New Sailing Academy in Pwllheli
The Welsh sailing community will be reinvigorated this autumn with the opening of a striking new National Sailing Academy and Events Centre building design by EllisWilliams Architects.
Mosman House in Sydney Property
Design: Corben Architects. The Mosman House comprises a two storey garage structure with guest accommodation and a gymnasium, a three storey home and a boatshed
2 Holland Grove Terrace in Singapore
Design: A D Lab. Having constructed their house themselves over 25 years prior, the clients were somewhat reluctant to tear down the unassuming bungalow that had been a repository for so many memories throughout the years of raising their family.
St Georges House in West Vancouver, BC
Design: Randy Bens Architect. The building is a very long, carved rectangle that captures a stunning westward view. The house was designed around the idea of a covered, exterior living space, which is open to the view and morning light through a glazed clerestory window band.
Glen 2961 Residence in Cape Town
Design: SAOTA. The clients – who owned and lived in an existing house on the property for nine years – needed to rebuild the house in order to suit the demands of their family with 3 teenage kids.
Monverde Hotel in Lixa Accommodation
Design by FCC Arquitectura + Paulo Lobo near Porto. The project aimed to adapt the space that Quinta da Lixa uses to produce wine through the construction of a Rural Hotel devoted to wine tourism
Neglected strand of the Modern Movement
Article by Peter Cully: Irish architecture has made great strides in recent times, impressing both at home and abroad, where Irish architects have had some major successes. Beneath the headlines perhaps not all is as rosy as might be surmised.
Millharbour Village Homes in London Isle of Dogs
Design: Studio Egret West and Hawkins\Brown. The London Borough of Tower Hamlets has granted planning consent to proposals submitted by Studio Egret West and Hawkins\Brown on behalf of Galliard Homes for a residential-led development of 1500 homes at Millharbour Village.
One Roof House in Seongnam, South Korea
Design: mlnp architects. One Roof house is located in Pan-gyo, a residential area in the suburb of Seoul. This building focuses on spatial arrangement and sectional plan rather than exteriors.
New Street Station in Birmingham
Design: AZPML
Occupying an important position in the city and handling a large amount of traffic, New Street Station provides the first impression of Birmingham to a large influx of visitors to the Midlands.
V-A-C Contemporary Arts & Culture Centre
Renzo Piano Building Workshop to redesign 2 hectares of the city, converting a historic power station, situated on the banks of the Moskva river, into a new venue for contemporary arts and culture.
Burntwood School in Wandsworth, London
Design: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris. The transformation of Burntwood School pieces together a 1950’s modernist education campus for 2000 pupils and 200 staff in south-west London. Winner of the prestigious 2015 RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK’s best new building.
Stirling Prize 2015 winner buildings + architects
Winner of the prestigious 2015 RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK’s best new building, now in its 20th year: Burntwood School, Wandsworth by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Big Invisible House on the Isle of Wight
Design: Lincon Miles Architecture. A stunning family home was recently completed on the south coast of the Isle of Wight as part of Channel 4’s programme ‘Grand Designs’, designed by architect Lincoln Miles.