IsabelleThe masterstroke of the housing scheme of 236 social and private apartments in Copenhagen’s regeneration area of Havneholmen is the way in which the architects have challenged the masterplan which limited access to the water for both residents and visitors.
Newton and Arkwright Building, Nottingham Trent University. The project involves the skilful renovation of two existing historic buildings to create a contemporary university facility.
When the Haiti earthquake mangled Port-au-Prince’s Iron Market, it destroyed a symbol of the nation. Built in France and bound for Cairo to serve as a railway station, the vagaries of history, tides or captains led it to end up here, where it served as a perfectly good market hall until ravaged first by fire in 2008 and then by earthquake.
Claredale Street, London: Cambridge Heath buildings design by Karakusevic Carson Architects: Claredale St building, Cambridge Heath property: architecture
Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form, London: Media Arts and Science College Building – design by Jestico + Whiles Architects
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
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’.
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
Hampstead Lane Property, London Residential Architecture, Photos, Architect, Design Hampstead Lane House New North London Property: Residence – design by Duggan Morris Architects 19 May 2011 Hampstead Lane London Design: Duggan Morris Architects photographs © James Brittain RIBA Award winner, 19 May 2011 Hampstead Lane House Love them or hate them, all too often the … Read more
Fitzroy Street and Maple Place Building, London Lettable Space, Duggan Morris Architecture Fitzroy Street and Maple Place London Office Architecture Development – design by Duggan Morris Architects 19 May 2011 Fitzroy Street and Maple Place London RIBA Award winner, 19 May 2011 Design: Duggan Morris Architects photographs © Kilian O’Sullivan Fitzroy Street and Maple Place … 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.
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
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.
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.