https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1527 en-us http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16461 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 00:05:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16461-john-pawson-combines-the-culinary-and-visual-arts-at-claridges-artspace-cafe A project of OMA, Allies and Morrison, and John Pawson, the museum saw more than 780,000 visitors in its first year.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13137 Tue, 28 Nov 2017 10:51:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13137-design-museum-in-london-celebrates-first-anniversary The institution reopens at its new location in an adapted 1960s landmark, refreshed and reimagined by a trio of notable firms.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12104 Sun, 01 Jan 2017 08:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12104-the-new-design-museum-in-london The museum occupies a renovated modernist landmark, now flanked by three OMA-designed residential blocks (Holland Green) set in a landscape by West 8. Photo © Paul Raftery Visitors enter the site through double-height arcades in the base of one of the apartment buildings on Kensington High Street. Photo © Paul Raftery References to the building’s history are made through the selective reuse of original materials, including marble flooring that now lines a wall on the mezzanine within the atrium. Photo © Paul Raftery References to the building’s history are made through the selective reuse of original materials, including a stained-glass window that was relocated to the museum shop. Photo © Paul Raftery Replacement glazing admits daylight and views to spaces such as the second-floor restaurant (above), but maintains the outward appearance of the original opaque, blue-glass facades during the daytime Photo © Paul Raftery At night, the fritted glass allows electric light to seep from the building. Photo © Paul Raftery Photo © Gareth Gardner Photo © Luke Hayes Photo © Gareth Gardner Photo © Gareth Gardner Photo © Gareth Gardner Photo © Gareth Gardner Photo © Gareth Gardner Photo © Luke Hayes Photo © Luke Hayes Photo © Luke Hayes Photo © Luke Hayes Photo © Gravity Road Ground-floor plan Courtesy Design Museum Mezzanine Floor Plan Courtesy Design Museum Second-floor Plan Courtesy Design Museum Third-floor Plan Courtesy Design Museum Lower-basement Floor Plan Courtesy Design Museum Upper-basement Floor Plan Courtesy Design Museum Section A-A Courtesy Design Museum Section B-B Courtesy Design Museum Site plan Courtesy Design Museum Daylight, augmented by an illuminated dome, bathes a baptismal font as reimagined by John Pawson for the St. Moritz Church (circa 1019) in Germany.

]]> 1405-st-moritz-church-john-pawson-ltd.asp Fri, 16 May 2014 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7696-st-moritz-church-by-john-pawson St. Moritz Church Onyx panes admit diffuse daylight into the apse, where strong backlighting and front spots enhance the apparent size of a Christ figure seen from the nave. Dark oak choir stalls and metal mesh screens conceal an organ and a private gallery.   Photo © Gilbert McCarragher St. Moritz Church Daylight, augmentd by an illuminated dome, bathes a baptismal font as reimagined by John Pawson for the St. Moritz Church (circa 1019).   Photo © Gilbert McCarragher St. Moritz Church Onyx panes admit diffuse daylight into the apse, where strong backlighting and front spots enhance the apparent size of a Christ figure seen from the nave. Dark oak choir stalls and metal mesh screens conceal an organ and a private gallery.   Photo © Marcus Schröther St. Moritz Church An amalgam of light sources in St. Moritz Church creates distinct identities for the church's small chapels. One, the Langenmantel Chapel (not shown) blends candlelight and borrowed daylight to foster a contemplative atmosphere, while in the Sacrament Chapel, where two existing windows were blocked to remove daylight, concealed LEDs give a warm glow, and a crucifix is bathed in soft light from two projectors.   Photo © Marcus Schröther St. Moritz Church An amalgam of light sources in St. Moritz Church creates distinct identities for the church's small chapels. One, the Langenmantel Chapel (not shown) blends candlelight and borrowed daylight to foster a contemplative atmosphere, while in the Sacrament Chapel, where two existing windows were blocked to remove daylight, concealed LEDs give a warm glow, and a crucifix is bathed in soft light from two projectors.   Photo © Gilbert McCarragher St. Moritz Church Eight carved sculptures of the apostles were relocated from the main nave to niches in the aisles to 'achieve a clearer visual field.' They are lit by LEDs concealed behind limestone plinths and by spotlights within the shallow domes overhead.   Photo © Marcus Schröther St. Moritz Church Before the renovation   Photo © Jens Weber St. Moritz Church Before the renovation   Photo © Jens Weber St. Moritz Church Before the renovation   Photo © Jens Weber St. Moritz Church Before the renovation   Photo © Jens Weber St. Moritz Church Image courtesy Mindseye Lighting St. Moritz Church Image courtesy Mindseye Lighting St. Moritz Church Image courtesy Mindseye Lighting