Ferrari World Abu Dhabi / Benoy
University of Oxford Beecroft Building / Hawkins\Brown
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Architects: Hawkins\Brown
- Area: 8950 m²
- Year: 2018
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Professionals: Hoare Lea, WSP Parsons Brinkerhoff, Laing O'Rourke, Peter Brett Associates, Turner & Townsend
An Inflatable Antepavilion Theater is Setting Sail Through London's Canals
The 2018 Antepavilion has opened in London, the second in an annual series. Designed and built by Thomas Randall-Page and Benedetta Rogers, the 2018 edition titled “AirDraft” sees an inflatable theater sitting atop a 19th-century barge, creating a floating venue for music and performance in trendy East London.
The scheme was chosen from 132 entries to the competition run by Shiva Ltd and the Architecture Foundation, which asked participants to engage with “the heritage of the Regent’s Canal in innovative ways.”
16 Church Street / Keppie
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Architects: Keppie
- Area: 5500 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Wienerberger, Careys, Knauf, Marziale, Metal Technology, +3
Shortlist Announced for RIBA’s 2018 Stephen Lawrence Prize
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the 2018 shortlist for the Stephen Lawrence Prize, an architecture award set up in memory of a young aspiring architect who was tragically murdered in 1993. Supported and founded by the Marco Goldschmied Foundation, the bursary has been increased this year from £5,000 to £25,000 to mark the 25th year since Stephen’s death. The prize is intended to encourage fresh architectural talent and reward the best examples of projects that have a construction budget of less than £1 million.
Stephen Lawrence Prize founder Marco Goldschmied said: “We have once again been astounded by the skill, ingenuity and determination shown in each project. The shortlist ranges from new and converted housing to a moving memorial, from education to hospitality. Each project has produced outstanding architecture fit for such a long-standing award.”
The winner of the 2018 Stephen Lawrence Prize will be announced at the RIBA Stirling Prize party on 10 October at the Roundhouse in Camden, London.
Below are the shortlisted projects:
Highbury House / Architecture for London
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Architects: Architecture for London
- Area: 95 m²
- Year: 2014
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Manufacturers: Aesop, Fineline Aluminium, HAY, Lazenby, Muuto, +2
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Professionals: EU Developments, Packman Lucas
Hubert Perrodo Building / Design Engine Architects
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Architects: Design Engine Architects
- Area: 297 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Forza Doors, Junckers, NBK North America
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Professionals: Eckersley O’Callaghan, Hoare Lea, Ridge and Partners LLP
Trailer / Invisible Studio
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Architects: Invisible Studio
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Manufacturers: VELUX Group, Accord Steel, Fibreglass, Rockwell Sheet
New Library at the University of Bedfordshire / MCW Architects
The Queen’s College / MICA
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Architects: MICA
- Area: 2687 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Aktiva, Ecospace, Glasbau Hahn, MAP Diffuser, Optima
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Professionals: Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners, PSP Construction Consultants
Brighton Photography Centre / Nex—
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Architects: Nex—
- Area: 3400 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Forbo Flooring Systems, Cave, Domus Tiles, Flowcrete, Just blinds Uniview
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Professionals: Atelier Ten, Nex—, Gardiner & Theobald, Balfour Beatty, Buro Happold
Faith & Form's 2017 Religious Architecture Awards Recognizes the Best in Religious Architecture and Art
How does contemporary religious architecture adapt to the needs of the modern world? Each year, Faith & Form magazine and the Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture (IFRAA) award acknowledges the best in religious art and architecture. This year’s winners included 27 projects spanning in religious denomination, size, and location. Beyonds this, the award recognizes three common trends present in religious architecture today: re-adaptation of existing facilities, community-based sacred spaces, and simplicity in design. Read on to see all 27 winners.
Could This Micro Dwelling in Disguise Help Solve the Housing Crisis?
London’s first Antepavillion officially opened to the public last weekend, kicking off an annual series of experimental structures set to explore alternative ways of living in the city. Designed and built by emerging studio PUP Architects, the proposal beat out 128 other entries as the winner of a competition held by the Architecture Foundation. Calling for proposals that engaged with issues of sustainability and recycling, PUP's design, dubbed H-VAC is built using prefab elements made in-house by a team of volunteers. The pavilion's tongue-in-cheek appearance resembling an air duct is a playful subversion of planning legislation, exploiting loopholes for mechanical rooftop equipment to be built without planning permission.
Clerkenwell Warehouse Loft / InsideOut
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Architects: InsideOut
- Area: 2583 ft²
- Year: 2013
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Manufacturers: Delta Light, Design Space, Kahrs
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Professionals: AKC Europe Ltd.
Art or Architecture? 13 Projects That Blur The Boundary
Whether architecture is a form of art or not has often been a controversial topic of conversation within the architecture world. If one goes by the general definition of the word "art," architecture could potentially fit within the umbrella term: "the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power." As anyone involved in the architectural discipline probably knows, there is an abundance of varying definitions of the word "architecture," so whether its primary purpose is to achieve beauty or to organize space is evidently up for discussion.
Ask Jay A. Pritzker, founder of the Pritzker Prize, and he may say that "architecture is intended to transcend the simple need for shelter and security by becoming an expression of artistry." Ask The Guardian's Jonathan Jones and he may tell you that "architecture is the art we all encounter most often, most intimately, yet precisely because it is functional and necessary to life, it's hard to be clear about where the 'art' in a building begins." But this ambiguity is part of what makes the field of architecture challenging and exciting. To celebrate this complicated aspect of architecture, below we have collected a list of just some of the works that could be seen as art, architecture or both, depending on who’s looking, to provide some context to those blurry boundaries.
AUB Design Studios and Workshops / Design Engine Architects
- Area: 3000 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Desso, Desso Airmaster Atmos, WPL UK
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Professionals: Selway Joyce, AKS Ward, Arup, AVUS Consulting, HED, +1
Anish Kapoor Studios II, III, IV, V, VI & VII / Caseyfierro Architects
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Architects: Caseyfierro Architects
- Area: 2100 m²
- Year: 2015
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Professionals: Integration, MBOK, Hoxon Ltd
Anish Kapoor Studio I / Caseyfierro Architects
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Architects: Caseyfierro Architects
- Area: 850 m²
- Year: 2011
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Professionals: Hoxon Ltd, Price & Myers