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• Managers and leaders only: Britain’s best new building is a retirement home with entry requirements

  19-10-2023 22:34
  
  With a verdant courtyard at its heart, the John Morden Centre in London is a touchy-feely place for a certain type of retiree – and is a very deserving winner of the RIBA’s Stirling prizeA lively art class is under way in the high-ceilinged painting studio of the John Morden Centre, visible through big picture windows from the adjacent cafe, where the facility’s residents catch up over a cuppa. Others are getting their hair and nails done in the salon next door, while some sit
  
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• ‘Demand interestingness’: Thomas Heatherwick rails against boring buildings

  19-10-2023 07:00
  
  Designer says soulless structures make people stressed and lonely as he launches book and campaignBoring, soulless buildings are making people stressed and lonely, according to Thomas Heatherwick, the British designer behind the 2012 Olympic cauldron.The designer is embarking on a crusade to persuade architects and developers to create buildings that inspire feelings of joy and stimulation. Continue reading...
  
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