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Architects: Make Architects
- Year: 2013
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Professionals: Fluid, Gardiner & Theobald, AECOM, Volker Fitzpatrick, AWW architects
United Kingdom
University Square Stratford / Make Architects
Downley House / Birds Portchmouth Russum Architects
- Year: 2011
Heatherwick Releases Updated Images for London's 'Garden Bridge'
After winning a Transport for London (TfL) tender for ideas to improve pedestrian access across the River Thames, Thomas Heatherwick and Arup unveiled plans for a new, 367-meter long ‘Garden Bridge’ that will span the river from Temple to the Southbank. The lush pedestrian corridor, earmarked for opening in 2017, would be the first new crossing since the Millennium Bridge opened to the public in 2002.
More details and updated images after the break...
Architecture on the Frontline at The Battle Of Ideas
The Battle of Ideas is an annual, weekend-long series of panel discussions hosted at the Barbican in London, ranging across subjects from neuroscience to music and everything in between. With a strong thread of architecture and urbanism, this year offered a spectacular chance to probe the popular trends and fads in today's design culture.
Read on after the break for the highlights of the event.
ORTUS, home of Maudsley Learning / Duggan Morris Architects
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Architects: Morris+Company
- Area: 1500 m²
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Manufacturers: Cambridge Architectural Precast, Michelmersh
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Professionals: Andrew Goddard Associates, Cavendish Berkeley, Elliott Wood Partnership, Measur, Skelly & Couch
AD Classics: Rogers House / Richard + Su Rogers
The Rogers House, designed by Richard and Su Rogers in 1968, is one of the lesser known architectural works from the master who went on to design the Centre Pompidou in Paris with Renzo Piano. The house, which represented British Architecture at the 1967 Paris Biennale, was commissioned by Rogers' parents and was granted Grade II* Listing in February 2013 - a rare accolade for a building so recent - cementing its importance in the architectural heritage of the United Kingdom.
Described by Rogers as "the most successful small project I've been involved in", the house carefully balances the openness of shear glass facades with the need to provide his parents with privacy and seclusion - a task made harder by the building's location, just a short walk from Wimbledon Village in central London. Incorporated within the design is a separate flat and pottery studio which were positioned to provide a sound barrier between the house of the adjacent road. It is, essentially, "a transparent tube with solid boundary walls".
Willow Theater / Tim Lai Architect + Brad Steinmetz Stage Design
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Architects: Brad Steinmetz Stage Design, Tim Lai Architect
- Year: 2013
The New Generation Youth and Community Centre / RCKa
Gridiron, One St. Pancras Square / David Chipperfield Architects
London's King's Cross has seen a surge of redevelopment in recent years, the most iconic of which - John McAslan + Partner's new concourse for King's Cross Station - was completed last year. The area has also been defined by the new Central Saint Martin's campus, designed by Stirling Prize winner Stanton Williams, and Google's new London headquarters. Plans have now been unveiled for Gridiron (One St. Pancras Square), a 50,000 square foot office building nestled between St. Pancras International and King's Cross Stations, designed by David Chipperfield Architects and set for completion in the first half of 2014.
Maggies Cancer Caring Center / Snøhetta
Watney Market Idea Store / Bisset Adams
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Architects: Bisset Adams
- Area: 1300 m²
- Year: 2013
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Manufacturers: KI Europe
The Medic's House / AR Design Studio
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Architects: AR Design Studio
- Year: 2013
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Manufacturers: Kingspan Insulated Panels, HH Aluminium, Kloeber UK Ltd, Smart Systems, Stelrad, +3
Diesel Village / Brinskworth
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Architects: Brinskworth
- Year: 2012
Mayfair House / Squire and Partners
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Architects: Squire and Partners
- Area: 807 m²
- Year: 2013
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Manufacturers: Apex Granite and Tile, Formes Alutek, Heritage Pools, Kone, Lightplan, +4
City View House / Russian for Fish
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Architects: Russian for Fish
- Year: 2013
Raasay Hall / Dualchas Architects
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Architects: Dualchas Architects
- Year: 2009
The Pavilion at Library of Birmingham / Studio Myerscough
The Serpentine Sackler Gallery / Zaha Hadid Architects
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Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects
- Area: 1566 m²
- Year: 2013
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Manufacturers: Erco, Dyson, OAG Architectural Glass, VALMIERA GLASS
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Professionals: Liam O’Connor Architects, Isometrix, Rise, Gleeds, DP9