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Matthew Lloyd Architects' Bourne Estate was designed for "extreme longevity"

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Continuing our Social Housing Revival series , we revisit the regeneration of the Grade II listed Bourne Estate in north London , completed in 2018 by local studio Matthew Lloyd Architects. Originally constructed in 1905 by the London County Council, the Bourne Estate was among the UK's earliest council-housing schemes.

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Thomas Heatherwick's Humanise campaign creates "boring alter-egos" of UK landmarks

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Along with Buckingham Palace and Edinburgh Castle, Uncommon Creative Studio created alternative versions of the Tower of London, Royal Liver Building, Palace of Westminster and Hovis hill. Created to demonstrate how UK landmarks would look if designed in modernist styles, the agency used artificial intelligence to reimagine the landmarks.

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6 Most Unique Hotel Lobby Spaces

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Five years on from our previous article discovering 7 unconventional hotel lobby designs , we set about seeing how lobby design has developed and whether guests still consider these unique spaces to be the beating hearts of each hotel. Design won Interior Designer of the Year for her incredible work on the hotel.

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Article 25 10×10 Flagship Fundraising Art Auction

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Location: The Bindery, 51-53 Hatton Garden, London EC1N 8HN, England, United Kingdom Dates: 20 April until 5 May 2023 Crawford, Brett X: Article 25 10×10 Flagship Fundraising Art Auction in 2023 Article 25’s final 10×10 online art auction opened for bidding at 1:00 pm, 20 April.

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Architects part of historic "social cleansing" of cities, says David Chipperfield at Design Doha 

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Chipperfield spoke alongside Design Museum London director Tim Marlow and Qatari architect Ibrahim Jaidah on a Design Doha Forum (DDF) panel titled "Agent of change: how design shapes society and culture". We've done a sort of social cleansing on cities like London, Paris, Zurich. Everybody has to live on the outside.

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Demolition of council estates "has peaked"

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Nearly 60,000 social-rented homes have been bulldozed in England over the last 10 years , while in London alone 101 estates are reportedly still under threat. But regeneration schemes are often highly controversial, with some opponents claiming they can amount to social cleansing as long-standing residents are moved elsewhere.

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Levi's hosts free denim upcycling workshops in London

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Promotion: Levi's has put together a series of workshops intended to teach the public how to weave baskets from denim scraps and make wax crayons using repurposed indigo ink extracted from the brand's old jeans. Levi's workshops will teach the public how to weave baskets from denim scraps.

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