Text description provided by the architects. What happens when a designer decides to turn a classic Herzog & de Meuron masterpiece into a carnival space? That's precisely what happened when architect Gia Wolff was asked to create an installation - part of which doubled as a performance piece - for the show Up Hill Down Hall: An Indoor Carnival in the Tate Modern's Turbine Hall. How did she approach transforming such a cultural icon? Three words: red-pink rope.
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Gia Wolff Transforms the Tate Modern with Canopy of Ropes
Plywood House / Simon Astridge
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Architects: Simon Astridge
- Area: 134 m²
- Year: 2014
Dorset Road / Sam Tisdall Architects
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Architects: Sam Tisdall Architects
- Area: 76 m²
- Year: 2013
2014 Wolfson Economics Prize Exhibition Explores the Potential of Garden Cities
On September 3, 2014, urban design consultancy URBED was announced winner of the 2014 Wolfson Economics Prize. The competition has spurred unprecedented conversation and debate over the concept of Garden Cities in the UK, while the finalists call for the development of theoretical ideas and implementation of practical solutions. ArchDaily brought you the winning proposal earlier, and The Building Centre, an independent forum of the built environment, teamed up with the Wolfson Prize organizers to bring you an exhibit further exploring the broad range of design solutions from over 200 brilliant entries.
Crest / Zaha Hadid Architects
Zaha Hadid Architects has constructed an experimental structure on the grounds of London’s V&A Museum, just in time for the London Design Festival. The temporary installation is the practice’s thinnest shell structure to date, testing new design and construction technologies for achieving minimal material thickness while “investigating the relationship between formal arrangement and structural performance.”
Amazon to Occupy Stalled Foster Scheme
Amazon has confirmed plans to move more than 5,000 of its London employees into a Foster + Partners-designed office building planned for Shoreditch High Street. On hold since January 2012, the £290 million mixed-use scheme will compete with Amazon’s Farringdon office to serve as the online retailer’s new UK headquarters.
Capco and Bold Rocket offices / D+DS architecture office
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Architects: D+DS architecture office
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: Biotecture
Beefeater Gin Visitor Centre / Lee Boyd
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Architects: Lee Boyd
- Year: 2014
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Manufacturers: Kingspan Insulated Panels, Sika, VELUX Group, Allgood, Arconic, +10
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Professionals: JM Scully Ltd
Mint Street Peabody Housing / Pitman Tozer Architects
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Architects: Pitman Tozer Architects
- Area: 4702 m²
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: Clarke Nicholls Marcel, Galliford Try, Calford Seaden, Farrer Huxley Associates
North London Hospice / Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
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Architects: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
- Area: 8000 ft²
- Year: 2012
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Professionals: Atelier Ten, Elliott Wood Partnership, Equals Consulting, Pavehall PLC, BBUK Landscape Architecture
The Workshop / Guy Hollaway Architects
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Architects: Guy Hollaway Architects
- Year: 2013
Dalston Studio / Cassion Castle Architects
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Architects: Cassion Castle Architects
- Area: 60 m²
- Year: 2013
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Professionals: Cassion Castle Architects, Structure Workshop
OPSO / K-Studio
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Architects: K-Studio
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Professionals: HALO, Michael Alexander Consulting Engineers, OWN Property & Development
The Yellow Building / Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
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Architects: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
- Area: 161500 ft²
- Year: 2008
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Professionals: Laing O'Rourke, muf architecture, Norman Disney & Young
Barking Central / Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
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Architects: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
- Area: 376 ft²
- Year: 2010
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Manufacturers: Trespa
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Professionals: Faber Maunsell, Gill Associates, Nigel Rose LLP, Buro Happold, Grant Associates
Concrete House / Studio Gil
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Architects: Studio Gil
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: Studio Gil
Temple of Agape / Morag Myerscough + Luke Morgan
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: Castle Scaffolding Ltd, Southbank Centre
Imperial War Museum / Foster + Partners
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Architects: Foster + Partners
- Year: 2014
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Manufacturers: SAS International, Stretch Ceilings