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Architects: Studio McW
- Area: 101 m²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: Clayworks, Karven Roest , Piet Boon , Tala, Watermark Collection
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Professionals: Sunbeam Group, Hexagon Construction Ltd
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Earthrise Studio / Studio McW
The Lexi Cinema & Lexi Hub / RISE Design Studio
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Architects: RISE Design Studio
- Area: 260 m²
- Year: 2022
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Manufacturers: Barco, Dulux, EGE, Harvey Maria , London Reclaimed Brick Merchants , +3
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Professionals: Omnex Pro Film, RISE Design Studio, Enhabit
Apple Brompton Road / Foster + Partners
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Architects: Foster + Partners
- Year: 2022
Henrietta House / MoreySmith
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Architects: MoreySmith
- Area: 144500 ft²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: Kvadrat Soft Cells, Boon Edam, GD Stones, Grestec, Havwoods, +7
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Professionals: The Morton Partnership, Troup Bywaters + Anders, Faithdean PLC
Industrial Loft / Francesco Meneghello
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Architects: Francesco Meneghello
- Area: 550 m²
- Year: 2022
RIBA Announces Six Shortlisted Projects for the 2022 Stirling Prize
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the six buildings competing for the 2022 RIBA Stirling Prize. Marking its 26th edition, the award honors the United Kingdom’s best new building, and is considered the country's highest accolade in architecture. The six projects range between educational, cultural, and residential buildings, all designed for sustained community benefits that "demonstrate the power of exceptional architecture to enhance lives". The winner of the 2022 Stirling Prize will be announced on October 13th, 2022 at RIBA's 66 Portland Place in London.
Penfold Treehouse / De Matos Ryan
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Architects: De Matos Ryan
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: Garnica Plywood, Timber Workshop
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Professionals: Price & Myers, Redline Building Services Limited, Timber Workshop Limited
Fandangoe Skip Ice Cream Kiosk / CAUKIN Studio + Fandangoe Kid + SKIP Gallery
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Architects: CAUKIN Studio, Fandangoe Kid, SKIP Gallery
- Area: 5 m²
- Year: 2022
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Professionals: Centrespace Design
Grimshaw Launches a Charitable Foundation Focused on Creative Education
The Grimshaw Foundation is a charitable organization aiming to bring access to creative learning tools to a diverse range of young people. The organization was established by Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, in partnership with the partners of international architecture practice Grimshaw. The central purpose is to bring together a globally linked educational community of artists, architects, and designers to support and empower young people. It hopes to reach them at the stage of navigating their career options and help them discover the varied options and opportunities that the creative industry can offer. The Foundation officially launched on 6 July 2022 at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.
In London, a Venturi-Scott Brown Masterpiece Is Threatened
This article was originally published on Common Edge.
Despite its dazzling collection of masterpieces, London’s National Gallery has been cursed with a series of ill-advised architectural schemes over its two-century existence. Only once have its leaders made a truly inspired and visionary choice: in the mid-1980s, the gallery held a competition, won by Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown (VRSB) of Philadelphia, to build a special collections building.
The addition was constructed from 1988 to 1991, using funds donated by the Sainsbury family as a gift to the nation and was immediately hailed as one of the finest buildings of its type erected in the 20th century. It has remained popular with Londoners and has served well as an expansion of William Wilkins’s undistinguished classical building ever since. Experts on the work of Robert Venturi, John Rauch, and Denise Scott Brown consider it one of their masterpieces. Apparently, the National Gallery has a different opinion.
Annabel Karim Kassar's Installation at the V&A Museum in London Explores the Reconstruction of Beirut's Architecture
As part of the London Festival of Architecture, French-Lebanese architect Annabel Karim Kassar and her award-winning studio AKK have unveiled a new installation at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London titled The Lebanese House: Saving a home, Saving a city. The installation explores the aftermaths of the Beirut explosion, and the rebuilding of the city with a life-size replica of a typical Lebanese home, one of the few remaining classic Ottoman-Venetian houses left in old Beirut, along with documentary films.
Person Environment Activity Research Laboratory / Penoyre & Prasad
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Architects: Penoyre & Prasad
- Area: 5650 m²
- Year: 2021
RIBA Announces the 2022 National Award Winners Showcasing UK’s Best New Architecture
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the 29 winners of the 2022 RIBA National Awards for architecture. Ranging from net-zero carbon office buildings to family homes, schools and education facilities, urban developments and cultural buildings, this year’s projects provide an insight into the key trends that shape UK’s architectural and economic environment. Many projects focused on uniting communities, by creating spaces as a result of a collaboration between the local residents and the architects, or by offering unique venues for musical or cultural events. The future of housing was also addressed, with projects illustrating a vision for modern rural living or creating new city blocks centered around community gardens. Another area of interest was the restoration and adaptation of existing buildings, be it a 900-year-old former dining hall of the Cathedral or an iconic 1950s Modernist house.
Heatherwick Studio Joins the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition with Two Adaptive Reuse Projects
Heatherwick Studio is taking part of this year’s Royal Academy Summer Exhibition with two retrofit projects in the United Kingdom: Broad Marsh in Nottingham and Parnham Park in Dorset. Titled "Ruins Reimagined", the exhibition presents two different approaches to reusing existing architecture, from a Grade I-listed 16th century house to a partially demolished 1970’s shopping center, each offering a unique response in scale and heritage to the Summer Exhibition’s theme of ‘climate’. The models are on display in the Architecture Room until 21st August. This year, the Architecture Room is curated by Niall McLaughlin RA and Rana Begum RA, and will sit across two spaces, mixing art and architecture together.
Light House / RISE Design Studio
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Architects: RISE Design Studio
- Area: 151 m²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: Aston Matthews, CBC Design & Build, Decor Tadelakt, File Under Pop, Liam Dryden, +4
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Professionals: RISE Design Studio, CBC Design Build, Car Ltd
ABBA Arena / Stufish Entertainment Architects
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Architects: Stufish Entertainment Architects
- Year: 2022
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Professionals: Gardiner & Theobald, Quod, i-Transport, ES Global, Jonathan Cook Landscape Architects Ltd, +2
St Hilda’s College Oxford / Gort Scott
Black Chapel, Theaster Gates' 2022 Serpentine Pavilion is Now Open
The 21st Serpentine Pavilion, Black Chapel, designed by Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates opens today, on June 10, 2022. On display until the 16th of October 2022, the project is realized with the architectural support of Adjaye Associates with Goldman Sachs’ patronage. In 2021, the Pavilion events program was planned to reflect Gates’ concept of interlinking architecture and music, particularly emphasizing artistic explorations of monastic sounds and hymns. The pavilion will act as a platform for Serpentine’s live program throughout the summer, offering the public space of reflection, connection, and joy.