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Architects: Jestico + Whiles
- Area: 589 m²
- Year: 2014
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Manufacturers: EQUITONE
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Professionals: Appleyards, Butler & Young, GVA Schatonowski Brooks, Mansell, Balfour Beatty, +3
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Stoke Newington School Sixth Form Centre / Jestico + Whiles
Phipp Street / Amin Taha Architects
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Architects: Amin Taha Architects
- Area: 270 m²
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Professionals: Ecore Construction Ltd, Milk
1–6 Copper Lane N16 9NS / Henley Halebrown Rorrison Architects
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Architects: Henley Halebrown Rorrison Architects
- Year: 2014
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Manufacturers: Intectural
Frozen Trees London / LIKEarchitects
LIKEarchitects' Christmas installation, Frozen Trees, has found a new home in London's Victory Park in East Village. Originally created by LIKEarchitects in 2011 and displayed on Lisbon's D. Pedro IV Square, the installation will now light up the holiday period in one of London's newest public spaces, on the site of the former Olympic Village, as its 1,296 Rationell Variera plastic bag dispensers from IKEA gently glow through the night.
Golden Lane / Amin Taha Architects
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Architects: Amin Taha Architects
- Area: 186 m²
Mies Meets Modesty in Joachim Brohm's 'Vernacular & Modern' Exhibition
On the surface, Mies van der Rohe's minimalist linear designs have little in common with the kitsch of vernacular architecture in the German countryside. Enter Joachim Brohm, who rose to prominence in the 1980s as one of the first European architecture photographers to work in colour, and now in a current exhibition draws an unexpected parallel between van der Rohe's designs for the unrealized Krefeld Golf Club in Germany and the rudimentary constructions of vernacular post-war architecture.
In "Vernacular & Modern," the latest exhibition at London's Grimaldi Gavin gallery, two of Brohm's photo series are juxtaposed to create a new narrative on architectural context. In Typology 1979, Brohm documents a series of vernacular houses in Ruhr, Germany; while in Mies Model Study, Brohm enters the temporary installation of van der Rohe's unbuilt golf club through a life-size model. Together, the two series contrast the highly aestheticized minimalist world of Mies van der Rohe with highly functional buildings of necessity in the German countryside.
Find the connection between vernacular and van der Rohe after the break
Synopsis / ansham architects
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Architects: ansham architects
- Area: 240 m²
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Professionals: Darley PCM Ltd, GP Basement, NWS Associates
RIBA Announces Charles Rennie Mackintosh Retrospective for 2015
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced a major retrospective of the work of celebrated Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh, with an exhibition to be held at the RIBA's Headquarters in London from February to May 2015. Having shown talent as a draughtsman from a young age, Mackintosh started his architectural apprenticeship at the age of just 16, and the exhibition features over 60 original drawings, watercolours and perspectives spanning his entire career from the late 19th century until his death in 1928.
Read on after the break for more on the contents of the exhibition
House in Hampstead / Cullinan Studio
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Architects: Cullinan Studio
- Area: 100 m²
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Professionals: Cape Construction, DesignWild, Synergy Consulting
20th Century Society Presents 100 Buildings 100 Years at the Royal Academy of Art
The 20th Century Society was founded in the 1970s, to protect British architectural heritage which was built from 1914 onwards - following from the protection of the Victorian Society, which protects architecture from the 19th century up until 1914. This year, to celebrate the one hundred years of architectural heritage which they are sworn to protect, they have selected one building from each year, presenting one hundred of the best, most interesting or most loved buildings from the last century with their 100 Buildings 100 Years project.
The 100 selected buildings are featured in an ongoing exhibition at the Royal Academy in London, and also feature in a new book published by Batsford Books. Read on after the break to learn more about 100 Buildings 100 Years, and see a selection of the chosen buildings from the past hundred years.
Sheppard Robson Designs Rooftop Pavilion for Aldwych House
The Westminster City Council has granted planning permission to Sheppard Robson for a “dramatic” rooftop extension to London’s Aldwych House. The £15m project - situated within the Westminster Conservation Area - will add 8,500 square feet of high-quality office and reception space by installing a series of geometrical-folded forms on top of the landmark Midtown office building.
Studio Octopi Proposes Floating Swimming Pool in the Thames
A proposal to create a floating swimming pool in the Thames river will step up a gear tomorrow, as Studio Octopi will present their design for the Thames Baths at the Guardian's World Cities Day Challenge. Originally created as part of the Architecture Foundation's competition to design ways to reconnect Londoners with the river, the Thames Baths design has gained momentum over the last year, with a recent iteration of the design proposed for London's Victoria Embankment.
More on the design after the break
A Contemporary Renovation for a Classic Mayfair Office / Brady Mallalieu Architects
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Architects: Brady Mallalieu Architects
- Area: 200 m²
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: GTA Interior Ltd, Mach Acoustics
Bartlett Professor CJ Lim to Launch "Food City" Book at Ravensbourne
As part of the launch of his latest book, Food City, Professor CJ Lim of the Bartlett School of Architecture will present a lecture at Ravensbourne in Greenwich, London. Food City follows on from professor Lim's previous book, Smartcities and Eco-Warriors, exploring the role that food production and distribution has historically played in day-to-day life, and how we might once again reinstate it as an integral part of our cities through essays on 25 cities around the globe.
LSE Saw Hock Student Centre / O’Donnell + Tuomey Architects
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Architects: O’Donnell + Tuomey Architects
- Area: 6101 m²
- Year: 2013
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Manufacturers: Ancon
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Professionals: Anstey Horne, Carillion, Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners, Horganlynch Consulting Engineers, BDSP, +4
63 Compton / Doone Silver Architects
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Architects: Doone Silver Architects
- Year: 2014
Merchant Square Footbridge / Knight Architects
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Architects: Knight Architects
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: Studio Fractal, AKT II, Townshend Landscape Architects
The Future of London's Historic Alexandra Palace Revealed in New Exhibition
The soaring glass roofs of London's Alexandra Palace are about to receive a major overhaul thanks to a £23.8m ($38.6m USD) fundraising project focused on the revitalization of the 139 year old palace. Images of Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios 2014 revitalization are on display for the first time in an exhibition showcasing the upcoming changes to the public palace, including extensive renovations to reopen derelict sections of the building. Find out more about the exhibition after the break.