United Kingdom

Newhall South Chase / Alison Brooks Architects

August 09, 2013

+ 35

Architects: Alison Brooks Architects
Year: 2012

London ASOS Headquarters / MoreySmith

August 09, 2013

Architects: MoreySmith
Area: 100000 ft²
Year: 2013

+ 7

Bennetts' London Office / Bennetts Associates

August 09, 2013

+ 7

Architects: Bennetts Associates
Year: 2013

Terminal 2A Heathrow / luis vidal + arquitectos

August 07, 2013

+ 12

Architects
luis vidal + arquitectos
Location
Heathrow Airport Terminal 3, Heathrow Airport (LHR), Longford, London, Middlesex TW6 1QG, UK
Team
O.T. Ferrovial Agroman, Fhecor, Cg Proyectos, Solventa, Hoare Lea Consulting, Davis Langdon Schumann Smith, Warrington Fire Research, Reef Associates, Siemens- Vanderlande, Immodo, Carma, Euroestudios, Merebrook, Fractal, Gleeds
Project Year
2014
Photographs
Courtesy of LHR Airports Limited
Area
210000.0 m2

Cambridge University Library Landscape Design Competition

July 31, 2013

The University of Cambridge Library, with the Department of Architecture, recently launched a landscape design competition to transform the space surrounding Cambridge University Library. Open to professionals and non-professionals alike, they are looking for bold submissions that reimagine the open spaces and environment of the iconic Giles Gilbert Scott building. A monumental presence both within the University and the city, entries to the competition will be judged on their innovative interpretation of the site, its context, use and history – as well as their ability to integrate contemporary ecological research. Entries should also promote new visibility for the Library and encourage people to think about the role of the site on the western edge of the city. The registration deadline is September 30, and the deadline for submissions is November 30. For more information, please visit here.

Cinematographer’s House and Studio / Inside Out Architecture

July 30, 2013

+ 25

Architects: Inside Out Architecture
Area: 263 m²
Year: 2012

Trish House Yalding / Matthew Heywood

July 29, 2013

+ 23

Architects: Matthew Heywood
Year: 2013
Manufacturers: Fineline Aluminium

Emerging Architects Exhibition at Buro Happold / Unit Architects

July 28, 2013

Currently on view until August 30, Unit Architects is presenting their 8-week exhibition in the entrance space of Buro Happold's 17 Newman Street offices as part of Buro Happold’s Emerging Architects event program. A great way to show off some of the upcoming talent in architecture and design, the contribution by Unit Architects to this series focuses on a selection of their work that shares a common approach of engagement with scale, contextual symbology, material presence and considered detailing. More images and architects' description after the break.

AD Classics: Inmos Microprocessor Factory / Richard Rogers Partnership

July 23, 2013

Having made his name with the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Lloyd's building, Richard Rogers - who turns 80 today - was commissioned in 1980 to design the Inmos microprocessor factory in Newport, Wales. The factory's design was targeted for the delicate process of microchip assembly, which requires a clean and controlled space. Built at the time of the computer-chip boom, construction had to be completed within one year, a factor which would greatly influence the design.

Rogers's response, based on his previous high-tech designs, was to move the services to the outside of the building and split the interior into 'clean' spaces for microchip assembly and 'dirty' spaces for other tasks. Moreover, Rogers opted for an off-site prefabrication of parts, which not only increased the speed of construction, but would also allow for the factory to be easily replicated as a model.

Future Fitting / Urbanista and Lime Wharf Gallery

July 21, 2013

"I have a lot of big plans for the gallery, but every idea is an experiment; I don't necessarily want to enforce what it will be, but rather find out what it wants to be." This is how Thomas Ermacora described his vision of the Lime Wharf Gallery, a largely hidden series of spaces squeezed between Vyner Street and Regents Canal in the middle of Hackney's burgeoning creative quarter.

Ermacora hopes the gallery will become an "accelerator of change through culture", bringing arts, technology and social enterprise together for projects which generate optimism for the future. All of these traits made Lime Wharf Gallery the perfect space to present "Future Fitting." This evening of talks, orchestrated by Ermacora and Lucy Bullivant (editor of the new webzine Urbanista), focused on urban design that has the foresight and flexibility to deal with the needs of the future.

Read about the ideas presented at the Future Fitting event after the break...