Gerard McGuickin

3 days ago | archello.com | Gerard McGuickin

The 2025 edition of Salone del Mobile took place from 8th to 13th April at Milan’s Rho Fiera fairgrounds. This year’s edition featured the biennial Euroluce lighting exhibition, the inaugural Euroluce International Lighting Forum, an extensive cultural programme, and numerous design events throughout Milan. Despite the “hugely uncertain global context”, Salone del Mobile reported strong visitor numbers, with foreign attendees accounting for 68 percent of the total.

2 months ago | archello.com | Gerard McGuickin

•  News  •  Adrian James Architects has completed Copper Bottom, an imaginative and sustainable zero-carbon copper-clad home in Oxford, England. Designed and built as a family residence by and for architect Adrian James, this dynamic sculptural home is perched on an elevated site, offering views of Oxford’s historic spires. A truly curious abode, it features a copper carapace that gives the exterior an origami-like appearance.

2 months ago | archello.com | Gerard McGuickin

•  News  •  Continuing the restoration and adaptive reuse of Automatic Mills in the Czech city of Pardubice, Brno-based TRANSAT architekti has completed the new headquarters for the Gočár Gallery in the historic mill’s main building. The gallery is named after influential Czech architect Josef Gočár: Automatic Mills, designated a national cultural monument in the Czech Republic, is one of the first buildings designed by Gočár.

2 months ago | archello.com | Gerard McGuickin

•  News  •  Canadian architectural firm Provencher_Roy postulates: “What if training the leaders of the future started with immersion in responsible architecture in tune with its surroundings?” In response, the studio has completed a new home for HEC Montréal, a prestigious business school in Montreal, Quebec.

Feb 14, 2025 | archello.com | Gerard McGuickin

•  News  •  Czech architectural studio Grido architekti has designed a sports hall for the pupils of an elementary school in Řevnice in the Prague-West District of the Czech Republic. The hall’s form follows function aesthetic emphasizes practicality and simplicity, referencing the functionalism of 1930s Czech architecture. The sports hall is situated on a former tennis court site, between a new school annex and a “Lidový dům” (a community center or cultural venue).