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Rand Elliott Architects | Grafton Architects | Biomaterials | Tom Dixon
EDITORIAL
Front and back cover
Oklahoma Contemporary
in Oklahoma City, by
Rand Elliott Architects.
Photography: Scott McDonald
/ Gray City Studios
Blueprint masthead set
in Reduct by Dylan Kendle
Welcome to the materials issue. The breadth is broad, from carpets made
of abandoned fishing nets recovered from the oceans, through housing made with
waste concrete from a project we featured last month, to a planned timber football
stadium that could one day feature in the Champions League, if the dreams of the
owner come true.
The sinuous stadium will be instantly recognisable by many as the work of Zaha
Hadid Architects (page 22) and has been designed for Forest Green Rovers (who are
ya?!), who, although currently 11th in League Two, have pretensions to greatness.
The
Rand Elliott Architects | Grafton Architects |
EDITORIAL
CONTENTS FAST FORWARD 15 Listen 1 Archite
Metal heart The
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GenerAction Artemide Gitanjali Rao, American, 13
DISCOVERY SPACE Ernesto Gismondi
VISIT
Listen 1 — Peter Clegg
What a Viu
LISTEN Peter Clegg In the context of a climate e
Hut* Designed for Real People
LISTEN Julia Watson We may think of sustainabili
LISTEN Benedicte Sunde We have a duty to use mat
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Ola Designed by Wolfgang C.R. Mezger London
1 Verghese and Kessler outside the Bri
ON THE DRAWING BOARD Forest Green Rovers Eco Par
TEMPOMATIC 4 Electronic tap for was
REPETITION Andy Warhol (1928 – 1987)
which are part of a major exhibition of Warhol’s
MAKE AN IMPRESSION WITH INSPIRING WASHROOMS. In
1 A woven wicker canopy forms the building's bol
3 Facades of black-stained larch reference the m
LIGHT THE NIGHT. DESIGNS THAT ILLUMINATE YOUR WOR
Spaces to meet.
PROJECT Leeds Playhouse Page\Park Architects
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UP TO £100 CASHBACK G
COMFORTABLE CONCRETE Rough, urban and raw. Refine
PROJECT Recycled fishing nets 1
Gyrofocus © 1968 - design icon
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DIARY Curated by Richard Parry Ric
4 Judy Chicago Until 19 April This ambitious exhi
“MORE T IN THE A A JEWEL, ARCHITE ― Jean-Ma
Rubble as resource — Upcycled architecture in Cop
Blueprint for the Future is a free, three-day sho
7, 8, 9 July 2020 To find out more
Rubble as resource — As strained resources and ca
2 1 – RASMUS HJORTSHØJ 48 Blueprint 369
1 (previous page) Upcycle Studios (2018) by Lenda
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Copenhagen has a good claim to be the worl
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14 & 15 Upcycled plastic shingles are used on th
Kristensen points out the importance of bu
DESIGNING BEAUTIFUL CARPETS FOR A SUSTAINA
Natural wonders — With a dedicated academic degre
When we look back, we might pinpoint 2019 as the
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Her Agrocologies project, first presented
11 9–11 – PAULA NERLICH Blueprint 369 73
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MAXFURNITURE.CO.UK A New Beginning in pa
The road less travelled — From metal-bashing arti
Tom Dixon's design career has two very dramatic d
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It was around this time in the London post
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`The things were decorative, not because I
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21 Chairs in Dixon's showroom including The Wingb
Dixon clearly enjoyed his time on the high
ROOMS BROUGHT TO $GPKHſKPVGTKQTƒNO LIFE Commer
Metal heart — New arts centre Oklahoma Contempora
2 1 & 2 – SCOTT McDONALD / GRAY CITY STUDIOS 96
World-renowned Oklahoma City native and humorist
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3–6 – SCOTT McDONALD / GRAY CITY STUDIOS and the
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In many respects, Rand Elliott's building
9 7–9 – SCOTT McDONALD / GRAY CITY STUDIOS Blue
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14 14 & 15 – SCOTT McDONALD / GRAY CITY STUDIOS
The first floor opens into a 557 sq m gall
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NORTH 4 DESIGN LTD
Sneaker peak — With a new exhibition on trainers
Starting this May, London's Design Museum is dedi
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8 By the late Sixties and Seventies, higher pro
Blueprint classic trainer timeline Top 20
Reebok InstaPump Fury
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`By the Nineties sneakers would constitute the la
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Endorsements from sports stars still exist
The trainer business has started to develo
Innovative design Multiple
Town centre — The unlikely co-location of dance a
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social infrastructure. Farrell reminds us, today:
4 4 & 5 – ED REEVE 132 Blueprint 369
This staircase is one of two dynamic socia
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Adaptability is a motif that runs througho
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9 This building — as promontory — has re
9 – ED REEVE Blueprint 369 141
10 10 & 11 – ED REEVE 142 Blueprint 369
11 `The stairs are an integral part of the socia
One area where the attention to detail pro
Make it yours ! USM brings simplicity to your li
Back to black — Manchester's sublime art deco Exp
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3 The concrete- framed structure was a factory
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7 7 & 8 – JIM STEPHENSON Blueprint 369 151
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9 Black metal newspaper printing plates are moun
The ground floor rests on the lowest of Wi
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19 16–19 – JIM STEPHENSON Blueprint 369 161
Maybe urban reuse is the new future, and E
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the house is small, but a double-height living ar
57 5–7 – OSKAR PROCTOR 6
the hemp, it's agricultural by nature and it's al
Rusty House by Stolon Studio A facade that mimic
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1 & 2 – PAUL MURPHY developer, the site already
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7 3–7 – PAUL MURPHY Blueprint 369 177
the central, double-height living space and court
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