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Architects: Walters & Cohen
- Year: 2016
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Professionals: Bradley-Hole Schoenaich Landscape, BRCS Building Control, Cardy Construction, Fanshawe, Fusion Fire, +4
United Kingdom
New Boarding Accommodation at The King’s School / Walters & Cohen
Student Accommodation at King's Cross / Stanton Williams
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Architects: Stanton Williams
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Caledonian, Engels Baksteen, Shadbolt, Wessex
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Professionals: Arup, Davis Langdon, Grontmij, AKT II, Vladimir Djurovic Landscape Architecture
80 at 80 Exhibition to Celebrate the Architectural Career of Sir Peter Cook
The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, is celebrating the opening of its new building at 22 Gordon Street with an exhibition of work by visionary architect Sir Peter Cook. Running from 23 February to 10 March 2017, the exhibition marks Sir Peter’s 80th year with a celebration of 80 of his inspired and pioneering projects.
Islington Maisonette / Larissa Johnston Architects
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Architects: Larissa Johnston Architects
- Area: 101 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: 1st folding sliding doors, Fired Earth, Hafele, Mr. Resistor, Saneux, +4
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Professionals: BRCS, TZ Building, Watkinson & Cosgrave
The Crow's Nest / AR Design Studio
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Architects: AR Design Studio
- Area: 180 m²
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Manufacturers: Bathroom Warehouse Winchester, Russwood, Stone and Ceramic Warehouse, The Myers Touch
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Professionals: Eckersley O’Callaghan, Mew Developments
Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre / C.F. Møller
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Architects: C.F. Møller
- Area: 2650 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Trimo, Metal Surgery, QBISS, Schüco, thyssenkrupp
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Professionals: C.F. Møller Architects, Buro Happold, Ove Arup & Partners, Price & Myers, Conrad Shawcross, +1
PLP Architecture’s Proposed Office Building Responds to London’s Historic Urban Identity
Amongst the rapid materializing of telecoms, media and tech companies within the Blackfriar’s Southbank region, PLP Architecture has been chosen for the design of a new office building with the challenge of successfully integrating into the ever-changing local fabric.
“Our proposal speculates on the nature of the contemporary office tower,” explained the firm. “What is the architectural expression of today’s high-density workplace? How does the building acquire an identity specific to its media/tech occupiers and how is that identity conveyed to the city?”
Architecture Initiative Transforms Derelict Brutalist Northampton Landmark into Mixed-Use Academy
London-based firm Architecture Initiative has released updates of their mixed-use scheme set to transform a neglected brutalist building in Northampton, England. The Northampton International Academy, currently an abandoned Royal Mail sorting office, will be centered around educational, commercial, and community use. The scheme aims to address a need for school places in a manner which contributes to the economic regeneration of the local area.
Extension to a Private House / Tamir Addadi Architecture
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Architects: Tamir Addadi Architecture
- Area: 47 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Pilkington, ACO Drainage, Ultraheat
Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain / Gustafson Porter + Bowman
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Architects: Gustafson Porter + Bowman
- Area: 5600 m²
- Year: 2004
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Professionals: Imperial College London, OCMIS, Shelagh Wakely
The Quest / Strom Architects
- Area: 235 m²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: Bournemouth Glass, Glazing Co, Purbeck Capstone
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Professionals: Barton Engineers, Matrod Frampton, Stockdale
Bird & Bird London / MCM Architecture
Open House / Robert Hirschfield Architects
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Architects: Robert Hirschfield Architects
- Area: 335 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Fowler & Co, Maxlight
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Professionals: Culmax, Dot Bespoke, Trogal Griffin Associates, Vital Building Services, Conisbee
AD Classics: Park Hill Estate / Jack Lynn and Ivor Smith
From its hilltop vantage point in the east end of Sheffield, UK, the Park Hill Estate surveys the post-industrial city which sprawls westwards. Its prominent location makes the estate highly visible and it has, over time, become engrained in the popular consciousness – a part of the fabric of the city. Although today it divides opinion, following its completion in 1961 it was hailed as an exemplary model for social housing. Designed by architects Jack Lynn and Ivor Smith under the supervision of Sheffield’s visionary City Architect John Lewis Womersley, the estate now stands as testament to an era when young British architects were revolutionizing the field of residential architecture with radical housing programs.
The Park Hill Estate was part of Womersley’s strategy to introduce more high-density housing to Sheffield, which he believed would foster a stronger sense of community than the ubiquitous back-to-back terraces.[1] This policy went hand in hand with an urgent need for slum clearance; The Park, a slum so notorious for its high crime rate that it was known locally as ‘Little Chicago,’ was demolished to make way for the estate.
Architecture Classics: Millennium Dome / Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
In 1994, with the third millennium fast approaching, the British announced a national festival to mark the year 2000. Amid a new sense of optimism, the year-long festival, which became known as the Millennium Experience, would take the form of an exhibition celebrating “who we are, what we do, and where we live.” Under the project direction of Mike Davies, a partner of Richard Rogers’ practice (known today as RSHP) designed the Millennium Dome to house this exhibition.
In an extraordinary feat of architecture and engineering, the vast dome, whose canopy encompasses a volume of 2.2million cubic meters, sped from initial concept design to topping out in only two years. Although the Millennium Experience closed its doors as the year 2000, the building which housed it has since been put to a variety of uses, its durability largely due to Richard Rogers’ characteristically flexible design.
Sunbeams Music Centre / MawsonKerr Architects
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Architects: MawsonKerr Architects
- Area: 600 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: ANS Global, Burlington Stone, Camira, Kingston Craftsmen, Marley Eternit, +5
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Professionals: DACS, JH Partners, Johnstons, JS Engineering, Thomas Armstrong Construction Ltd