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Architects: Tony Fretton Architects
- Area: 16500 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Anodised, Desta
Westkaai Towers 5 & 6 / Tony Fretton Architects
Storyhouse / Bennetts Associates
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Architects: Bennetts Associates
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Airedale, Centre Stage, Curtis Moore, Demco, HOAC Stage Technology, +7
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Professionals: WSP, Charcoalblue, Kier, Tweed Nuttall Warburton, WYG
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.
Peter Cook on How Drawing Enables Architects to Learn, Communicate and Experiment
The computer does things correctly, and I think it's very important in architecture to also have the incorrect. – Peter Cook
In connection with the exhibition "Peter Cook. Retrospective" currently on view at the Museum for Architectural Drawing in Berlin, the Tchoban Foundation has released a video of the architect discussing the importance of drawing in the architectural world. Cook compares drawing to new computer-based techniques, arguing that while software can do amazing things (including being instrumental in realizing his own Kunsthaus Gratz), drawing allows the architect to learn, communicate and experiment in a way that is irreplaceable. Watch the teaser to the Tchoban Foundation's video above, or read on for the full discussion.
Stanbrook Abbey / Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: Glulam Solutions, Jennings Organs, Ooma Design, QSP construction, Vastern Timber Company
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Professionals: Energy Unique, Davis Langdon, Richard Cavadino, Buro Happold, AECOM, +2
Shortlist Announced for 2016 RIBA London Awards
A total of 68 buildings have been shortlisted for the 2016 RIBA London Awards, including projects from John McAslan + Partners, dRMM Architects, Níall McLaughlin Architects, Eric Parry Architects and Rogers Stirk Harbour. All shortlisted buildings will now be visited and carefully assessed by one of four regional juries, and regional winners will be considered for a RIBA National Award. The shortlist for the RIBA Stirling Prize - given to the UK's best building of this year - will be composed of the winners of the RIBA National Award.
See a complete list of shortlisted buildings after the break.
Eastside City Park / Patel Taylor
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Architects: Patel Taylor
- Year: 2013
The Studios / SOUP architects
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Architects: SOUP Architects
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: G C Robertson and Associates Ltd, Robert Norman Construction
Shortlist Announced For 2015 RIBA East Awards
A total of sixteen projects have been shortlisted for RIBA East 2015 Awards, featuring buildings by Hawkins\Brown, Proctor & Matthews, Allies & Morrison, and AHMM. All shortlisted buildings will now be assessed by a regional jury. Regional winners will then be considered for a RIBA National Award in recognition of their architectural excellence, the results of which will place some projects in the running for the 2015 RIBA Stirling Prize.
See the complete list of shortlisted projects after the break.
Fitzrovia House / West Architecture
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Architects: West Architecture
- Year: 2015
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Professionals: Famella Building Contractors, Franklin Project Management
Merchant Square Footbridge / Knight Architects
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Architects: Knight Architects
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: Studio Fractal, AKT II, Townshend Landscape Architects
The Architectural Applications of Zinc
Many times, the most innovative minds in architecture aren't the architects themselves. They can come in the form of students, researchers and in this case - providers. We recently asked VMZINC, a company that provides material solutions for architects, a few questions about the use of zinc in architecture, the Stonehenge Visitors Center and more.
The Pangbourne Communications Centre / Mitchell Taylor Workshop
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Architects: Mitchell Taylor Workshop
- Year: 2012
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Professionals: Beard, Harris and Porter, JDP, Pringer James Consultants, Sound Space Design
RIBA Regional Awards Spotlight Best of Southern UK
The winners of RIBA Regional Awards have been announced for the South, South East and South West regions. Among the awards were further successes for Wilkinson Eyre's Mary Rose Museum, and Adam Richards Architects' Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft, both of which were also recently featured on the UK Museum of the Year Shortlist.
The award winning projects will join winners from other regions to be considered for the 2014 RIBA Stirling Prize.
Read on after the break for all the winners from the three regions
The Lightbox Gallery Woking / Marks Barfield Architects
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Architects: Marks Barfield Architects
- Year: 2007
THIS WAS OUR UTOPIANISM! : An Interview with Peter Cook
In the following interview, which originally appeared in Zawia#01:Utopia (published December 2013), Sir Peter Cook, one of the brilliant minds behind Archigram, sits down with the editors of Zawia to discuss his thoughts on utopia - including why he felt the work of Archigram wasn’t particularly utopian (or even revolutionary) at all.
ZAWIA: It is perhaps difficult to discuss our next volume's theme - “utopia" - without first starting with archigram and the visions that came out of that period. How do you view the utopian visions of archigram during that specific moment of history in relation to the current realities of our cities and the recent political and social waves of change ?
PETER COOK: Actually... at the time I was probably naive enough to not regard it as Utopian.
AJ Releases Shortlist for 2014 Woman Architect of the Year
Architects’ Journal has just released the shortlist for theirWomen in Architecture Awards, which aim to "raise the profile of women architects in a sector where women still face an alarming degree of discrimination."
Christine Murray, Editor of Architects’ Journal, commented:“I’m delighted to announce this year's shortlist, which includes the women behind the celebrated Library of Birmingham, the new Stonehenge development and the Giant's Causeway visitor centre. The awards celebrate design excellence and leadership — qualities needed to succeed as an architect — and especially among women, who are under-represented in the construction industry.”See the list, after the break.
Stonehenge Visitor Centre / Denton Corker Marshall
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Architects: Denton Corker Marshall
- Year: 2013
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Manufacturers: Goppion, The Splash Lab, Kinley, NORclad, VMZINC
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Professionals: Chris Blandford Associates, Firmingers, Gardiner & Theobald, Vinci, Norman Disney & Young, +1