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Bruce Museum / Eskew+Dumez+Ripple

Hadir Al Koshta — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 16:00:00 +0000

The Bruce Museum is a regional cultural institution located in Greenwich, Connecticut with a multi-disciplinary collection and exhibition program bringing together art, science, and natural history. In 2014, following a national design competition, the Bruce Museum embarked on a journey to revitalize its campus to carry the institution into the future. Following the competition, the design team led a rigorous initial programming study to dig deep into the needs of the museum and support its ability to serve as a community resource.

The New Home of Creative Industries, London's Design District Opens It Doors to the Public

Andreea Cutieru — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 05:30:00 +0000

London’s Design District, the new purpose-built creative hub at the heart of the Greenwich Peninsula, opened its doors to the public and is set on becoming a prominent destination for the city’s creative community. Comprising 16 buildings designed by a collective of eight renowned architectural studios and with landscaping by Schulze+Grassov, the project aims to gather startups, artists and entrepreneurs across many industries, generating a vibrant new neighbourhood.

Planning Consent Granted for OMA/ Reinier De Graaf's Masterplan For Morden Wharf in London

Christele Harrouk — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 08:00:00 +0000

OMA’s mixed-use development for Morden Wharf has just been granted planning consent from the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Planning Committee. The scheme created for developer U+I is located on a 2.4-hectare brownfield site, with an industrial past, on London’s Greenwich Peninsula facing the historic Greenwich and the millennial O2 Arena.

Barozzi Veiga Completes the First Building of London's Design District

Andreea Cutieru — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 05:30:00 +0000

Barcelona-based studio Barozzi Veiga has completed its first UK project, which will house Ravensbourne University’s Institute for Creativity and Technology. The building, whose interiors are designed by Brinkworth, is also the first to be completed within the Design District, London’s new purpose-built creative hub at the heart of the Greenwich Peninsula. Featuring a polished aluminium-clad façade that reflects the neighbouring buildings, the design engages with the surrounding context, while also referencing the area’s industrial past.

U+I Reveals New Images of OMA-Designed Morden Wharf, a Mixed-Use Neighborhood on Greenwich, London

Christele Harrouk — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 05:30:00 +0000

Regeneration specialist U+I submitted plans for Morden Wharf in June 2020, comprising 1,500 new homes, employment spaces, and a landscaped park along 275m of the River Thames. Located on Greenwich Peninsula in London, the mixed-use scheme designed by OMA includes more than six acres of the high-quality public realm, 12 high quality, and tenure-blind residential buildings, as well as commercial, retail, and community spaces.

New Visuals of London’s Upcoming Design District Released

Andreea Cutieru — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 04:00:00 +0000

The developers of Design District have released new visuals of the future creative hub at the heart of Greenwich Peninsula. Designed by a collective of eight well-renowned architectural studios, and with landscaping by Schulze+Grassov, the project aims to gather together startups, artists and entrepreneurs across many industries, generating a new creative neighbourhood for London.

Expansion and Renovation Works for Bruce Museum in Connecticut

Christele Harrouk — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 07:30:00 +0000

The first phase of construction on the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut has begun. The New Orleans based architecture, interiors and urban planning firm EskewDumezRipple (EDR) was selected to design the new addition and renovation for the community-based Museum.

8 Emerging Architects Create an Unexpected Playful Contrast for Greenwich's Design District

Ella Thorns — Sat, 07 Oct 2017 16:00:00 +0000

The Greenwich Design District is the next phase in London's largest single regeneration project - a new creative hub providing affordable workspaces and studios. Eight up and coming architecture practices have 'blindly' designed two buildings each, independently from one and other. The result is an amalgamation of 'architectural anarchy' and a 'neighborhood of playful contrasts.'

Santiago Calatrava on Ground Zero, Design Philosophy and the Greenwich Peninsula Project

AD Editorial Team — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 04:00:00 +0000

Earlier this month, Hong Kong-owned developer Knight Dragon revealed plans for an billion-dollar urban-development scheme that will completely transform London’s Greenwich Peninsula. In this edition of Section D, Monocle 24's weekly review of design, architecture and craft, the team speak to Santiago Calatrava—who will be designing the core of this grand new project—about this and his public-spirited design philosophy. Why, they ask, has he’s always wanted to leave a mark on the "Big Smoke?"

Architect Wanted to Revamp London's National Maritime Museum

Karissa Rosenfield — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 01:00:00 +0000

London’s National Maritime Museum is looking for an architect to revamp its West Central Wing building. As the Architects’ Journal first reported, the 1807 Daniel Asher Alexander-designed structure will be given £2 million to upgrade its facilities and establish new galleries, as well as connect the West Central Wing to the museum’s BDP and Rick Mather-designed Neptune Court podium via a bridge. All requests to participate are due January 20, 2015. Find more details, here.

House in Greenwich / VOLPATOHATZ SA

Javier Gaete — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The client required a new 360m2 residence to replace their existing house from the forties.

Art Barn / Robert Young

Javier Gaete — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Designed for a pair of artists, this 10,000-square-foot "Art Barn" features a "green screen" that creates a living skin over the majority of the concrete-block structure. Made of metal mesh planted with white wisteria vines, the screen supports greenery that overlaps windows, frames views of the lake and woodlands, and provides added thermal insulation.

Greenwich House / Julian King Architect

Nico Saieh — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 01:00:00 +0000

The clients, their children grown, wanted to scale down their lives and build a smaller, three bedroom house, with a ground floor family room that could become the master bedroom in the future, should stairs prove too arduous. An important design directive was that the house "fit" among the traditional homes surrounding the site, built in the New England Shingle Style, as well as a place that spoke of family; that their grandchildren would have fun visiting.