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First Images of David Adjaye’s £600 Million Piccadilly Redevelopment Plan

Images have been released of what will be one of Adjaye Associates’ largest UK commissions – London’s £600 million Piccadilly Redevelopment. The competition-winning scheme, selected over proposals by Rem Koolhaas, Jean Nouvel and Frank Gehry, will replace a post-war office building on… Sigue leyendo

London’s Battersea Arts Centre Goes Up in Flames

A major fire has broken out at the Battersea Arts Centre. The tower of the Grade-II listed building, known as a leading independent theater and arts venue in South London, has reportedly collapsed. Thankfully no one has been injured. Firefighters… Sigue leyendo

Call For Entries: World Architecture Festival 2015

Now in its eighth year, the forthcoming 2015 World Architecture Festival …Awards (WAF) will take place in Suntec in central Singapore following three days of intensive live presentations and judging. Following a $180 million modernisation programme, the redesigned space will host Sigue leyendo

a+u 534: Caruso St John Architects

From the publisher.… a+u March 2015 is a special issue on London and Zurich based Caruso St John Architects, led by Adam Caruso and Peter St John. The issue features 19 works with a focus on their recent renovation works including the Tate Britain, Sigue leyendo

Inventive Council Housing / Levitt Bernstein

Architects: Levitt Bernstein
Location: Vaudeville Court, Saint Thomas’s Road, London N4 2QG, UK
Director: Jo McCafferty
Project Architect: Lotta Nyman
Landscape Architect: Tom Ginett
Photographs: Courtesy of Levitt Bernstein Cdmc: Andy Jobling
Services Engineer: Aecom
Structural And Civil Engineer: Campbell … Sigue leyendo

Greenwich Gateway Pavilions / Marks Barfield Architects

Architects: Marks Barfield Architects
Location: Greenwich, London SE10, UK
Area: 2648.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Tim Soar Structural Engineers: Price and Myers
M&E Consultant: Etec Associates
Quantity Surveyor: DBK Partnership LLP
Main Contractor: Wates
Interior And Fit Out: MBA with … Sigue leyendo

London’s Architectural Association Exhibits Futuristic Work of Jan Kaplický

Now on view at London’s Architectural Association, Jan Kaplický Drawings… presents work by the Czech architect Jan Kaplický (1937-2009) – a visionary designer with a passion for drawing as a means of discovering, describing and constructing. Through drawing he presented beguiling Sigue leyendo

London’s Architectural Association Exhibits Futuristic Work of Jan Kaplický

Now on view at London’s Architectural Association, Jan Kaplický Drawings… presents work by the Czech architect Jan Kaplický (1937-2009) – a visionary designer with a passion for drawing as a means of discovering, describing and constructing. Through drawing he presented beguiling Sigue leyendo

Urban Villa London / Grzywinski+Pons

Architects: Grzywinski+Pons
Location: Brentford, Greater London, UK
Area: 6320.0 sqm
Year: 2015
Photographs: Nicholas Worley From the architect.… Urban Villa is a 100 room hotel in west London. The property is unique in that it is a hybridization of a Sigue leyendo

Ten Buildings Which Epitomize The Triumph Of Postmodernism

Being such a recent movement in the international architectural discourse, the reach and significance of post-modernism can sometimes go unnoticed. In this selection, chosen by Adam Nathaniel Furman, the “incredibly rich, extensive and complex ecosystem of projects that have grown out… Sigue leyendo