The station received a five-year £100m refurbishment in 2002, which was the most expensive improvement on the UK rail network at the time. There are plans to enlarge the station with two new through platforms as part of the Northern Hub and five new platforms as part of the High Speed 2 proposals.
Scottish Quality in Planning Awards, Results – Building + Architect + Engineers Scottish Awards : Quality in Planning Winners in 2006, UK Scottish Quality in Planning Awards SAQP awards are one of the Scottish Government’s most prestigious events to acknowledge achievements in planning – ranging from strategic visions to new settlements. Its aim is to … Read more
New Ocean Platform Prison Architecture Competition, Maritime Design Contest, Building New Ocean Platform Prison : Pacific Design Contest Pacific Architectural Competition – Oil Platform Structure New Ocean Platform Prison Design Contest [AC-CA] Architecture Competition [PACIFIC 06] 12 Mar 2013 New Ocean Platform Prison Competition WINNER Ramón Martínez Jorge Sobejano pictures from competition organisers pictures from … Read more
Roses Awards Winners, British Buildings, Architects, Projects, News Roses Awards 2007 – Architecture Architectural Prize in Scotland + northern England, UK Roses Design Awards Winners Architect of the Year: Stephen Quinlan, Denton Corker Marshall Emerging Architect of the Year: Mark Emms, Emms Fowler Architects Architecture Grand Prix: Manchester Civil Justice Centre by Denton Corker Marshall … Read more
Roses Awards 2007, Nominations, Buildings, Architects Roses Design Awards 2007 Architecture Prize for Scotland + northern England, UK Roses Design Awards : 18 Oct, Manchester, England Roses Design Awards Winners Roses Design Awards 2007 – Nominations Best Public Building Manchester Civil Justice Centre Denton Corker Marshall Client: Her Majesty’s Court Service University of St Andrews … Read more
Lubetkin Prize 2009, RIBA, Architecture, Buildings, Winners, Shortlist, News RIBA Lubetkin Prize 2009 Royal Institute of British Architects Awards Lubetkin Prize Winner 14 Jul 2009 Bird’s Nest – National Stadium, Beijing, China Arup, Herzog & De Meuron Architekten AG, China Architecture Design & Research Group photo © Arup_Ben McMillan Birds Nest Building 11 Jun 2009 … Read more
RIBA Gold Medal 2010, Winner, I M Pei, Architect, Prize, Architecture RIBA Gold Medal 2010 I M Pei wins Royal Institute of British Architects Award Royal Gold Medal 2010 I M Pei awarded 2010 RIBA Gold Medal photo : Courtesy of the Museum of Islamic Art 2010 Honours Committee: Chair – Ruth Reed, RIBA President … Read more
Primary School in Castelldefels, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain – design by Estudio Carme Pinós – the plot presents two problems: being exposed to the view of the houses around it and the noise of the train. The project could be understood as the answer to both facts.
Urban Splash has redeveloped a stunning Victorian mill in Manchester to create a mix of contemporary apartments and shell spaces which buyers can transform into their perfect place to live or work.
RIBA Awards 2007, UK – architecture prize, Royal Institute of British Architects, Stirling shortlist – winners, UK architects & buildings news
Crouch Hill Dairy Building, London, Finsbury Park pub: as the name suggests, the building was a Victorian dairy, which sets the tone both outside (there are some stunning friezes on the exterior walls) and inside this Real Pubs venture.
Arkþing emphazises and has implemented environmentally friendly planning in its projects. Prior to each design stage of a project the environment is carefully evaluated, thus the design reckons the connection between the structure and the environment
Reburbia Design Competition, Buildings, Project, News, Design, Property Reburbia Design Competition International Architecture Award 2009 : Winners + Commendations Reburbia Design Competition – Winners International Architecture Award 2009 Winners + Commendations GRAND PRIZE – $1000 Frog’s Dream: McMansions Turned into Biofilter Water Treatment Plants, Calvin Chiu SECOND PLACE Entrepreneurbia: Rezoning Suburbia for Self-Sustaining Life Urban … Read more
Premios Construir : Portuguese Architecture Award 2009 Winners + Commendations – Buildings Prize Portugal, Project, News, Design, Property: Best Public Project – Camargo Foundation Iberê ; Air from Rio in Porto ; Business Incubator of Vila Verde ; Hotel Palace of the Rural Pombeiro
Mies van der Rohe Awards Shortlist – Winners 2009, Buildings, European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, News, Prize – Mies van der Rohe Shortlist
Designed by Edwin Lutyens, the permanent structure was built from Portland stone between 1919 and 1920 by Holland, Hannen & Cubitts, replacing Lutyens’ earlier wood-and-plaster cenotaph in the same location.
London buildings Z, key architectural / property projects in British Capital, England, UK – London buildings: built environment developments, architecture