— In an eight-minute condensation of the past history, grim present and uncertain future of what was once the largest and most ambitious social housing project in Europe, Joe Gilbert trains his narrative photographic eye on a derelict place, paying homage to its dignity.

— German fine-art photographer Wolfgang Tillmans created a visual campaign alerting people to the real risk of the UK’s EU referendum resulting in a victory for Leave.

— The Design Museum opens its new home in a modernist building retuned by John Pawson, while OMA, Allies and Morrison and Arup have restored the spectacular concrete roof and distinctive facade.

— Groupwork designed a brick housing building in Stoke Newington, London, which echoes the slender gables of a nearby school and the standalone presence of the neighbouring ‘villa’ archetype.

— The V&A presents in its John Madejski Garden a lightweight biomimetic pavilion inspired by the forewing shells of flying beetles, in collaboration with the University of Stuttgart. 

— In the Westonbirt Arboretum, Glenn Howells Architects designed the longest treetop walkway in the UK, elevated 13 meters above the ground, in one of England’s Heritage sites.

— Spanning millions of years, Hollow is a miniature forest of all the world’s forests, by Katie Paterson and Zeller & Moye installed in the Royal Fort Gardens in Bristol.

— By combining soft robotic prosthesis with 3D vision systems, space can be perceived through wearable robotics, with many possible applications that include assisting the blind. Check Interactive Architecture Lab’s latest project on how may our bodies change in the future.

— Durrell Bishop and Robert Poll presented Line-us, a little robot arm that can copy your motion with a pen, and recreate whatever you drawn on screen with its own drawing style.

— A physically and conceptually powerful operation by talented British designer Paul Cocksedge traces a parallel between his personal history, the shape of the objects and the destinies of cities. #MDW2017

— In a peaceful area of the Bankside District, an abandoned building hosted probably the most alternative and socially engaged exhibition of the London Design Week.

— Believing in the power of architecture to lift the spirits and help in the process of therapy, this medical center designed by Forster+Partners aims to establish a domestic atmosphere in a garden setting.



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