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A meadow inspires L’Estrange’s new Coal Drops Yard store

The Spaces

Menswear brand L’Estrange London tapped British designer Fred Rigby to design its biophilic new Coal Drops Yard store in King’s Cross , London, which feels like an urban meadow. Walls are plastered in rough unfired clay, mixed with minerals and pigments to produce texture and tone.

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Fred Rigby Studio creates dried flower meadow inside Lestrange's Coal Drops Yard store

Deezen

Forest sounds and furnishings made from storm-stricken trees bring elements of nature into this menswear boutique in London 's King's Cross, designed by local practice Fred Rigby Studio. Rigby wanted to incorporate this imposing brick structure into his final design.

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Is ‘boring architecture’ making us depressed? Thomas Heatherwick thinks so

The Spaces

What the 53-year-old designer—who’s behind projects including the UK Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai Expo, the 2012 Olympic Cauldron, the Vessel in New York, and Coal Drops Yard in King’s Cross —does stand against, however, is ‘total rubbishness’ And this is a characteristic he applies to almost all modern architecture.

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New London Architecture King’s Cross Competition

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New London Architecture King’s Cross Competition 2022, NLA Building News. New London Architecture King’s Cross Design Competition. Location: King’s Cross, North London, England, UK. King’s Cross wants your ideas! 17 January 2022.

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Five architecture and design events in May from Dezeen Events Guide

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London Craft Week. Attendees of the British capital's annual craft festival London Craft Week can expect to see the work of 250 makers and artisans spread across 200 showrooms and exhibitions in Bloomsbury and Mayfair. London Craft Week. This May will see major design fairs in Berlin, ?ód? Visions of China. Photo is by Aldi?s

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Monday from London Design Festival 2023

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The Dezeen team are reporting from the 21st edition of London Design Festival in the British capital (16-24 September). Read on for all the coverage from Monday 18 September. degrees threshold set out in the Paris Agreement, while showcasing the fossil-free materials that could help us achieve this. Time is running out.

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Tuesday from London Design Festival 2023

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The Dezeen team are reporting from the 21st edition of London Design Festival in the British capital (16-24 September). Emerging talents require nurture "Our emphasis was on creating a platform to support the grassroots and emerging creators of south London," he explained. "By Read on for all the coverage from Tuesday 19 September.

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