Casabella issue 932 focuses on timber, presenting an anthology of wooden constructions, including Caruso St John's newly completed renovation of a warehouse in Wiedikon, Zurich.
Federico Tranfa explores the 1940's industrial building's rooftop extension, looking at its combination of plywood and anodized aluminium, as well as its painted finish, in colours inspired by Sanzo Wada's Haishoku Soukan.
Photo © Philip Heckhausen.
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Adam Caruso in conversation with Federico Tranfa
Milan, Italy
8th May 2023
Adam Caruso will be in conversation with Casabella’s editor Federico Tranfa at the Theatro Milano for the magazine’s annual lecture series. The discussion will focus on the design process, exploring projects like the recently completed Swiss Life Arena.
Caruso St John's work on a 1940’s industrial building has created new working and living spaces for a young family. The project lightly repairs the existing almost cubic building. The new construction is a new roof built almost to the limits of what is permitted by the planning regulations, a steep volume that rises up from the eaves along the street to make a new broad façade facing south towards the rear yard.
The renovation of a 1940’s industrial building in Wiedikon nears completion, with the installation of its windows.
The second floor of the Wiedikon Warehouse has been reorganised to welcome a new family member.
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Der Standard
A visit to the pioneers of adaptation in Zurich
Vienna, Austria
17th December 2022
Maik Novotny visits Caruso St John's Zurich office to discuss the new arena for the ZSC Lions ice-hockey team and, despite the scale of its most recently completed project, discovers the practice's long-term interest and growing commitment to projects that prioritise renovation and adaptive re-use over new construction.
How can we build today so that housing becomes affordable, social and sustainable again? ‘Wohnen/Housing’ published by DETAIL, shows 33 projects from the fields of social housing, cost-effective construction and building in existing buildings. Veemgebouw by Caruso St John Architects features in this publication with detailed construction drawings, alongside text and photographs.
Royal Belge is featured in the 63th issue of a+t, which is the first in the new 2ndHAND series. The issue discusses buildings in Belgium, France and Switzerland that are hybrid in program as well as construction.
The Butterfield Student Center for Downing College, Cambridge features in the recent publication Building in Stone Today, written by architect and researcher Natalia Petkova. The book explores what the choice of stone in structure does to contemporary architecture.
A book launch and conversation with Hugh Strange will take place at the AA Bookshop in London on November 4th at 6pm.
In a recently published essay in Forum #2, Adam Caruso writes about gleaning in architecture and the need for architects to discover new ways of working with the structures and materials already present in our built environment.
Adam Caruso has been interviewed by architect and writer Nile Greenberg for the September issue of The Brooklyn Rail.
Opia Store Sihlstrasse is featured in french architectural magazine d'architectures. Issue n°335 focusses on workspaces/hotels/restaurants/shops.
A new publication about Hospitalfield is out now. Published by Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche on the occasion of the 34th Carlo Scarpa Prize for Gardens. The book tells the story of Hospitalfield, from its 13th century origins as a hospital to an art school founded by Patrick Allan Fraser, and to the current program of artist residencies and community programs.