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Architects: PAD studio
- Area: 143 m²
- Year: 2021
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Professionals: Webb Yates, R Moulding & Co, NFDC, MESH Energy
Gardener’s Cottage / PAD studio
Art Barn / Thomas Randall-Page
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Architects: Thomas Randall-Page
- Area: 240 m²
- Year: 2020
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Professionals: Spencer House Structural Engineering
Taylor & Chatto Courts + Wilmott Court Frampton Park Estate / Henley Halebrown
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Architects: Henley Halebrown
- Area: 2171 m²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: Britmet, Cornish Concrete Products, Medway Fabrications, Vande Moortel, Velfac
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Professionals: WBD Group, Peter Deer & Associates
How to Divide Spaces Without Traditional Solid Partitions
Functionality, good ventilation, comfortable lighting, and access to views are some of the important required characteristics that make for human comfort in inhabited or occupied spaces. Nonetheless, those elements are becoming harder to achieve within smaller city dwellings. Architects and individuals, therefore, turn towards design solutions to create more agreeable and personalized settings.
An initial solution to upscale and widen spaces is to reduce the amount of standard solid partitions or walls and replace them with alternative means of spatial separation.
East Quay / Invisible Studio
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Architects: Invisible Studio
- Area: 1040 m²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: Troldtekt, Avdon, Schüco, United Anodisers
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Professionals: Midas Group, Momentum Engineering
RIBA Reveals Shortlisted Projects for London Awards
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the shortlisted projects for the 2022 RIBA London architecture awards. The list of 68 buildings includes projects ranging from individual houses to schools and office towers in the city centre, showcasing the best architectural interventions in London over the past two years. All designs will be assessed by a regional jury, and the winning projects will be announced later this spring. Subsequently, Regional Award winners will be considered for the RIBA National Award.
Narula House / John Pardey Architects
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Architects: John Pardey Architects
- Area: 300 m²
- Year: 2018
House with Courtyards / Invisible Studio
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Architects: Invisible Studio
- Year: 2021
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Professionals: Harbour Construction
National Youth Theatre / DSDHA
The Department Store Studios / Squire & Partners
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Architects: Squire & Partners
- Area: 2349 m²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: Kvadrat Soft Cells, Atrium, Formation, KLH UK, Michelmersh, +1
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Professionals: Core 5, Clarke Saunders, Your London Florist, Jon Dingle Ltd, DSA Engineering
The Green House Office Building / Waugh Thistleton Architects
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Architects: Waugh Thistleton Architects
- Area: 7049 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Bauder, Desso, Lime Green, RUBNER, Stora Enso
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Professionals: ARJ Construction, Skelly & Couch, Ramboll, Hush Project Management, CMA Planning, +1
Textured Fiber Cement: A More Sensory Architectural Experience
Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh used the impasto technique extensively in their paintings. Both applied thick layers of oil paint over the canvas, usually one shade at a time, and it was up to the viewer's brain to mix the colors and create the desired effects. When dry, the paint forms reliefs and textures on the canvas, evoking a sense of movement. Even without being able to touch the screen, the texture of the brushstrokes gives a three-dimensionality to the painting, something that can only be fully observed by seeing the artwork live, looking at it from more than one angle and actually experiencing it.
In his famous book “The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses,” Juhani Pallasmaa points to "a predilection in favor of vision and in detriment of the other senses in the way architecture was conceived, taught and criticized, as well as the consequent disappearance of sensory and sensual characteristics in arts and architecture." According to the author, "an architectural work is not experienced as a series of isolated retinal images, but in its fully integrated material, corporeal, and spiritual essence."
Construction and Design Trends of 2021: The Recurring, The Popular, The Relevant and The Substantial
As we look back at the architecture projects we have published in 2020, as part of our yearly review, we were able to distinguish many recurring elements and solutions in terms of materials, programs, and functions.
Since the architecture industry moves slightly slower than others, we found that many things in the construction and design that have been building up these past years have come out making strong statements this 2020. We believe, therefore, that trends in the architecture world could be defined not only by what has been recurrent and popular but also, what has proven to be relevant and substantial.
David Brownlow Theatre / Jonathan Tuckey Design
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Architects: Jonathan Tuckey Design
- Area: 274 m²
- Year: 2020
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Manufacturers: Joinery Solutions, Viroc
Hackney School of Food / Surman Weston
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Architects: Surman Weston
- Area: 59 m²
- Year: 2020
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Manufacturers: Imperial Handmade Bricks, Velfac, Vivalda
Moonshine Retrofit House / Invisible Studio
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Architects: Invisible Studio
- Area: 600 m²
- Year: 2002
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Manufacturers: Accord Steel, Bentley, Smart Systems