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Architects: Paul Cocksedge
- Area: 64000 ft²
- Year: 2015
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Living Staircase / Paul Cocksedge
Wellcome Collection London Transformation / Wilkinson Eyre Architects
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Architects: WilkinsonEyre
- Year: 2015
Steven Holl Breaks Ground on Maggie's Centre Barts in London
Steven Holl Architects (SHA) has broken ground on London's newest Maggie's Centre across from the large courtyard of St. Bartholomew’s (Barts) Hospital, the city's oldest hospital. The structure, a branching concrete frame lined with perforated bamboo and matte white glass, was inspired by its historic site, which also neighbors the St. Bartholomew the Great Church. It was envisioned as a "vessel within a vessel within a vessel" embellished with colored glass fragments that recall "neume notation" of Medieval music in the 13th century.
"The word neume originates from the Greek pnevma, which means 'vital force.' It suggests a 'breath of life' that fills oneself with inspiration like a stream of air, the blowing of the wind. The outer glass layer is organized in horizontal bands like a musical staff while the concrete structure branches like the hand," describes SHA.
A video of Steven Holl detailing the center's design, after the break.
Vaulted House / vPPR
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Architects: vPPR
- Year: 2015
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Professionals: Eurobuild, Geoff Beardsley and Partners, Heyne Tillett Steel
New Ludgate / Fletcher Priest Architects + Sauerbruch Hutton
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Architects: Fletcher Priest Architects, Sauerbruch Hutton
- Area: 17079 m²
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Manufacturers: Sto, Albion Stone, Radmat
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Professionals: Arup, Buro Happold, Hann Tucker Associates, Waterman, Gleeds
Donmar Dryden Street / Haworth Tompkins
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Architects: Haworth Tompkins
- Area: 863 m²
- Year: 2014
Fitzroy Park House / Stanton Williams
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Architects: Stanton Williams
- Area: 566 m²
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Professionals: Earth Moves Design, First Plan, Ian Keen Ltd, Millbridge Building Surveying Ltd, Restructure JC Ltd, +6
Exhibition: ist-on situations
EAA- Emre Arolat Architects, a leading international architectural practice based in İstanbul and London, presents an exhibition exploring the urban histories of both cities. Through a two way, dual city approach the practice will reveal “situations” that unite and differentiate these two great cities at the east and west ends of Europe in their development. The exhibition covers a timeline beginning with the mid 19th century that shows key events or turning-points in the course of their stories respectively. The exhibition is curated by EAA - Emre Arolat Architects, in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Murat Güvenç from Istanbul City University and London-based Urban Planning & Development Consultant Ömer Çavuşoğlu.
National Theatre / Haworth Tompkins
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Architects: Haworth Tompkins
- Area: 16309 m²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: Cambridge Architectural Precast
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Professionals: AECOM, Bristow Johnson, All Clear Design, Arup Acoustics, Atelier Ten, +11
The Lantern / Fraher Architects
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Architects: Fraher Architects
- Area: 298 m²
- Year: 2015
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Professionals: Constant Design Ltd, Fraher and Co, Shipshape Construction
Assemble to Construct a Brutalist Playground at RIBA
Starting June 10, the RIBA will present The Brutalist Playground - an exhibition that is part sculpture, part architectural installation, which invites people of all ages to come and play, the Brutalist way. Occupying the entire Architecture Gallery, the immersive landscape is a new commission by Turner Prize nominated design and architecture collective Assemble and artist Simon Terrill. It explores the abstract concrete playgrounds that were designed as part of Brutalist housing estates in the mid-twentieth century, but which no longer exist. They became playgrounds unsuitable for play.
Panel Discussion: Ethics and the Business of Architecture
As competition in the UK becomes tighter, architects are keen to find work overseas, often in such places where the prevailing human rights record has been a growing cause of concern and debate for some time.
How Has The Monograph Become A Default In Architectural Publishing?
It's common to find an architectural monograph (or three) on an architect's bookshelf. Within the pages of these large, heavy, often expensive tomes lie a formalised portfolio of a studio's professional output, interspersed by essays penned by influential writers, thinkers or practitioners. They are sources of both information and inspiration, bringing architecture from around the world into your personal field of vision.
Recent years have seen a vast number of these types of books published on architects and their practices, begging the question: Why a Monograph? Are they simply part and parcel of a studio's creative process, or necessary tools for communication with the wider world? Perhaps more interestingly, what role does the recording of work in this way have for architects in enabling them to take stock and move forward? It will seek to examine how the print monograph has become a staple tool for self-promotion, reflection, and criticism in a world which is leaning towards a gradual digitisation of the discourse.
Friends House / John McAslan + Partners
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Architects: John McAslan + Partners
- Area: 2500 m²
- Year: 2014
Silverlight / Adjaye Associates
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Architects: Adjaye Associates
- Area: 603 m²
- Year: 2009
Wilkinson Eyre Architects to Bring New Life to King's Cross Gasholders
London-based Wilkinson Eyre Architects have revealed plans for a major refurbishment of three 'Siamese' gasholders in King's Cross. The development will see the historic structures restored and repurposed for multi-residential use, and create over 140 apartments. Dismantled in 2001 to allow construction of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, the Grade II-listed structures are currently undergoing refurbishment by Shepley Engineers in South Yorkshire, after which they will be relocated from their original site as part of a larger masterplan for King's Cross.
City of London Freemen’s School / Hawkins\Brown
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Architects: Hawkins\Brown
- Year: 2015