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.
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Renovation Plans for Venturi Scott Brown’s National Gallery Wing Are Revised After Widespread Criticism
Grimshaw Develops the New Waterloo Station Masterplan in London
Grimshaw has been commissioned to develop the busiest transport hub in the UK, as well as London's surrounding Southbank area. The master plan will improve the traffic of 5 connections and renovate the terrain, home to world-famous attractions like the London Eye and the Tate Modern. The project is aligned with Lambeth Council's and the Network Rail's commitment to net zero emissions by 2030, through the extension of pedestrian and cycling routes.
Battersea Power Station / WilkinsonEyre
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Architects: WilkinsonEyre
- Year: 2022
The Laszlo / Henley Halebrown Architects
333 Kingsland Road & Hackney New Primary School / Henley Halebrown Architects
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Architects: Henley Halebrown Architects
- Area: 8500 m²
- Year: 2022
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Manufacturers: KEIM
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Professionals: Techniker, Elementa, Tyler Grange, QS RLB, Pace Consult, +1
Jacquemus Store Selfridges London / AMO
London Design Festival 2022: Reflecting on the City’s Creative History
The first full-size London Design Festival (LDF) for three years, and the event’s 20th anniversary year, this was meant to be a celebration. But life, as the saying goes, had other plans. Rocked by the news of HRH Queen Elizabeth II’s passing, the country, and indeed the world started the London Design Festival in a period of mourning. Having reigned over the densest period of design innovation in human history, however, her majesty was no stranger to change.
With long-running themes like sustainability, materials, economic crises, and digital futures never higher in the public’s consciousness, LDF ’22 wasn’t just a professional meet and greet, but a chance to share some much-needed positivity with design enthusiasts, as well as locals, just passing by. Here are the most interesting and talked-about installations and talks from nine days of reflection on the past and hope for the future.
The Learning Tree Nursery / Delve
The Design Museum in London Displays Yinka Ilori’s Vibrant Work for the First Time
PARABLES FOR HAPPINESS by the London-based British-Nigerian designer Yinka Ilori features for the first time at the Design Museum in London. Exhibited from September 25, 2022, to June 25, 2023, essential aspects of Ilori’s work will be placed beside key influences, including artworks, photographs, and furniture, to Nigerian textiles. Curated by Priya Khanchandani, the exhibition celebrates Ilori’s mix of cultural influences and unpacks the ingredients of a diasporic visual language.
One Bishopsgate Plaza / PLP Architecture
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Architects: PLP Architecture
- Area: 49800 m²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: Abbey Thermal, B&B Italia, BDL, Brown and Carrols, C&C, +9
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Professionals: Yabu Pushelburg, MSMR, EPPAG, Inverse, DP9
Paddington Elizabeth Line Station / Weston Williamson + Partners
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Architects: Weston Williamson + Partners
- Area: 2500 m²
- Year: 2022
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Professionals: WSP Norge, Constain Skanska JV
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Headquarters / Benedetti Architects
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Architects: Benedetti Architects
- Area: 2465 m²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: panoramah!®, 3V Architectural Hardware, AJK, Armaria, Artisan of Devizes, +27
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Professionals: Price & Myers, Harley Haddow, DP9, LAPD, Charcoal Blue, +3
How Are Co-Living Spaces in London Offering Solutions for Rising Urban Density and Real Estate?
Co-living is a residential community living model, referring to a modern form of group housing that has significantly transformed London life and the UK as a whole. The notion of co-living has even more so been popularized by the rise of housing startups, with many offering affordable housing in homes and apartments alike shared by a handful of adult housemates.
Installations at the 2022 London Design Festival Explore Materiality, Movement and Light
The London Design Festival is an annual event that brings together designers, practitioners, retailers, and educators from across the globe. This year’s program of events, exhibitions, and installations invites creative leaders to exchange ideas and solutions for some of the most pressing issues of our time, like climate change, pollution, and resource depletion. The festival includes the Landmarks Projects. As part of this initiative, Rotterdam-based designer Sabine Marcelis has created “Swivel”, an outdoor installation in central London. Other installations like Sony Design’s “Into Sight” pavilion or Sou Fujimoto’s “Medusa” exhibition explore visual and sensorial effects through physical and virtual mediums.
Buckle Street Studios / Grzywinski+Pons
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Architects: Grzywinski+Pons
- Area: 3530 m²
- Year: 2022
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Professionals: Manhire Associates, Applied Energy
Compton & Edrich Stands Lord’s Cricket Ground / WilkinsonEyre
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Architects: WilkinsonEyre
- Area: 11500 m²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: AGROB BUCHTAL, Trimo, Bluecube, Constructional Timber, FP McCann, +6
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Professionals: Buro Happold, ISG, DP9, Gardiner & Theobald, KCCJ, +3
Ziggurat and Rhomboid Buildings London Design District / Mole Architects
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Architects: Mole Architects
- Year: 2022