Playing to the House: architecture's unconventional performance in film and theatre

2015-12-23T02:59:00-05:00

During the 2015 London Design Festival, Groves Natcheva Architects exhibited a short film they'd made, entitled Black Ice. Written by Adriana Natcheva's brother and shot entirely in his house – which the architects had designed, and located across the balcony from where Groves Natcheva is based – the film is a powerful study in dark, brooding suspense. Indeed, so much was made of the “psychotic” plot of Black Ice by certain elements of the design press, that perhaps the real essence of the film was missed.

In tempestuous London, design leads the evolution: Archinect's report from the front lines of the London Design Festival

2015-11-03T13:20:00-05:00

London may currently be undergoing a regenerative process akin to heavyweight cosmetic surgery, but under its shiny new surface remains a cranky old soul. The surgery is not without complications: the lack of affordable housing makes mainstream news on a regular basis. Gentrification, displacement of communities and encroaching globalization where one size fits all, has brought about an identity crisis to this brisk and confident city. But despite this crisis, the creative industries that form the largely unwitting infantry for property developers march on. The London Design Festival is at the vanguard of this march.

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Playing to the House: architecture's unconventional performance in film and theatre

In tempestuous London, design leads the evolution: Archinect's report from the front lines of the London Design Festival