Amy Peacock

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Mass timber forms "contemporary porch" at US Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale

6 days ago | dezeen.com | Amy Peacock

This year's US Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale explores porches as an archetype of American architecture, with a zigzagging mass-timber canopy forming a shelter outside its neoclassical building. Titled Porch: An Architecture of Generosity, the timber canopy installation and exhibition inside the existing pavilion building was curated by Susan Chin, Peter MacKeith and Rod Bigelow.
Diller Scofidio + Renfro directs film for V&A exhibition at Venice Biennale

1 week ago | dezeen.com | Amy Peacock

London's Victoria and Albert museum and American studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro have collaborated on an exhibition on the architecture of storage at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale, unveiled exclusively here. Named On Storage, the exhibition was designed ahead of the opening of Diller Scofidio + Renfro's V&A East Storehouse on 31 May, which will function as the museum's storage space and visitor attraction.
British Pavilion cloaked in veil of clay at Venice Architecture Biennale

1 week ago | dezeen.com | Amy Peacock

Curators from the UK and Kenya have overhauled the British Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, which is revealed as part of our day of exclusive online openings, with installations that aim to reconnect architecture with the earth. Titled GBR – Geology of Britannic Repair, the pavilion aims to explore themes related to colonialism, the built environment and geological extraction.
Nordic Countries Pavilion centres trans perspectives at Venice Biennale

1 week ago | dezeen.com | Amy Peacock

The Nordic Countries Pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale, which is revealed exclusively on Dezeen, aims to use the trans experience to investigate modernist architecture. Titled Industry Muscle: Five Scores for Architecture, the exhibition explores relationships between architecture, the body and the impact of fossil fuels on ecology.
Selldorf Architects completes controversial remodel of National Gallery's Sainsbury Wing

1 week ago | dezeen.com | Amy Peacock

New York-based Selldorf Architects has completed its "dynamic and exciting" transformation of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown's Sainsbury Wing at London's National Gallery. Opening to the public on 10 May, Selldorf Architects aimed to make the postmodern gallery wing more welcoming by increasing natural light and sight lines around the space.
"What matters is I know why we did things" says Annabelle Selldorf

1 week ago | dezeen.com | Amy Peacock

Conviction in her design choices guided architect Annabelle Selldorf to complete high-profile renovations of the National Gallery's Sainsbury Wing in London and The Frick Collection in New York amid controversy, she says. Selldorf recently spoke about her experience of working on the art museums in a panel talk at the National Gallery ahead of its Sainsbury Wing reopening this week. Debate has surrounded Selldorf Architects' Sainsbury Wing revamp since designs were unveiled in 2022.
Eight kitchens where open shelving turns storage into display

1 week ago | dezeen.com | Amy Peacock

Our latest lookbook gathers stylish kitchens where open shelves and cabinets proudly display kitchenware, proving storage does not need to be hidden behind doors. By opting out of cupboard doors, these kitchens achieve a spacious look where crockery and cookware are easily reached. Whether it's a single floating shelf, under-counter storage on a kitchen island or a larger wall display, open shelving gives the opportunity to show off kitchenware as decorative items in the home.
IKEA Oxford Street designed for Londoners "living in super small spaces"

2 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Amy Peacock

Swedish furniture retailer IKEA has launched a shop on London's Oxford Street, located in a Grade II-listed building renovated by UK architecture studio BDP. Opening tomorrow, IKEA overhauled the ground floor and two basement levels of a 1920s building for its latest city centre location. The retailer aimed to create a shop that would appeal to London customers with limited home space while evoking a similar shopping experience to IKEA's larger, warehouse-like stores.
Maggie's defends HB Architects' design for Liverpool cancer care centre

2 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Amy Peacock

"We continue to be committed to creating amazing spaces," Maggie's CEO Laura Lee tells Dezeen, following criticism of the design of a cancer care centre in Liverpool. Lee told Dezeen that Maggie's remains dedicated to its goals of using quality architecture to create centres that support people living with cancer, in response to criticisms of the design of a Maggie's Centre at Royal Liverpool Hospital by UK studio HB Architects.
This week we revealed the world's largest wooden structure

2 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Amy Peacock

This week on Dezeen, we unveiled Japanese studio Sou Fujimoto Architects' giant wooden ring encircling Expo 2025 Osaka. Named The Grand Ring, the 61,035-square-metre structure was confirmed by Guinness World Records to be the largest wooden architectural structure in the world.