Boston community.

Paul Nasser, Douglass Karp, Steven Fischman, Travis D’Amato, Stephen Karp and Lauren O’Neil at REFA’s 29th Annual Gala (2017).

From solitary wool-lined cabin to forest clubhouse

Yearning for a life closer to nature: architects build 7 cabin prototypes
At this year’s Hello Wood International Summer University and Festival students got the chance to build seven contemporary cabins. As part of the week-long Cabin Fever programme, participants were mentored by international architects – Hungarian AU workshop and Marton Low, Czech H3T architekti, Italian ZarCola, Spanish architect Josep Garriga and OfficeShophouse, Argentinian iR arquitectura and Swiss frundgallina – constructing tiny houses in a collaborative process. In the future, these moveable, liveable and unique wooden cabins could even become prototypes for boutique accommodation in popular weekend destinations. Hello Wood is a European offshoot of the Tiny House Movement and makes cabins which give urban dwellers the chance to get away from it all for a while.