On Friday, April 23, 2010, top UK, European and American industry leaders will gather at the Architectural Association in London for a day-long Think Tank to explore solutions that could change the building industry for the better.
London: The Latest Architecture and News
Building Industry Think Tank: London, April 2010
Concrete Geometries Spatial Form in Social and Aesthetic Processes
The ‘Concrete Geometries’ Research Cluster at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London is seeking submissions of work from the fields of art, architecture, sciences and humanities that explore the relationship between spatial form and social or aesthetic processes.
Underground Hotel / ReardonSmith Architects
When asked to design a luxury hotel and spa at Hersham Golf Club in Surrey (which is within London’s Green Belt) ReardonSmith Architects responded with plans for a subterranean building. Matthew Guy, ReardonSmith’s project designer, explained “Our concept integrates hotel, spa, and golf facilities into a single architecturally exciting and organic composition below and above ground. The design fulfills the requirements of the brief for a bespoke five star hotel while returning hard standing to the Green Belt and improving the physical layout and visual attraction of the entire site. It represents a commercially viable solution to developing in the Green Belt and is, we believe, a world-first.”
More about the hotel after the break.
RCA Sackler Building / Haworth Tompkins
Darwin Centre / C.F. Møller
Brewery Square / Hamiltons Architects
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Architects: Hamiltons Architects
- Year: 2005
10 Hills Place / Amanda Levete Architects
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Architects: Amanda Levete Architects
- Area: 14220 m²
- Year: 2009
The Shard / Renzo Piano
Renzo Piano‘s latest project, the Shard, has recently moved to the construction phase. The 1,016 ft high skyscraper will be the tallest building in Western Europe and will provide amazing views of London. The mixed use tower, complete with offices, apartments, a hotel and spa, retail areas, restaurants and a 15-storey public viewing gallery, will sit adjacent to London Bridge station as part of a new development called London Bridge Quarter. Replacing the 1970′s Southwark Tower on Bridge Street, the Shard is a welcomed addition to the London skyline, and its central location near major transportation nodes will play a key role in allowing London to expand.
More about the tower after the break.
Clapham Manor Primary School / dRMM
Bridge From Recycled Grids / Aristide Antonas
Once again, our friend Architect Aristide Antonas surprises us with a wonderful project, this time in London. The design is really interesting but also the way he work the infographics, all in black and with, very sober and austere.
Hope you enjoy as much as I did looking at the project and understanding it!
Architecture as Investment, a public debate with Alejandro Aravena
Urban Age Public Debate Series presents “Architecture as Investment, New Forms of Social Equity”, with ELEMENTAL‘s Executive Director Alejandro Aravena.
Goswell Road / Mackay & Partners
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Architects: Mackay & Partners
- Area: 20 ft²
Deloitte Consulting / Mackay & Partners
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Architects: Mackay & Partners
Le Corbusier: The Art of Architecture
Easily regarded as one of the most adroit architects of 20th century, Le Corbusier was a relentless designer, urban planner and writer dedicated to industrializing almost every city he came across.
SANAA to design Serpentine Gallery Pavillion 2009
The Serpentine Gallery is delighted to announce that the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009 will be designed by architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, of the leading Japanese practice SANAA. Sejima and Nishizawa’s Pavilion will be the architects’ first built structure in the UK and the ninth commission in the Gallery’s annual series of Pavilions, the world’s first and most ambitious architectural programme of its kind. The Pavilion will open in July on the Serpentine Gallery’s lawn, where it will remain until October.
Olivomare Restaurant / Pierluigi Piu
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Architects: Pierluigi Piu
- Year: 2007
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Manufacturers: Banham, C.P. Hart
Antony House / Fraser Brown MacKenna Architects
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Architects: Fraser Brown MacKenna Architects
- Year: 2007