Soccer City Stadium: African World Cup Venue

Soccer City Stadium - African World Cup Venue

The existing structural concrete profile of the two suite levels and upper tier are extended all round to encircle the pitch. The existing lower embankment is rebuilt in insitu off-shutter concrete to vastly improve the view lines and comfort of the most popular seats in the house.

Darwin College Cambridge Building, England

Darwin College Cambridge Building River Cam punt

Sweet little building perched on the edge of the Cam. The wood looks a bit weary (note gradation from grey below to original richness above) and seems discordant with context but works well with the rich beige brickwork

Covent Garden Houses Cambridge: NRAP

Covent Garden Houses Cambridge

NRAP architects developed these two houses in the centre of Cambridge. Highly specific in their design they are intended to be proto-typical of the kind of new urban housing that could be provided in British cities in the 21st century.

Charlottenburg Gate Berlin: Tor, German Archway

Charlottenburg Gate Berlin

Charlottenburger Tor with Charlottenburger Brücke is a Neo-Baroque building in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin. It was erected in 1907 at the behest of the then independent City of Charlottenburg, it was meant as a counterpart to Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate

British Embassy Berlin: Michael Wilford Building

British Embassy Berlin: Michael Wilford Building

The British embassy is the first and only embassy in Germany to be built under a Private Finance Initiative (PFI). Arteos, a Bilfinger Berger-owned special purpose entity, financed and were to operate the embassy building for 30 years

Brandenburg Gate Berlin neoclassical monument

Brandenburg Gate Berlin neoclassical monument

The Brandenburger Tor is an 18th-century neoclassical monument in Berlin. It is one of the best-known landmarks of Germany. It is built on the site of a former city gate that marked the start of the road from Berlin to the town of Brandenburg an der Havel.

Berlin Architecture Photos: German Building Images

Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin Architecture Photos

The emphasis of this photographic record of the German capital city’s major architecture was on contemporary buildings. For example there are photos of works by world-famous architects Zaha Hadid, Will Alsop, Richard Rogers and OMA