Heatherwick Studios’ bronze and steel kiosks for the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea are sturdy, flexible and sculptural.
Heatherwick Studios’ bronze and steel kiosks for the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea are sturdy, flexible and sculptural. BD
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Newspapers have to work harder than ever to get themselves sold. Yet in London, they are often purchased from ramshackle newsstands positioned near most London Underground stations. Their frequently makeshift appearance was cause for concern for Kensington & Chelsea Council’s deputy leader Daniel Moylan.
Moylan, who has been spearheading a campaign to de-clutter the borough’s streets and make them cleaner, commissioned Heatherwick Studio to design an alternative kiosk that was more distinctive and ergonomic. The solution was a cold-patinated bronze-clad kiosk with a mild steel and plywood frame and a glass fibre roof floating over a polycarbonate clerestory window.
Photo Credit: Cristobal Palma
via BD
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Love the way the doors slide open kind of clamshell like.
Heatherwick really seems to like the possibilities of segmentation and movement in his structures.
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