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Bloomsbury House and Mews / West Architecture

Andreas Luco — Sat, 05 Mar 2022 06:00:00 +0000

On a quiet street in Bloomsbury, this project returns two Grade II listed buildings back to a single house after being used as publishers’ offices since 1974. The project places a room, shared by both buildings, in the reinstated garden. The new element sits on the slab and foundations of a former utility building which was built to serve the offices when they were converted. Demolition of the service building results in the best-preserved window being revealed to the garden and mews for the first time in almost forty years.

Royal Opera House / Stanton Williams

Paula Pintos — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 03:00:00 +0000

At all times of the day, the Royal Opera House building should be a place to glimpse the remarkable forces at play behind the scenes; a place to relax and have a coffee, lunch or a drink in the midst of the one of the world’s most beautiful opera houses; a place to see artists at work; and a place to showcase its guiding principles of excellence, theatricality and curiosity.

Maggie's Centre Barts / Steven Holl Architects

Daniel Tapia — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 09:00:00 +0000

The site in the centre of London is adjacent to the large courtyard of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. Founded in Smithfield in the 12th century, the hospital is the oldest in London and was founded at the same time as the St. Bartholomew the Great Church in 1123. Rahere founded the church and hospital “for the restoration of poor men.” Layers of history characterize this unique site, connecting deeply to the Medieval culture of London. While most all of the realized Maggie’s Centres have been horizontal buildings, the centre at St. Barts will be more vertical, sitting on the historically charged site. It will replace a pragmatic 1960s brick structure adjacent to a 17th century stone structure by James Gibbs, holding the “Great Hall” and the famous Hogarth staircase.

10 New Burlington Street / Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

Daniel Sánchez — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 18:00:00 +0000

The first part of an evolving urban story, 10 New Burlington Street is a layered reinvention of an urban block in central London. A triple-glazed volume – gently curving inwards at top and bottom – connects two retained façades on Regent and New Burlington streets to a collection of secret garden spaces, remade from the unused Burlington Mews.

Steven Holl Breaks Ground on Maggie's Centre Barts in London

Karissa Rosenfield — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 14:44:12 +0000

Steven Holl Architects (SHA) has broken ground on London's newest Maggie's Centre across from the large courtyard of St. Bartholomew’s (Barts) Hospital, the city's oldest hospital. The structure, a branching concrete frame lined with perforated bamboo and matte white glass, was inspired by its historic site, which also neighbors the St. Bartholomew the Great Church. It was envisioned as a "vessel within a vessel within a vessel" embellished with colored glass fragments that recall "neume notation" of Medieval music in the 13th century.