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Our selection of the most promising architecture and design roles on Dezeen Jobs this week includes positions at Níall McLaughlin Architects and Craftworks.

Project architect at Níall McLaughlin Architects

Níall McLaughlin Architects has an opening for a project architect with BIM experience to join its practice in London. The firm created a fishing hut in Hampshire, which features a facade of wooden shutters that fold open to allow views all the way through the interior.

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Part 2 or Part 3 architects at Craftworks

Craftworks has overhauled a derelict chapel into a south London home, adding a faceted ceiling and triangular skylights as a nod to its former use. The studio is seeking Part 2 or Part 3 architects to join its team in London.

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Architectural intern at René van Zuuk Architekten

René van Zuuk Architekten has designed a top-heavy cross-shaped apartment block in the Dutch town of Hilversum, which expands as it rises to accomodate more living units. The Dutch firm is offering an architectural internship in Almere, the Netherlands.

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Architect at Emrys Architects

Emrys Architects is looking for an architect to join its studio in London. The practice converted a pair of warehouses into apartments in London’s Covent Garden, adding limed oak flooring, bronze ironmongery and walnut joinery to complement the stripped-back brick walls.

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Design director at AvroKO

New York studio AvroKO has designed the interiors of a boutique micro-hotel in Hudson Square, which includes compact guest rooms half the size of standard US hotel rooms and a variety of amenity spaces. The firm’s London office has an opening for a design director.

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Los Angeles jewellery designer Sonia Boyajian has hung oversized replicas of her creations as light fixtures in the pink-toned flagship store she designed in collaboration with Studio Shamshiri.

Pamela Shamshiri, founder of Studio Shamshiri, worked alongside her long-time friend Sonia Boyajian to realise the 5,000 square foot (464.5 square metre) space at 357 North La Brea.

Boyajian wanted a space that allowed her to host events, but also a place that felt like home. They added “residential touches” such as an entertainment area and eat-in kitchen to the interior, while also leaving room for work-centred spaces, including a studio, office and showroom.

“This building is her working studio, office, and showroom – it was important for the space to feel like home and where she able to prepare food, given how much time she spends there and how much she likes to host,” the designers told Dezeen.

Shamshiri and Boyajian took cues from famous designers and architects to create many of the interior’s architectural features and furnishings.

The plywood display cases topped with rectangular compartments for exhibiting jewellery were influenced by pieces from late American artist Donald Judd, while the colour and form of the pink portola plaster seating around the showroom was modelled after the benches artist Georgia O’ Keefe used inside her Abiquiu House in New Mexico.

A spiral staircase by architect Robert Mallet-Stevens provided a basis for the curving series of steps the designers added to the interior. And the palette was taken from work by 20th-century architect Le Corbusier.

“Pulling inspiration from Georgia O’ Keefe, Robert Mallet-Stevens, Corbusier, and Donald Judd, the space features custom display niches that are as whimsical as the pieces they hold,” the designers added.

Necklaces, earrings and ceramic pieces also display inside small niches that were cut into sculpturally built shelving featured throughout the space. Other pink-rendered details inside include seating and a chimney.

Upscaled versions of Boyajian’s work hang from the ceiling and walls in the form of functioning light fixtures.

“The jewellery is not only on display, but is a part of the space itself: the ceramic sconces, pendants, and mobiles are larger-than-life versions of Sonia Boyajian’s earrings,” the women described.

Away from the showroom, Boyajian’s kitchen features a pink backsplash, white cabinetry and stainless steel appliances. A whitewashed plywood dining table, similar to the coffee table used in the retail space, was also custom made by Studio Shamshiri.

The Los Angeles designer founded her jewellery and accessories line in 2003, her unique designs are influenced by objects she collects on her trips around the world.

Sibling duo, Pamela and Ramin Shamshiri founded Studio Shamshiri in 2016. Its other projects include the renovation of a New Orleans hotel designed to be the home of a worldly woman and her collection of souvenirs.

French studios Java Architecture and Atelier Brunoir decorated a Parisian jewellery store with pink and gold accents and a London jewellery shop designed by Frederico Fazenda was also filled with custom-made furniture pieces.

Photography is by Stephen Busken.

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Next up in our review of 2019, Kristine Klein picks out the 10 most arresting installations on Dezeen, including Banky’s pop-up, pink seesaws slotted between the border wall and a sauna at Burning Man.

Gross Domestic Product, UK, by Banksy

British graffiti artist Banksy opened up a “for display purposes only” pop-up shop in East Croydon to showcase his merchandise, which is for sale online. The retail space was created in response to actions by a greeting card company trying to “seize legal custody” of his name.

The installation in Croydon consists of a series of window displays that contain several works of art created by Banksy, including the stab vest worn by rapper Stormzy for a concert this summer. Many of the retail products were made exclusively for the online shop and include t-shirts and mugs adorned with the artist’s famous works.

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The Starry Night, The Netherlands, Ivana Jelić and Pavle Petrović

To highlight the issue of light pollution in urban areas, Serbian artists Ivana Jelić and Pavle Petrović installed a series of LED lights that together form Van Gogh’s Starry Night over a canal in Amsterdam.

Using 1,400 acrylic rods illuminated by small LED lights the designers were able to imitate the artist’s brushstrokes and recreate the painting’s swirling night sky pattern.

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Steam of Life, USA, JKMM Architects

Finnish studio JKMM brought a sauna to this year’s Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert. To create the circular pavilion, Steam of Life, the team of architects stacked timber slabs.

The interior was lined with benches and an open atrium for cooling down and meditative relaxation formed the centre of the structure. Apart from the sauna stove, which was transported from Finland, all of the building materials were locally sourced.

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Mirage house, Switzerland, Doug Aitken

American artist Doug Aitken built a ranch-style residence clad in mirrors for a site in Switzerland surrounded by mountains, where it will stay for two years. The reflective material of the building casts the scenic landscape, which changes with the seasons, across its exterior.

Inside the mirrored structure kaleidoscopic panels installed on the walls and ceilings refract light and distort the interiors.

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The Secret of the Great Pyramid, France, JR

French artist JR placed a massive optical illusion made from thousands of paper stickers on the grounds surrounding IM Pei’s Louvre pyramid in Paris, to celebrate the building’s 30th anniversary.

The collage, which measured 17,000 square metres, formed an imaginative image that proposed the continuing underground construction of the iconic triangular structure. JR’s work was only on display for one day, the museum’s daily stream of visitors left the piece in shreds.

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US-Mexico border wall seesaws, USA, Mexico, Rael San Fratello

Rael San Fratello inserted three pink seesaws between metal slats of the US-Mexico border wall, so that children on either side can play together. The playground equipment was inserted along the portion of the wall that extends from El Paso, Texas to Ciudad Juárez in Mexico. Rael produced the installation through a collaboration with Taller Herrería, a workshop located in Ciudad Juárez.

“The wall became a literal fulcrum for US-Mexico relations and children and adults were connected in meaningful ways on both sides with the recognition that the actions that take place on one side have a direct consequence on the other side,” the designer said on Instagram.

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Unzipping Milan building, Italy, Alex Chinneck

For Milan design week British artist Alex Chinneck installed a giant zipper on the face of a historic Venetian building to give the illusion that it is being peeled open. The installation was created for vape and tobacco brand Iqos.

The 17-metre-wide facade features a large zipper on its right side designed to create an opening that reveals bright lights. Inside the edifice, sculptural zippers attached to the interior walls and a circular opening on the floor also reveals glowing lights.

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For Forest, Austria, Klaus Littmann

Klaus Littmann planted 300 trees in Wörthersee Stadion, a football arena, in Klagenfurt, Austria to send a message about the anthropocene, deforestation and climate change. For Forest replicates the the types of plantings typically found in European forests.

It memorialises nature as an “artistic sculpture” and was designed to gather people together so that they contemplate the environment and the importance of its protection.

After the installation closed the hundreds of trees were re-planted on a nearby plot of land. A wooden pavilion that provides visitors with educational information accompanies the small forest.

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Sight, Greece, Antony Gormley

British sculptor Antony Gormley placed 29 humanoid sculptures atop hills, inside architectural ruins and along the coast line of the Greek Island Delos near the Aegean sea. Works in Gormley’s collection titled Sight were made using iron and formed abstract versions of human bodies.

The exhibition was organised in collaboration with the Ephorate of Antiquities of Cyclades and commissioned by Neon, a nonprofit art foundation.

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Desert X installations, USA, Sterling Ruby, John Gerrard and Pia Camil

Works by 18 artists and groups including Sterling Ruby, John Gerrard and Pia Camil were featured in a series of installations displayed at the biennial art festival Desert X in California’s Coachella Valley. The arid landscape, located East of Los Angeles, is the site of the annual Coachella music festival.

Highlights of the exhibition were Sterling Ruby’s monolithic rectangular block coated in fluorescent orange and Lover’s Rainbow by Pia Camil, made from arched rebar, painted every colour of the rainbow. Camil realised the work as the twin for a matching sculpture located on the other side of the US-Mexico border, the piece sheds light on the current immigration policies between the United States and Mexico.

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From a rhythmic collaboration to a charitable cover of Silent Night, a few of our favorite tracks from this week

Phoebe Bridgers feat. Fiona Apple and Matt Berninger: 7 O’Clock News / Silent Night

With 100% of the profits from this recording donated to Planned Parenthood, Phoebe Bridgers’ collaborative cover of “7 O’Clock News / Silent Night” arrives with meaning and purpose. Fiona Apple harmonizes on the haunting track and The National’s Matt Berninger narrates the “7 O’Clock News” segment that runs throughout, referencing the 1966 Simon & Garfunkel classic but updating the news cycle with impactful recent events. Altogether, it’s bleak but beautiful.

KAYTRANADA feat. Pharrell Williams: Midsection

Pulled from Haitian-Canadian producer Kaytranada’s newest album, BUBBA, “Midsection” interpolates genres from the acclaimed artist’s birth nation into his modern, ultra-successful song structure. With house music force and a drum-along Caribbean rhythm, this track leans into its lively energy. Sometimes claps chime in, other times the track’s lone feature, Pharrell Williams, chants alongside drums and funky riffs. Altogether, it’s a lovely reference to both artist’s more recent work.

Terrace Martin (feat. The Martin Family Trio): The Deuce

Led by LA-based saxophonist and producer (and frequent Kendrick Lamar and Kamasi Washington collaborator) Terrace Martin, “The Deuce” also features The Martin Family Trio—a group comprised of Martin himself, his father Curly, and Larry Goldings. The latter plays the organ, while Curly handles the drums. Together, they make “The Deuce” an effortless groove-laden instrumental that sails along flawlessly.

Roxette: Fading Like a Flower

Swedish singer/songwriter Marie Fredriksson, half of Roxette, has died after battling cancer for 17 years. Fredriksson began her musical career in Halmstad, as a member of various bands (including punk group Strul) before meeting Per Gessle who encouraged her to pursue a solo career—as he believed she was too talented to hide behind the keyboard. Just a few years later, in 1986, Gessle and Fredriksson would form Roxette. Their second album was the breakthrough Look Sharp! (1988) and was followed by the equally successful Joyride (1990) which included the non-album single “It Must Have Been Love”—written for the Pretty Woman soundtrack. From that same album comes “Fading Like a Flower” a piano-based ballad with mass appeal and, thanks to Fredriksson’s impressive range and charismatic performance style, it’s unforgettable.

Listen Up is published every Sunday and rounds up the new music we found throughout the week. Hear the year so far on our Spotify channel.

Le photographe belgo-béninois, Fabrice Monteiro, a dévoilé son dernier projet – un effort pluriannuel qu’il a baptisé « The Prophecy », qui lutte et sensibilise aux problèmes mondiaux liés aux catastrophes climatiques et écologiques.

Alors que les images utilisent la destruction et la décimation réelles, les personnages ou les sujets représentés dans son travail sont souvent des figures spirituelles mises en scène.

Les modèles de sa composition sont habillés des débris de consommation qui causent ces problèmes tels que les filets de pêche et les sacs en plastique. La série a fait ses débuts aux États-Unis à Madison, dans le Wisconsin.
Il est présenté dans un séminaire à l’Université de Wisconsin-Madison «la manière convaincante avec laquelle les photographies provoquent des conversations critiques sur des problèmes».