Winner of the AWR International Ideas Competition to design a new nursery school, “Nursery Fields Forever” reimagines what nursery schools could be like. Designed by a team from Italy, composed of Gabriele Capobianco, Edoardo Capuzzo Dolcetta, Jonathan Lazar, and Davide Troiani, the entry refutes the modern notion of shaping a child’s perception of the world based solely on urban environments, accepting children as being inherently curious naturalists. This trait is stimulated and guided to create a unique educational approach, holistically combining nature and food cultivation into its curriculum.
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“Nursery Fields Forever” Reconnects Early Childhood Education with Nature
12 New Fetter Lane / Doone Silver Architects + Flanagan Lawrence
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Architects: Doone Silver Architects, Flanagan Lawrence
- Area: 20300 m²
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Manufacturers: Focchi
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Professionals: Access Design Consultants, Dome, EQ2 Light, Gardiner & Theobald, MLM Building Control, +4
Witherford Watson Mann’s Central London Almshouse Promotes Sociability for the Elderly
Witherford Watson Mann Architects, in collaboration with writer Ken Worpole, has unveiled their design for an almshouse for the elderly in Bermondsey, London. Located on the site of a vacant, post-war nursing home, the 6,152 square meter space will serve the United St Saviour’s Charity, as an independent living accommodation for around 90 residents.
Clock House / Archmongers
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Architects: Archmongers
- Year: 2015
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Professionals: Milk Structures
Seminar: Drawing on the Motive Force of Architecture
For architects, drawing is a thinking process. Sketching by hand onto paper without having any predetermined built form in mind is often the springboard for new hypotheses. With the rise of digital representation in architecture, has the computer superseded the hand in the exploration of ideas?
This RIBA London seminar sees Professor Sir Peter Cook (co-founder of Archigram, director of CRAB Studio) and Professor Marcos Cruz (Bartlett) discuss the boons and limitations of digital representation in architecture, and the hybrid possibilities of using both in tandem.
Drawing on the Motive Force of Architecture: Peter Cook in Conversation with Marcos Cruz
For architects, drawing is a thinking process. Sketching by hand onto paper without having any predetermined built form in mind is often the springboard for new hypotheses. With the rise of digital representation in architecture, has the computer superseded the hand in the exploration of ideas? This RIBA London seminar sees Professor Sir Peter Cook (co-founder of Archigram, director of CRAB Studio) and Professor Marcos Cruz (Bartlett) discuss the boons and limitations of digital representation in architecture, and the hybrid possibilities of using both in tandem.
Forthcoming Exhibition to Examine 'Creation From Catastrophe'
A new exhibition, opening later this month in London, aims to examine the varying ways that cities and communities have been re-imagined in the aftermath of natural, or man-made, disasters. Including work by Yasmeen Lari, ELEMENTAL, OMA, Shigeru Ban, NLÉ, Toyo Ito, Metabolism (Kenzo Tange and Kurokawa Kisho) and Sir Christopher Wren, who redesigned London in the aftermath of the Great Fire of 1666, the exhibition will primarily explore contemporary responses to earthquakes and tsunamis. Posing questions about the fragility of architecture, our relationship to nature, and the power of architects to instigate change, it will ask whether we are facing a paradigm shift in the way that cities and communities recover from destruction.
Raven's Home at the Tower of London / Llowarch Llowarch Architects
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Architects: Llowarch Llowarch Architects
- Area: 500 ft²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: Marley Eternit
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Professionals: Hockley & Dawson, Ward & Co.
C-Space / BuckleyGrayYeoman
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Architects: BuckleyGrayYeoman
- Area: 62000 ft²
- Year: 2015
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Professionals: JLL, Alan Baxter & Associates, Second London Wall, Hoare Lea
The Archive Studio / Jonathan Tuckey Design
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Architects: Jonathan Tuckey Design
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: AJ Wells and Sons
aLL Design Reveals Plans for Residential Tower in South London
Will Alsop’s practice aLL Design has revealed the plans for its new 15-story residential tower in Vauxhall’s new arts district on Newport Street in south London. The project, called The Beacon, was commissioned by Newport Street Projects (NSP), which was formed solely for the development of the up-and-coming area.
The Beacon will be 1,735 square meters, with a narrowed footprint at the ground level, giving back 38% of street-level space to be used as public seating, landscaping, and permanent art installations.
Royal College of Art Woo Building / Haworth Tompkins
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Architects: Haworth Tompkins
- Area: 2662 m²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: Facade Engineering, Joyce and Reddington, Levolux, Mike Stoane, Modebest, +3
Drawings by Vinoly, Adjaye, Farrell, and 97 Others to be Auctioned in Article 25's 10x10 Fundraiser
Architectural charity Article 25 has revealed a selection of the images to be included for auction in their annual 10x10 fundraising auction. One of the highlights of Article 25's calendar, each year the 10x10 event divides an area of the city of London into 100 sections, challenging the participants to produce a drawing or other artwork inspired by the location assigned to them. This year, Article 25 abandoned the usual grid in favor of 100 areas along the Thames, taking in the many landmarks along the river's winding route. Article 25's list of participants includes architects such as Rafael Vinoly, David Adjaye, Sir Terry Farrell, Will Alsop and Chris Wilkinson, alongside artists including Antony Gormley and Wolfgang Buttress.
Last year's 10x10 event raised over £120,000 for Article 25's healthcare projects in the developing world. This year, the 100 drawings will once again be briefly exhibited at the RIBA headquarters in London on December 1st before the work is auctioned, an addition to an online auction which will begin on November 24th at 10x10london.com.
Read on to see a selection of the artworks to be auctioned.