White Cube Bermondsey / Casper Mueller Kneer Architects
Architects: Casper Mueller Kneer Architects
Location: Bermondsey, London Borough of Southwark, London SE16, UK
Design Team: Jens Casper, Marianne Mueller, Olaf Kneer
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 5,440 sqm
Photographs: Paul Riddle
Flashback: Kielder Belvedere / Softroom
Architects: Softroom
Location: Northumberland, England
Project Year: 1999
Photographs: Keith Paisley
London Olympics 2012: Olympic Park
July 27, 2012 marks the opening ceremonies of the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games. As the Olympics approach closer, the eyes of the world will inevitably turn to London and its new infrastructure. Over the past 12 months, the Olympic Park in London’s struggling east side has changed dramatically. With the structures of the main sporting venues complete, you can now get a real feel for the layout of the park and the compact nature of the site. More images and information after the break.
Maggie’s Nottingham / CZWG Architects
Architects: CZWG Architects
Location: Nottingham, England
Interior Design: Paul Smith
Structural Engineer: Adams Kara Taylor
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 360 sqm
Photographs: Martine Hamilton Knight
London Festival of Architecture 2012 / Nicholas Kirk Architects
Architects: Nicholas Kirk Architects
Location: London, England
Project Year: 2012
Project Area: 50.0 sqm
Photographs: Robin Hayes
Video: London Pleasure Garden
Located in the Olympic East End, the London Pleasure Gardens is a new 20-acre riverside arts and entertainment destination. Patterned after the Pleasure Gardens of the 17th and 19th Centuries, LPG invites visitors to listen to music, admire paintings, stroll, drink, flirt and immerse themselves in culture. Featuring open-air concerts, dance and theatre arenas, historic and contemporary architecture, an urban nature reserve, a boutique hotel and a floating cocktail bar, LPG will evolve over the next three years, acting as an entertainment centre but also a platform for artists and musicians to showcase their work to the public. Here, we speak to LPGs creative director, Deborah Armstrong about the project, the regeneration of the Royal Docks and the artists and architects involved.
Video: New V&A Project / Amanda Levete
Planning permission for a new extension to the Victoria & Albert Museum has officially been granted today. The £41 million project will be the biggest new art space in London since the Tate Modern.The bid to design a 1,500 square metre underground gallery for temporary exhibitions, courtyard and entrance on Exhibition Road was won by architecture firm, AL_A, in March 2011. We interview Amanda Levete, founder and director of the firm, about the specifics of the plans and her thoughts on the government’s support of British architecture. Amanda Levete is one of the most successful women in architecture and is married to Ben Evans, director of The London Design Festival. She regularly collaborates with artists such as Anish Kapoor and has previously worked on projects such as the Selfridges department store in Birmingham, the media centre at Lord’s cricket ground and, with her own firm, installing ‘The Timber Wave’ in the entrance to the V&A.
Tangentfield and Fourth Door Review’s Roots Architecture Workshop
Tangentfield and Fourth Door Review’s Roots Architecture Workshop which is back again this year. They are bringing a hands-on practical lo-tech sustainable building experience to a corner of WOMAD festival in Wiltshire UK from July 26-29. Each ticket entitles you to 4 full days of collaborative workshop challenge, WOMAD camping, 3 delicious lunches and full access to the wonders of WOMAD festival each evening. A unique experience and memorable experience, team leaders and helpers this year include representatives from ‘Workshop’, Charley Brentnall, ‘Bamboo’ Jack Everett, Architecture Sans Frontiers, Engineers without borders, Article 25, Architecture for Humanity, and even acclaimed Superbolt Theatre Company. All are invited to participate. For more information, please visit here.
The Cube in London / Park Associati
The Cube, a nomadic, stateless and cosmopolitan piece of architecture designed by Park Associati, is a pavilion designed to host a small, temporary restaurant. Originating from Electrolux’s concept of an itinerant restaurant, The Cube has been conceived and organized by the Belgian event agency Absolute Blue with the logo and texture design by Studio FM Milano. Their architectural project has been conceived as a module that can be assembled and disassembled relatively easily. The structure, which will be on exhibit in London until September 30, is suitable for all climatic conditions, even the most extreme, while always providing the maximum in living comfort with its refined aesthetics and use of high-quality materials. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Videos: London Olympics 2012 Time Lapse
This post features time lapses of the construction of various venues that will be hosting the 2012 London Olympics. With the opening ceremony Friday, July 27, these construction time lapses give you an inside look to all of the effort put into the games. If you get a chance to watch the games, you will now have a new found appreciation for the amount of work it takes to hold a major event such as this. More videos after the break.
Video: Design Museum, Exclusive!
The Design Museum is moving. Crane.tv gets a sneak peak of the Design Museum’s plans to move to a new home in Kensington, London in the historic former Commonwealth Institute. Here, Deyan Sudjic, Director of the Design Museum reveals architect John Pawson’s plans for the new building and tells us about the museum’s legacy and why it’s ready to grow up.
Amhurst Road / Edgley Design
Architects: Edgley Design
Location: London, England
Client: Laura Hamilton
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Edgley Design
Canada Water Library / CZWG Architects
Architects: CZWG Architects
Location: 21 Surrey Quays Rd, London Borough of Southwark, England
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 2,900 sqm
Photographs: Tim Crocker
Video: W London Hotel
W Hotels opens its latest flagship in Leicester Square, London. With a rock and roll-inspired bar, a 38-seat 3D screening room and a restaurant run by three-Michelin-starred chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, it stays true to its design and luxury roots.
Video: Three Little Worlds
Chicago-based architecture practice Bureau Spectacular has converted The Architecture Foundation’s Project Space into a pop-up living space and installation made up of a graphic sequence of imaginary worlds entitled Three Little Worlds (we featured the project as a kickstarter). Jimenez Lai, the architecture practice’s founder, shows us around the space, where he has set camp, something which he has done before having lived and worked in a desert shelter in Taliesen and resided in a shipping container at Atelier Van Lieshout on the piers of Rotterdam. Here, he tells Crane.tv about his love of comics and cartoon, which is apparent in his installation and the interchangeable realities of the spectator and the performer, and demonstrates how to navigate his “giant comic book.” Three Little Worlds runs till 25 August at The Architecture Foundation.
London Olympic Stadium / Populous
Architects: Populous
Location: London, England
Completion: 2011
Photo credits: Morley von Sternberg, ODA
Kingston Business School / Hawkins\Brown
Architects: Hawkins\Brown
Location: London, England
Project Year: 2012
Project Area: 7,290 sqm
Photographs: Hufton+Crow
Video: King’s Cross Western Concourse Lighting Design
In the video above, Simon King, lead MEP engineer for the King’s Cross Station Redevelopment by John McAslan + Partners, discusses the background and challenges that shaped Arup‘s unique lighting design for the new western concourse of this famous London railway station. The transformation of the station represents a compelling piece of place-making for the city of London.
iQuarter / Cartwright Pickard Architects
Architects: Cartwright Pickard Architects
Location: Sheffield, England
Year: 2009
Area: 94,000 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of Cartwright Pickard Architects
Olympic Shooting Venue / Magma Architecture
Architects: Magma Architecture
Location: London, England
Lead Consultant: Mott MacDonald
Client: Olympic Delivery Authority
Total Footprint: 14,305 sqm
Total SeatingCapacity: 2,900
Architectural Design Team: Martin Ostermann with Lena Kleinheinz, Hendrik Bohle, Susanne Welcker, Pablo Carballal, Niko Mahler, Philipp Mecke, Diana Drogan, Veljko Markovicz, Manuel Welsky
Photographs: J.L. Diehl, Magma Architecture
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012 / Photos by Danica O. Kus
Danica O. Kus shared with us her photographic work for the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012. Designed by Herzog & De Meuron and Ai Weiwei, these photos give you a great insight into the overall feel and spatial qualities to the design. The half sunken in and water-covered structure starts to become a part of the landscape, as Kus is able to take the viewer inside and around the pavilion. You can check out more images after the break.
