Isabelle Lomholt Britain has an enormous stock of traditional terraced houses, which increasingly struggle to meet the needs of contemporary living – clearly a significant challenge. This typical four-storey London terraced house is a case in point
In an increasingly risk-adverse culture, what distinguishes this project is its ambition to challenge and rethink the health and safety preconceptions that surround children’s playgrounds, most obviously characterised by the ubiquitous use of ‘bouncy tarmac’.
Designed in 1864 to display Lord Leighton’s collection of Islamic tiles, the house’s centrepiece is a two storey opulent domed Arab Hall with a central fountain. The whole interior of the house is richly decorated, with ceramic tiles, rich paintwork and gilded ceilings
Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form, London: Media Arts and Science College Building – design by Jestico + Whiles Architects
Claredale Street, London: Cambridge Heath buildings design by Karakusevic Carson Architects: Claredale St building, Cambridge Heath property: architecture
The Pasmore Apollo Pavilion, originally built as part of the Peterlee’s social housing development, is a not so much an important one-off piece but more a gathering of bold architectural ideas.
Watson House, Boldre, Lymington, southeast England – design by John Pardey Architects – The architects have overcome the reticence of planners, who insisted on this New Forest house being invisible from the public realm, in a thoroughly elegant way.
Windermere Building, Lake District Architecture, Architect, Home Image, English Residential Project Lake District House : Windermere Property Cumbria House: Rural Home in Northwest England, UK – design by Sutherland Hussey Architects 19 May 2011 Lake District property Design: Sutherland Hussey Architects RIBA Award winner – May 2011 images : Karen Guthrie 2 Aug 2007 The … Read more
The form of the building responds in a creative way to the constraints and opportunities of the site on an industrial estate. The full height timber siding and window slots emphasise the verticality and create a graphic and strong image for the Woodland Trust.
The buildings were constructed in 1690, converted into luxury shops in 1750 by Huguenot silk merchants, modernised in 1827 and in more recent times badly damaged by fire.
Knop Law Primary School marks a return to the core values of how children are nurtured and taught in intuitive and ambitious surroundings. This Westerhope education building on Tyneside, England, was designed by Architects Design Partnership.
Wildspace Rainham Warehouse, Essex, England design by Alison Brooks Architects – development for London Thames Gateway Development Corporation (LTGDC)
How this is possible and can produce special qualities is shown by the result of the international architectural competition for the Niederösterreichhaus (“House of Lower Austria”) in Krems.
A retirement home designed and supervised by Chinthaka Wickramage Associates in the Belihuloya Mountains of Sri Lanka for Wind Power Engineer Mr. Sunith Fernando and his medical professor wife.
Bella Sky Hotel Copenhagen, Danish accommodation building design by 3XN Architects, Denmark: modern Danish hotel building, Bella Sky info & photos
Rocell Bathware Concept Centre Building Refurbishment: converting an existing dilapidated Car Showroom Service Centre to an elegant and stylish living space, with the task of stimulating and inspiring visitors was a challenging task.
The project was to build a Wooden Toy Factory on an abandoned Rubber estate, by a joint venture between a Norwegian investor and a Sri Lankan partner, with the toy products expected to be exported to the Nordic and Scandinavian Countries.