Reflections and insights from the design office of RoyalByckovas. A brief digest of news and resources to inspire creative minds.

Miami Design District - 4510 NE 1 AV

R&B's latest project in Miami's Design District obtained full support from the Historical and Environmental Preservation Board last week. Click this link to learn more about the project.

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Infill Urbanism - London

Greenwich Peninsula’s Design District is a little more expansive than the usual urban infill projects we have presented but it is worth highlighting how other cities plan and execute interpretations of what constitute a "design district".

While the Design District in Miami has become an important cultural destination, simultaneously elevating architecture and place-making, this project in Greenwich, London took aim at creating a district that was "accessible" to all. Tenant leases are fixed at under $7/sf for the first 12 months, significantly reducing the economic barriers to entry and encouraging a paradigm shift that seeks to retain and capture new creative design tenants.

www.designdistrict.co.uk

On to something a little more subtle; as a counterpoint to the Greenwich Design District, the Art Barn is an intelligent and skillful orchestration, transforming a rural cowshed, located in an area of outstanding natural beauty, into a working studio and archive for a sculptor and Royal Academician. Click the link to learn more about this project.

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Designer Spotlight

If you have not heard of this design outfit from Denmark, let us introduce you. SPACE10 is IKEA’s global research and design lab who seek to bring unique perspectives and lifestyle solutions that enable IKEA to live up to their original promise of creating a better everyday life for people and the planet.

www.space10.com

Innovation - Rooftop Housing

As a continuation of last month's post about rooftop farming and living, here are a series of in-depth articles that explore the history, viability and criticisms of modular rooftop housing projects.

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Dream of moving up to the roof or have an interest in Accessory Dwelling Units, known as ADU's? Explore the prefab homes and designs of Wyn-Box, a modular design company based in Miami, Florida. Contact them to discuss the potential of modular for your next project.

www.wyn-box.com

Modular

In 2019, IKEA supported a design and research effort to expand their DIY-model to a much larger scale: entire city centers. Here is a detailed look at their proposal, the Urban Village Project. Both articles share insights of this groundbreaking company and it's collaborators.

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Read - The Splendid and the Vile

Through the remarkably skillful use of intimate diaries as well as public documents, some newly released, Erik Larson has transformed the well-known record of 12 turbulent months, stretching from May of 1940 through May of 1941, into a book that is fresh, fast and deeply moving.

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