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Ferrari World Abu Dhabi / Benoy

October 27, 2018

Architects: Benoy
Area: 176000 m²
Year: 2010
Manufacturers: Euramax, Omnimax, Reynaers Aluminium, ALIFORM, Keuco, +5Mero, Monoglass, Surespan, Thrislington Cubicles, XYPEX-5

University of Oxford Beecroft Building / Hawkins\Brown

September 17, 2018

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Architects: Hawkins\Brown
Area: 8950 m²
Year: 2018
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

August 09, 2018

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.”

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16 Church Street / Keppie

August 07, 2018

Architects: Keppie
Area: 5500 m²
Year: 2018
Manufacturers: Wienerberger, Careys, Knauf, Marziale, Metal Technology, +3Offecct, Soundwave Bella, Taylor Maxwell-3

Shortlist Announced for RIBA’s 2018 Stephen Lawrence Prize

August 06, 2018

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:

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Highbury House / Architecture for London

June 30, 2018

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Architects: Architecture for London
Area: 95 m²
Year: 2014
Manufacturers: Aesop, Fineline Aluminium, HAY, Lazenby, Muuto, +2Secto, String Furniture-2
Professionals: EU Developments, Packman Lucas

Hubert Perrodo Building / Design Engine Architects

June 17, 2018

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Architects: Design Engine Architects
Area: 297 m²
Year: 2018
Manufacturers: Forza Doors, Junckers, NBK North America
Professionals: Eckersley O’Callaghan, Hoare Lea, Ridge and Partners LLP

Trailer / Invisible Studio

June 14, 2018

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Architects: Invisible Studio
Manufacturers: VELUX Group, Accord Steel, Fibreglass, Rockwell Sheet

New Library at the University of Bedfordshire / MCW Architects

June 02, 2018

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The Queen’s College  / MICA

April 21, 2018

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Architects: MICA
Area: 2687 m²
Year: 2017
Manufacturers: Aktiva, Ecospace, Glasbau Hahn, MAP Diffuser, Optima
Professionals: Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners, PSP Construction Consultants

Brighton Photography Centre / Nex—

February 01, 2018

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Architects: Nex—
Area: 3400 m²
Year: 2016
Manufacturers: Forbo Flooring Systems, Cave, Domus Tiles, Flowcrete, Just blinds Uniview
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

December 23, 2017

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.

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Could This Micro Dwelling in Disguise Help Solve the Housing Crisis?

August 14, 2017

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.

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Clerkenwell Warehouse Loft / InsideOut

August 11, 2017

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Architects: InsideOut
Area: 2583 ft²
Year: 2013
Manufacturers: Delta Light, Design Space, Kahrs
Professionals: AKC Europe Ltd.

Art or Architecture? 13 Projects That Blur The Boundary

April 30, 2017

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.

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