Stirling Campus in Forth Valley College / Reiach and Hall Architects

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Architects: Reiach and Hall Architects
Location: , Scotland
Project Managers: Davis Langdon
Main Contractor: Miller Construction
Structural Engineer: Halcrow Group
Quantity Surveyor: Turner Townsend
Landscape Architects: Horner + MacLennan
Client: Forth Valley College
Area: 7,900 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Dave Morris

Birmingham Schools Framework / Haworth Tompkins

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Architects: Haworth Tompkins
Location: , England
Area: 6,000 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Ioana Marinescu, Richard Haughton

Dyson Building / Haworth Tompkins

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Architects: Haworth Tompkins
Location: , England, UK
Area: 4,750 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Richard Haughton, Philip Vile, Helene Binet

‘Rain Room’ Installation / rAndom

Rain Room is an art installation by rAndom presented at the Barbican in composed of a hundred square metre field of falling water through which it is possible to walk, trusting that a path can be navigated, without being drenched in the process. As you progress through The Curve, the sound of water and a suggestion of moisture fill the air, before you are confronted by this carefully choreographed downpour that responds to your movements and presence. The installation was made possible through the generous support of the Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation for Art. The video was done by Gramafilm, with music by Max Richter. More images can be viewed after the break.

Lens House / Alison Brooks Architects

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Architects: Alison Brooks Architects
Location: Islington, , UK
Design Team: Alison Brooks, Alex Warnock-Smith, Rob Liedgens, JamesTaylor
Year: 2012
Photographs: Paul Riddle

Forth Valley College / Reiach and Hall Architects

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Architects: Reiach and Hall Architects
Location: Alloa,
Project Manager: Davis Langdon
Year: 2011
Photographs: Dave Morris

Tree Hut / Barnaby Gunning Architects

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Architects: Barnaby Gunning Architects
Location: , England,
Main Contractor: Mike Parsons, Parsons Building & Construction
Windows And Doors: Rationel windows and doors
Area: 290 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Courtesy of Barnaby Gunning Architects

Boxtree Lane / YOOP Architects

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Architects: YOOP Architects
Location: , England
Photographs: Courtesy of YOOP Architects

Lido Line Competition Entry / [Y/N] Studio

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Designed for the Landscape Institute Ideas Competition for a ‘Highline for ’, the Lido Line proposal is a clean, safe ‘basin’ in which to swim. Designed by [Y/N] Studio, the project flips the Regents Canal back to its original purpose, connecting raw materials (people/workers) to the place of production, making swimming a viable alternative to cycling or walking to work. The Lido Line would form a new network for London, making existing spaces greater than the sum of their parts, rather than blindly multiplying under-used, functionless ‘green space’. More images and architects’ description after the break.

Tower Wharf Cafe / Tony Fretton Architects

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Architects: Tony Fretton Architects
Location: Tower Bridge, , UK
Design Team: Tony Fretton, Jim McKinney, David Owen, Chris Snow, Daniel Buckley, Guy Derwent, Yuichi Hashimura
Structural Engineers: Structure Workshop
Services Engineers: Serge Lai Engineers
Client: Historic Royal Palaces
Area: 190 sqm
Photographs: Peter Cook

Jindal’s Pavilion / Paul Archer Design

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Architects: Paul Archer Design
Location: London, England,
Photographs: Will Pryce

Taylor House / Paul Archer Design

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Architects: Paul Archer Design
Location: , England,
Photographs: Helen Fickling , Will Pryce

South Place Hotel / Allies and Morrison

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Architects: Allies and Morrison
Location: , UK
Interior Design: Conran + Partners
Project Year: 2012
Photographs: Guy Montagu-Pollack

Giants Causeway Visitor Centre / Heneghan & Peng Architects

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Architects: Heneghan & Peng Architects
Location: , UK
Design Team: Monika Arczynska, Jorge Taravillo Canete, Chris Hillyard, Kathrin Klaus, Carmel Murray, Padhraic Moneley, Catherine Opdebeeck, Helena del Rio
Project Year: 2012
Photographs: Hufton + Crow

Abbots Way / AR Design Studio

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Architects: AR Design Studio
Location: , UK
Architect In Charge: Andy Ramus
Project Year: 2012
Photographs: Martin Gardner

Spaceplates Greenhouse / N55 + Anne Romme

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Originating from the ‘pure plate’ structure occurring in natural structures such as sea urchins, and based on a hexagonal geometry, the Spaceplates Greenhouse is being used for the first time this term by horticultural staff and students at City of College’s South Skills Academy in Hengrove Park, . Designed by N55, with Architect, Anne Romme, the project is constructed using an innovative building system based on aluminum and polycarbonate and accommodates work, growing and teaching space. More images and architects’ description after the break.

Mimicry Chairs Installation / Nendo

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Architects: Nendo
Location: , UK
Project Year: 2012
Photographs: Daici Ano

Trent Bank Proposal / Eric Chancellor, Christopher Matthews, Jordan Lloyd

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Recently shortlisted into the top 8 for the UK sector and awarded a commendation for its creative and imaginative solution to housing in the UK, the Trent Bank proposal is a design-led framework that centers on self-provision as a sustainable development and procurement model for new neighborhoods. As a competition entry for the Isover Multi-Comfort House and designed by Eric Chancellor, Jordan Lloyd, and Chris Matthews, The development allows for a low density, but high intensity program of start-up businesses and community amenities, with transient commercial use – taking advantage of a piece of planning legislation called a Local Development Order (LDO). More images and architects’ description after the break.

University of Aberdeen New Library / Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects

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Architects: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
Location: University of Aberdeen, , United Kingdom
Project Year: 2012
Photographs: Adam Mørk

Tower of Love / dRMM

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Architects: de Rijke Marsh Morgan Architects
Location: , UK
Landscape Architect: LDA Design
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Alex de Rijke, Chris Astbury

Heathfield Primary School / Holmes Miller

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Architects: Holmes Miller
Location: , Scotland,
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Andrew Lee