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Architects: Grzywinski+Pons
- Area: 130 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: DCW EDITIONS, Davey Lighting, Hakwood
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Treves & Hyde / Grzywinski+Pons
Understanding British Postmodernism (Hint: It’s Not What You Thought)
In this essay by the British architect and academic Dr. Timothy Brittain-Catlin, the very notion of British postmodernism—today often referred to as intimately tied to the work of James Stirling and the the thinking of Charles Jencks—is held to the light. Its true origins, he argues, are more historically rooted.
I grew up in a beautiful late Victorian terrace with ornamental brickwork, shaped ‘Dutch’ gables and pretty arts and crafts stained glass windows – and so I didn’t think then, and I don’t think now, that I had much to learn from Las Vegas. It turns out that I wasn’t the only one. Of British architects who made their names as postmodernists in the 1980s, not a single one would say now that they owed much to Robert Venturi, the American architect widely considered to be a grandfather of movement.
Foster + Partners Wins Ipswich River Crossings Competition
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Competitions has announced that Foster + Partners has been selected as the winners of the Ipswich River Crossings competition, beating out proposals from a shortlist including Adamson Associates, Knight Architects, Marc Mimram and Wilkinson Eyre. The competition sought designs for three bridges crossing the Upper Orwell River that could reinvigorate and increase connectivity within Ipswich’s waterfront district.
Hadid and O’Donnell + Tuomey Among City of Westminster's Shortlist for People's Choice Awards
The City of Westminster, England has announced the shortlist for its first People’s Choice Award for the city’s best building from the past decade.
In an effort to engage the public in a debate about what makes a great building, the Westminster City Council asked a panel of architects, developers, councilors, and planners to shortlist 12 designs to be voted on by people who live and work in the city, as well as by visitors. Buildings for the shortlist were chosen based on its use of materials, purpose, and impact on the surrounding space.
"Brilliant architectural design should be recognized for all the fantastic benefits it can have in terms of health and wellbeing, sustainability, and the simple pleasure we all take from having such striking buildings lining our routes home, to shop and to work," said Cllr Robert Davis MBE DL, Deputy Leader of Westminster City Council. "The best people to ask about the impact these buildings have are those who see them day in, day out, and so I am delighted that we have been able to engage the public in a debate about what makes a great building and to promote design excellence."
The 12 shortlisted projects for the Westminster People’s Choice Awards are:
Clock House Gardens / Stockwool
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Architects: Stockwool
- Area: 4281 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Gibbs & Dandy, KS Aluminium, Q-Lawn, TETRiS, TTFC Ireland, +2
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Professionals: Christopher Wickham Associates, D.F. Clark Bionomique, Hepworth Acoustics
New Boarding Accommodation at The King’s School / Walters & Cohen
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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
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios Wins Competition for University of Warwick Arts Hub
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has been selected as the winners of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) competition to design the new Faculty of Arts Building at the University of Warwick, in Coventry, England. Lauded for its flexibility and collaboration-fostering design, the winning proposal was selected over finalist entries from Foster + Partners, Grimshaw, White Arkitekter and Wilkinson Eyre.
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.
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.
OMA's £110 million Arts Center in Manchester Receives Planning Approval
OMA’s first major public building in the UK has been granted planning approval. Known as “Factory,” the groundbreaking new cultural center will serve as a the new home of the Manchester International Festival (MIF) and as a year-round concert and arts venue.
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
Gallery House / Neil Dusheiko Architects
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Architects: Neil Dusheiko Architects
- Area: 174 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Charles Howey, Crosswater, Lubelska, Maxlight