+ 36

• Architects

  John Robertson Architects

• Location

  1 Friday St, London EC4M 9BT, United Kingdom

• Category

  Office buildings

• Area

  200000.0 ft2

• Project Year

  2019

• Photographs

  Peter Cook

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• Architects

  Feilden Fowles

• Location

  Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, Wakefield WF4 4LG, United Kingdom

• Category

  Learning

• Lead Architects

  Fergus Feilden, Ross Perkin

• Area

  673.0 m2

• Project Year

  2019

• Photographs

  Peter Cook

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The key to successfully designing or recovering public spaces is to achieve a series of ingredients that enhance their use as meeting places. Regardless of their scale, some important tips are designing for people's needs, the human scale, a mix of uses, multifunctionality and flexibility, comfort and safety, and integration to the urban fabric.

To give you some ideas on how to design urban furniture, bus stops, lookouts, bridges, playgrounds, squares, sports spaces, small parks and urban parks, check out these 100 notable public spaces.

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• Architects

  Bennetts Associates

• Location

  Alie St, London, United Kingdom

• Category

  Institutional buildings

• Area

  4502.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Peter Cook

The M+ Museum in Hong Kong, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, has purchased the entire archive of the prominent Archigram group. As reported by the Architect’s Journal, the collection was sold for £1.8 million, having been given the go-ahead by the UK’s Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright.

The sale has not been without controversy, with opposition from the Arts Council’s reviewing committee on the export of works of art and objects of cultural interest. The committee had sought a delay in the sale until a buyer was found who would keep the collection in the UK.

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Zinc is a natural element extracted from ores. Its symbol, which appears in the dreaded Periodic Table, is Zn. Through a metallurgical process of burning its impurities (reducing zinc oxide and refining), it assumes a much more friendly appearance, and later becomes the sheets, coils, and rollers used in construction. The main characteristic of this material is its malleability, which allows it to be worked easily, allowing to cover complex forms in facades and roofs of buildings.

+ 19

• Architects

  Spratley & Partners

• Location

  Hook RG27, United Kingdom

• Category

  Adaptive reuse

• Interior Design

  BWT London

• Lighting Design

  Lighting Design International

• Area

  63000.0 ft2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Peter Cook

As one of the founding members of Archigram, the avant-garde neo-futurist architecture group of the 1960s, the British architect, professor, and writer Sir Peter Cook (born 22 October 1936) has been a pivotal figure within the global architectural world for over half a century; one of his most significant works from his time with Archigram, The Plug-In City, still invokes debates on technology and society, challenging standards of architectural discourse today.

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The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the 49 winners of the 2018 RIBA National Awards. From skyline-altering buildings to sensitive small-scale sculptures, this year’s top projects showcase a wide-ranging selection of scales, featuring designs from Foster + Partners, Hawkins\Brown, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, and Niall McLaughlin Architects.

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+ 30

• Architects

  Patel Taylor

• Location

  London, United Kingdom

• Category

  Apartments

• Area

  16448.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Peter Cook, Barratt London

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• Architects

  Tony Fretton Architects

• Location

  Kattendijkdok-Westkaai, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium

• Category

  Residential

• Area

  16500.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Filip Dujardin, Peter Cook

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• Architects

  Bennetts Associates

• Location

  Cheshire West and Chester, United Kingdom

• Category

  Cultural Center

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Peter Cook

The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, is celebrating the opening of its new building at 22 Gordon Street with an exhibition of work by visionary architect Sir Peter Cook. Running from 23 February to 10 March 2017, the exhibition marks Sir Peter’s 80th year with a celebration of 80 of his inspired and pioneering projects.

The computer does things correctly, and I think it's very important in architecture to also have the incorrect. – Peter Cook

In connection with the exhibition "Peter Cook. Retrospective" currently on view at the Museum for Architectural Drawing in Berlin, the Tchoban Foundation has released a video of the architect discussing the importance of drawing in the architectural world. Cook compares drawing to new computer-based techniques, arguing that while software can do amazing things (including being instrumental in realizing his own Kunsthaus Gratz), drawing allows the architect to learn, communicate and experiment in a way that is irreplaceable. Watch the teaser to the Tchoban Foundation's video above, or read on for the full discussion.

A total of 68 buildings have been shortlisted for the 2016 RIBA London Awards, including projects from John McAslan + Partners, dRMM Architects, Níall McLaughlin Architects, Eric Parry Architects and Rogers Stirk Harbour. All shortlisted buildings will now be visited and carefully assessed by one of four regional juries, and regional winners will be considered for a RIBA National Award. The shortlist for the RIBA Stirling Prize - given to the UK's best building of this year - will be composed of the winners of the RIBA National Award.

See a complete list of shortlisted buildings after the break.

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• Architects

  Patel Taylor

• Location

  Curzon St, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

• Category

  Park

• Architect in Charge

  Patel Taylor, Allain Provost

• Project Year

  2013

• Photographs

  Peter Cook, Timothy Soar