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Multiple Storey Car Park / S333 Architecture + Urbanism

Architects: S333 Architecture + Urbanism
Location: Derriford, Plymouth, Plymouth, Plymouth PL6, UK
Year: 2014
Photographs: Courtesy of S333 Architecture + Urbanism Programme: 645.6 m2 retail and commercial space, 858 m2 Office space, Parking facilities for 627 cars
Client: Wharfside Regeneration … Sigue leyendo

2015 Civic Trust Award Winners Announced

The winners of the 2015 Civic Trust Awards have been announced. Recognizing design excellence in all aspects of the built environment since 1959, the Civic Trust Awards span three categories and are granted to designs around the world. From the King's Cross Station renovation in London to the Via Verde in New York, this year's recipients represent a mix of ultra-modern structures, prized cultural sites, and innovative landscapes. See all the 2015 recipients, here.

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Nick Leith-Smith Builds Timber Frame Family Home in 10 Weeks

From the architect.… London-based Nick Leith-Smith Architecture + Design built a timber frame family home in just ten weeks, replacing an existing post-war bungalow in Berkshire. The environmentally friendly residence is 240-square-meters and sits on a designated flood zone, requiring the house to 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

Circle Reading Hospital / Brydenwood

Architects: Brydenwood
Location: Reading, Reading, Reading, UK
Area: 10100.0 sqm
Photographs: Jocelyn Low From the architect.… Circle Reading hospital is the second project delivered by Circle Health, a private healthcare provider. The 10,100m² facility provides elective surgery through GP referral Sigue leyendo

10 Facts about AJ’s Woman Architect of the Year 2015: Teresa Borsuk

The Architects’ Journal as named Teresa Borsuk… of Pollard Thomas Edward “Woman Architect of the Year 2015.” The prestigious title, awarded last year to Mecanoo’s Francine Houben, is being presented to Borsuk for her “remarkable” ability to improve equality within her 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

Bromley Council Abandons Plan to Rebuild Crystal Palace

The ambitious and seemingly well-supported plans to reconstruct London’s iconic Crystal Palace have been abandoned. As reported by the BBC, Chinese developer ZhongRong Group, who was leading the project, failed to meet the required criteria and 16-month deadline set by the… Sigue leyendo

Competition Seeks Ideas to Transform Preston Bus Station into Youth Center

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has launched an international design competition in search of ideas to transform Lancashire’s iconic Preston Bus Station into a new public hub and youth center. The anticipated £13 million plan hopes to not only provide a home for… Sigue leyendo