Katie Last

1 month ago | clunkmag.com | Katie Last

Freelance music and arts writer based in London covering live music, new releases and more. “It just feels like I feel safe now in my life, self and my body and everything, to be vulnerable. I feel like I can express myself and not try to make it too abstract or whatever– I’m just saying things I want to.”As we spoke about her upcoming release, the Manchester artist’s self-awareness was striking.

1 month ago | dezeen.com | Ella Jessel |Amy Peacock |Katie Last

South Korean studio Atelier Itch has wrapped a shiny steel facade around a house on a tight residential street in Seoul, juxtaposing the neighbouring red-brick houses. More Seoul studio AOA Architects has created Hoji Gangneung, a series of uniquely shaped concrete dwellings linked by a raised, circular path in the South Korean countryside. More London-based practice Studio Weave used pink concrete tiles to clad a clifftop house that overlooks the sea in South Korea.

2 months ago | dezeen.com | Gabriella Wong |Katie Last

New! Dezeen Agenda US Sent on alternate Fridays, this US edition of Dezeen Agenda is a fortnightly newsletter rounding up everything you need to know from America, featuring news, projects and interviews with industry figures. Plus occasional updates and invitations to Dezeen events. New! Dezeen Showroom New Releases A quarterly newsletter rounding up a selection of recently launched products by designers and studios, published on Dezeen Showroom.

2 months ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Katie Last

Initially approached by the client to add a side-return extension to the property, THISS Studio proposed instead to work with the existing building to provide a lower-cost, lower-carbon solution. The Victorian house, which previously featured enclosed spaces and dark interiors, has been opened up with a reconfigured floor plan that makes full use of the space that was already available.

Jan 13, 2025 | architectsjournal.co.uk | Katie Last

While the gardens have previously relied on mains water, a new irrigation strategy designed by the practice forms part of a wider project to ensure water security. Devised in collaboration with horticultural and capital projects teams at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, the new irrigation network includes this timber-enclosed pump house which acts as the ‘heartbeat’ of the system. The pump house rests on a small mound above an underground water tank that stores 280,000 litres of irrigation water.