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Articles by Oliver Lowenstein
Queer nature: lessons for the public realm
The diversity of gender expression and sexual behaviour in plants holds lessons for the design of our urban environment In order to cope with the current ecological collapse and the upcoming sixth mass extinction, we need to be able to, in the words of the feminist scholar Donna Haraway, ‘play string figures with companion species’ and ‘refuse human exceptionalism’. In recent years, scientists, botanists and scholars are increasingly probing the notion of plant sentience.
Thatch is back: a traditional material could inform new sustainable solutions
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Spotlight on...Enguri River, Georgia's fractured tip
Bisecting Georgia's northwestern region, the Enguri River has come to mark a painful divide between the country and the breakaway region of Abkhazia. Journalist Clément Girardot and photographer Julien Pebrel travel along the river’s length, from the isolated highlands of the Caucasus, past the divided towns that border Abkhazia and finally to the Black Sea The Enguri, a discreet river located on the edge of Europe in Georgia, is little known by outsiders.
Poised for flight: Visitor centre in Denmark by Dorte Mandrup
The thatched visitor centre in the wetlands of Jutland celebrates rich ecological habitat with a contemporary aesthetic Although the origins of National Parks can be traced back to the 19th century, their establishment in many different parts of the world is one of the bequests of the subsequent century.
Spotlight on...Tigray, Ethiopia: pathways to progress
Community trekking is the latest development to emerge from the evolution of responsible tourism. The people of the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia have faith it will provide the sacred landscape with a blessed future I had insisted that a donkey would not be needed. I intended to pack light for the 120-kilometre trek and to carry everything myself. But it seems that the donkey is an immovable component of the experience.
Plummeting oil prices highlight a battle that could go on and on
The price of oil is plummeting – Angus Parker takes a look at a transnational dispute and its implications With attention pointed towards the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on global health, the indirect consequences of the outbreak have attracted significantly less attention.
The Basque city rebuilding its maritime history
A chance discovery in the Basque Country has led to a maritime salvage operation and a ship reconstruction project that aims to celebrate the region’s seafaring past In 1565, the Basque whaling ship San Juan set sail from its station in Labrador, a port established by Basque mariners. The ship was not to be seen again for more than 400 years. The 52-foot, 240-ton nao, a three-masted carrack, was making ready for its voyage home to the port of Pasajes with a cargo of whale oil.
Making waves: Blueprint meets Dorte Mandrup
With a trio of buildings for the Unesco-protected Wadden Sea and a bold glacier visitor centre in Iceland, Dorte Mandrup’s eponymous practice is fast becoming a specialist in water projects.
A 21st-century castle: Fjordenhus by Studio Olafur Eliasson
Sitting in the water at Vejle, Denmark, Fjordenhus is Studio Olafur Eliasson's first (and last) solo architectural project, embracing ‘outsider’ architecture and with hardly a right angle to be seen Consider the following ‘what ifs?’ What if there had been no 20th-century modernism, no Corbusier or van de Rohe, no Gropius and the Bauhaus or, for that matter, no Frank Lloyd Wright? How might 21st-century architecture have turned out?
Poised for flight: Visitor centre in Denmark by Dorte Mandrup
Poised for flight: Visitor centre in Denmark by Dorte Mandrup 3 April, 2018 By Oliver Lowenstein The thatched visitor centre in the wetlands of Jutland celebrates rich ecological habitat with a contemporary aesthetic
The revolutionary rise of cross-laminated timber
The growth of cross-laminated timber (CLT) is revolutionising the construction industry. Two recent projects from dRMM and Waugh Thistleton demonstrate its potential Two new buildings vividly underline the contrasts and breadth of possibilities of the latest stages in the revolution of engineered timber — and particularly Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT).
Could Stoke-on-Trent’s ceramics industry be on the verge of a comeback?
Once the pride of Stoke-on-Trent’s ceramics industry, from the outside Josiah Spode’s factory buildings look ragged and run down, but in good enough functioning shape. Across the city a similar story is repeated across a citywide canvas; empty factories, warehouses, and other industrial buildings, which have gone south. Many are empty but in only low-grade disrepair. Others are too far gone, both urban wilderness sanctuaries and totems to the ravages of the long recession.
Generation game: the influence of Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
Established in the Eighties, FeildenClegg (now Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios) had an alternative background, following a communal-living, self-sufficent, build-it-yourself craft lifestyle. While it moved on into bigger projects and garnered an enviable mainstream reputation, it retained an affection for arts and crafts - and has spawned several offshoot practices headed by former staff, which seem to be following in the practice’s early-era footsteps.
Meet: Kéré Architecture
We get to know Burkina Faso-born Francis Kéré of Berlin-based Kéré Architecture, designer of this summer’s Serpentine Pavilion in London’s Kensington Gardens Who Diébédo Francis Kéré + 11 staff What Architecture Where Berlin, Germany When Since 2005 That the early-21st-century global power shift is underway is becoming increasingly obvious year on year. And it can be found reflected across the architectural canvas.
Aarhus European Capital of Culture
Denmark’s second city Aarhus is celebrating its status as this year’s European Capital of Culture with a plethora of architecture-related events and buildings Along with Hull, Aarhus is the other host to this year’s European Capital of Culture. Launching on 20 January Denmark’s second city is promising a year-long series of events themed around the phrase, idea and challenge — Rethink.
‘Introducing infrastructure into Iceland’s epic landscape demands a relationship with architects’
Put the question to Icelanders about how they envisage the country’s economic future and many answers, framed both positively and negatively, will immediately hone in on tourism. The small country in the middle of the North Atlantic has been experiencing rocketing growth in visitor numbers, up from 470,000 in 2010 to 1.2 million last year.
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