The City and its Interior by David Kohn

As part of the “Foros ESARQ 2014: Transformations” series of talks, English architect David Kohn presents “The City and its Interior” where he will explore the relationship between the domestic interiors and the city through a selection of his last works.

David Kohn. Lecture Poster. “Foros Esarq 2014: Transformations”.

David Kohn studied architecture at the University of Cambridge and at Columbia University, New York as a Fulbright Scholar. David worked at Caruso St John Architects before establishing his own practice David Kohn Architects in (DKA) 2007. The practice has built a reputation for its design, winning RIBA, D&AD, Designs of the Year, New London and Condé Nast awards in 2012. In 2010 the practice was named ‘One-Off House Architect of the Year’ and in 2009 ‘Young Architect of the Year’. In 2013, the practice won the World Interior of the Year for the refurbishment of a piano nobile apartment in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona. Furthermore, David has been a diploma tutor at London Metropolitan University since 2003.

Lecture.- "The City and its Interior"
Venue.- Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de la Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (ESARQ-UIC) Aula Magna -C/ Immaculada, 22, 08017 Barcelona.
Date.- Monday, 28th April, 2014 – 7 pm.

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Sayes Court Garden by David Kohn architect. Courtesy of Sayes Court Garden.

Apartment in Barrio Gotico, Carrer Avinyó, Barcelona, by David Kohn architect. World Festival of Interiors best interior design of 2013.

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David Kohn Architects

David Kohn Architects is a London-based practice established in 2007, which works internationally on arts, education and residential projects. Londoners will best know it for A Room for London, a boat-shaped one-bedroom hotel conceived with artist Fiona Banner that temporarily perched on top of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the Southbank.

The practice is currently working on a new quad for New College Oxford, an architecture faculty for the University of Hasselt in Belgium and recently completed the Photography Centre at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Published on: April 23, 2014

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