Wakefield One / Cartwright Pickard Architects
Architects: Cartwright Pickard Architects
Location: Wakefield, UK
Year: 2012
Area: 124,500 sq. ft.
Client: English Cities Fund
Photographs: Courtesy of Cartwright Pickard Architects
The first Red Road Tower Block has been Demolished
Nearly 275 kilos of explosives brought down the first Red Road tower block this past weekend, marking the beginning of a controlled demolition process that will completely remove the infamous residential complex from the Glasgow skyline by 2017. In a response to the post-war housing crisis, the Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) flats were constructed between 1964 and 1969 in an effort to provide the ultimate modern community for almost 5000 residents.
Continue reading for more on the iconic Red Road flats and a video of the demolition.
York Minster Abbey Goes Green – Literally
While many buildings try to go Green these days, few attempt to do so literally.
Last week, York Minster Abbey, one of the largest Gothic Cathedrals in Europe, was decked out with 1,500 square meters of – what else - grass.
The occasion for the makeover, the York Minster Rose Dinner to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee (which we marked with a post on Britain’s Built Legacy), hosted about 900 people to raise funds for the York Minster Fund. And with £150-a-head tickets, sold months in advance, perhaps we’ll start seeing other Gothic Cathedrals turn green too (and not just with envy).
Story via The Huffington Post UK. More photos after the break…
Architect’s Eye Photography Exhibition and Discussion Panel at the 2012 London Festival of Architecture
Last December, ArchDaily revealed the winners of the Architect’s Eye Photography Competition. Now, in celebration of the 2012 London Festival of Architecture, the winners of the the competition will be exhibited at the Roca London Gallery beginning June 23rd in Chelsea, London as part of a Launch Event, Exhibition and Discussion Panel. International Art Consultants (IAC) hosts the competition in recognition of architects’ passion for photography. Last year’s 19 finalists and winners will be on view to the public at the gallery until July 8th.
More after the break.
Sound Portal / BE OPEN
While the excitement builds for the Olympic Games this summer, London is also preparing for their Design Festival of mid-September. In a joint effort between Arup and Sound and Music, the installation at Trafalgar Square will focus on the idea of design you cannot see by creating a black rubberized portal that will transport visitors to inaccessible places and remote environments through a series of three-dimensional soundscapes created by leading musicians and sound designers. By isolating the sense of sound, visitors will be submerged in a completely new environment as they stand in one of the busiest squares in the world.
More about BE OPEN after the break.
Stillpoint Clinic and Dojo / Piers Taylor + Mitchell Taylor Workshop
Architect: Mitchell Taylor Workshop + Piers Taylor
Location: Bath, UK
Project Team: Piers Taylor, Tinyue Liu, Kris Eley
Structural Engineer: Structures 1
Contractor: Pollards
Client: Riverpoint Ltd
Photographs: Peter Cook
Maidstone Museum / Hugh Broughton Architects
Architects: Hugh Broughton Architects
Location: Maidstone, England
Project Director: Hugh Broughton
Project Architect: Gianluca Rendina
Design (Concept): Ralph Appelbaum Associates
Construction Value: £3m (including a £2m grant from Heritage Lottery Fund)
Gross Internal Area: 1,150 sqm (470 sqm new build / 680 sqm refurbishment)
Completion: 2012
Client: Maidstone Borough Council
Photographs: Hufton & Crow
The Welch House / The Manser Practice
Architects: The Manser Practice
Location: Isle of Wight, UK.
Photographs: Morley Von Sternberg
Heatherland Pool House / Satellite Architects
Architects: Satellite Architects
Location: Woodhouse Lane, Uplyme, Devon, UK
Contract Value: £600,000
Contract Type: JCT Intermediate w. Contractor Design
Gross Internal Area: 280 sqm
Landscape Architect: Tony Benger Landscapers
Satellite team members: James Harper, Stewart Dodd
Photographs: Courtesy of Satellite Architects
Robin Hood Gardens to be Demolished
After many years spent fighting to preserve the famous Robin Hood Gardens social housing complex in East London, the architecture community mourns another loss. Tower Hamlets Council and the London Thames Gateway Development Corporations have approved the demolition of the 1960s Brutalist complex in an effort to make way for a new £500 million sustainable development comprised of energy efficient, mixed-tenure homes and an enlarged central park. The historic building was built by modernist architects Alison and Peter Smithson and remains an important piece to Great Britain’s architectural history. Continue reading for more.
6 Bevis Marks / Fletcher Priest Architects
Norman Foster’s Swiss Re Building will soon have a new neighbor! London-based practice Fletcher Priest Architects have designed a 16-story tower that will replace the existing, outdated 1980s office building. Now under construction, the new 230,000 square-foot office building at 6 Bevis Marks will reuse 50% of the original structure and be 80% more energy efficient than the current building. Continue reading for more.
Shortlist announced for the North West Cambridge extension
In order to compete in an increasingly competitive global market and address long-term development needs, the University of Cambridge is undertaking an ambitious new urban extension in North West Cambridge. The master plan for the development, prepared by Aecom, lays out the framework for a new district centered on a mixed academic and urban community. With aspirations of achieving place that is well balanced, long-lasting and sustainable, the University is focused on creating a high quality of life for its residents that will enhance both the City and the University.
The University is now looking to appoint a number of architecture and landscape firms to design and deliver each proposed lot as part of the first phase of the extension. The shortlist consists of internationally renowned architects, including Bjarke Ingels Group and David Chipperfield Architects. Continue reading to learn more information on the extension and review the complete shortlist.
Residents vote in favor of Diller, Scofidio & Renfro’s Aberdeen City Garden Redesign
The people of Aberdeen, Scotland have voted in favor of the £140m Aberdeen City Garden redevelopment proposal designed by the New York-based practice Diller, Scofidio & Renfro (DS+R), in collaboration with local architects Keppie Design and Philadelphia landscape architects OLIN.
DS+R plans to redevelop the nineteenth-century Union Terrace Gardens with a Granite Web that intends to “fuse nature and culture into a vital social network at the heart of the city” with an “elastic web of three-dimensional interconnections” that spans across the six-hectare site. Continue reading for more information.
UK Centre For The Carnival Arts / Ash Sakula Architects
Architects: Ash Sakula Architects
Location: Luton, UK
Photographs: Ash Sakula Architects
Bishop’s Square / Matthew Lloyd Architects
Architect: Matthew Lloyd Architects
Location: London, UK
Clients: Hammerson UK and Native Land Ltd
Contract Value: £2m (Twenty Bishops Square apartments)
Completion: 2008
Photographs: Mikael Schilling
The University of Nottingham – The Gateway Building / Make Architects
Architects: Make Architects
Location: Nottingham, UK
Client: The University of Nottingham
Collaborators: Couch Perry & Wilkes, Herbert Baggaley Construction Ltd, Price & Myers, Sand Project Management
Strawbale specialists: Eurban
Project Area: 3,100 sqm
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Zander Olsen, Make Architects
The Cube / Make Architects
Architect: Make Architects
Location: Birmingham, UK
Client: Birmingham Development Company
Collaborators: BuroHappold, Faber Mansell Fire, Faithful+Gould, GMJ, Hoare Lea
Project Area: 42,000 sqm
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Zander Olsen, Make Architects, Craig Holmes/Images of Birmingham, Crew Photography
10 Weymouth Street / Make Architects
Architects: Make Architects
Location: London, UK
Client: Ridgeford Properties Ltd
Collaborators: Alan Baxter and Associates, Arup, Drivers Jonas, Gardiner and Theobald, Maleon, John Sisk and Son Ltd, Savell Bird and Axon, Schatunowski Brooks
Project Area: 1,580 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Zander Olsen
Diller Scofidio + Renfro selected to transform the center of Aberdeen
Aberdeen City Garden Trust has announced Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) as winner of the international design competition that will transform the center of Aberdeen. The New York City based firm will be working with the Scottish practice Keppie Design and Philadelphia landscape architects OLIN. The “rich and varied” shortlist included Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Foster + Partners, Gustafson Porter, Mecanoo, Snøhetta & Hoskins and West 8. After an extended run-off between DS+R and Foster + Partners, the Aberdeen City Garden competition will be DS+R’s first major win in a European design competition.
Continue reading for more!
Grosvenor Waterside / Make Architects
Architects: Make Architects
Location: London, UK
Client: St James Group Ltd
Collaborators: Sheppard Robson, Arup, Barton Willmore, Charles Funke Associates, Davis Langdon, EDP, Faithful+Gould, FPD Savills, Future City, Herbert Smith
Project Area: 25,000 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Zander Olsen, Make Architects: Charles Funke; Cooper Rose
The Avenue / Sheppard Robson
Architect: Sheppard Robson
Location: Manchester, UK
Project Manager: Gardiner & Theobald
Structural Engineer: Capita Symonds
M&E Engineer: Grontmij
Quantity Surveyor: Mooney Kelly
Main Contractor: Lend Lease
Client: Allied London Properties
Project Area: 5,000 sqm
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Hufton+Crow
