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Architects: Studio Woodroffe Papa
- Area: 10678 m²
- Year: 2022
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Manufacturers: Arcelor Mittal, Russell Timber, Vibro Menard, van de Moortel
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Dockley Apartments / Studio Woodroffe Papa
Phaidon Press Headquarters / Paolo Cossu Architects
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Architects: Paolo Cossu Architects
- Area: 950 m²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: Bocci, Corian, Dibond, EGE, Forbo, +6
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Professionals: Copper Projects, JAC Group, MALA
Caulfeild House / Brisco Loran
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Architects: Brisco Loran
- Area: 65 m²
- Year: 2021
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Professionals: ThreeSixDesign, Constructive and Co
Plans to Renovate the Sainsbury Wing and National Gallery in London Receive Approval by the City Council
The Westminister City Council adopted a resolution to grant planning permission to the National Gallery for a series of adaptations, including Selldorf Architects’ restoration proposal for the Sainsbury Wing, originally designed by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown. The plans to remodel were revealed earlier this year as part of the NG200 Project to celebrate the National Gallery’s bicentennial in 2024. The first intervention proposal for the Sainsbury Wing was met with widespread criticism, which led to a revision of the plans, released in October this year.
Herzog & de Meuron Reveals Plans to Upgrade London's Liverpool Street Station
Architecture office Herzog & de Meuron has unveiled plans to revamp the Liverpool Street station in London. The scheme includes “vital upgrades” aimed at transforming the Victorian-era station into a fully accessible transportation hub fit to accommodate the 135 million people using the station annually. It also includes the addition of 840,000 square feet of offices and a 190,000 square feet hotel in two new structures, 10 and 6 stories high, respectively. These new interventions have attracted criticism from conservation groups. The proposal is currently undergoing its first round of public consultation. The development is overseen by Stellar, working with MTR, the operator of rail transport services and Network Rail.
Framework House / Studio McW
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Architects: Studio McW
- Area: 172 m²
- Year: 2020
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Manufacturers: panoramah!®, Poggenpohl, Havwoods, Hexagon
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Professionals: Blue Engineering
Foster + Partners Unveils Design for The William, One of London’s Largest Timber Developments
Foster + Partners has revealed the design for a new mixed-use development in the northern end of the central London high street. The building is located on Queensway, opposite the Whitley, the famous department store, which is also being transformed by Foster + Partners as part of a larger redevelopment scheme. Named The William, after William Whiteley, the eponymous founder of the famous Whiteleys, the project includes six floors of office space, shops, and 32 new homes, 11 of which will be affordable.
Lina Ghotmeh Selected as Designer of the 2023 Serpentine Pavilion, with a Proposal Aiming for the Smallest Possible Carbon Footprint
Beirut-born, Paris-based architect Lina Ghotmeh has been announced as the designer of the 22nd annual Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. Titled “À Table,” the French expression for sitting together to eat, her proposal introduces a slender wooden structure with nine pleated petals supported by radial ribs. Inside the pavilion, a ring of tables and benches invites visitors to enter, sit down and relax, eat or work together. According to the architect, the modest space and low-slung canopy is meant to make people feel close to the earth. The Serpentine Pavilion will be open from June to October 2023.
CLT House / Unknown Works
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Architects: Unknown Works
- Area: 153 m²
- Year: 2022
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Professionals: Martin Redston Associates, Puck London, Tutka Building Services Ltd
The Poppy Factory / Henley Halebrown
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Architects: Henley Halebrown
- Area: 1200 m²
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Professionals: David Bonnett Associates, Arup, RealPM, Socotec, Byrne Group
One Park Drive / Herzog & de Meuron
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Architects: Herzog & de Meuron
- Year: 2022
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Manufacturers: Dornbracht
Design District Canteen / Selgascano
HWKN and BIG Design Commercial District at Canada Water Dockside, London
New York-based firm HWKN will create 18,200 square meters of urban development in the commercial quarter of the new Canada Water regeneration plan. In collaboration with the scheme's master planner, BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, the developer Art-Invest Real Estate UK, and the local community, HWKN makes its UK architectural debut by designing one of the three buildings at the Dockside, London. The building will blend innovative workspaces, commerce, and communal amenities.
The Canada Water Masterplan will transform a total of 215,000 square meters and is expected to deliver up to 3,000 new homes, 280,000 square meters of workspace, and community space in central-south London. The first new town center in London in 50 years would become the UK's most sustainable new urban hub after completion, expected in 2035.
Stepped Loft / andre kong studio
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Architects: andre kong studio
- Area: 70 m²
- Year: 2022
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Manufacturers: Crosswater, Kite Flooring, The Brick Tile Co, Zangra
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Professionals: Blue Engineering, Optimal Developments, John Rowan and Partners
Reading Between the Skylines
Cities have been, and will always be multi-faceted, elastic sites. They are settlements in continuous evolution, molded by proximity to natural resources, by migrating populations, and by capital. Despite the diversity in the urban character of disparate cities, it has been said that cities look alike now more than ever before, a uniformity that means a glass-and-steel tower in Singapore would not look out of place in Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex.
Renovation Plans for Venturi Scott Brown’s National Gallery Wing Are Revised After Widespread Criticism
Selldorf Architects have released a revised version of the plans to remodel the National Gallery and the Sainsbury Wing, both classified as Grade-I-listed monuments. Sainsbury Wing is also the recipient of the 2019 AIA Twenty-five Year Award. The plans for the Sainsbury Wing, designed by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown and opened in 1991, have faced intense criticism, with former RIBA Journal editor Hugh Pearman calling the remodeling plans “unnecessarily destructive”. The plans to remodel were first revealed earlier this year as part of the NG200 Project to celebrate the National Gallery’s bicentennial in 2024. The project proposes the remodeling of the Sainsbury Wing’s front gates, ground-floor entrance sequence, lobby, and first-floor spaces.