Wembley Buildings Renewal, London Architecture
Quintain Estates and Development PLC’s transformation of Wembley City took a major step forward as Brent Council resolved to grant consent for the next phase of development
St. Patricks School Building London
‘Less is More’ would seem to sum up this tiny yet delightful and ingenious school extension providing a library, music room and store room. The building has a simplicity that comes from a straightforward plan.
Shadow House London St Paul’s Crescent Property
Dense urban living requires successful compact housing models, something this thoughtful, rigorous yet inspirational house, designed and self-built by husband and wife architects, delivers admirably on a tight site and limited budget.
Strange House, London SE8 Property
This enduringly likeable house is dropped into a tight housing hinterland, surrounded by backs and boundaries. Above a highly glazed timber-framed base sits a set-back upper tier clad in profiled rigid board.
Bear Lane, Great Suffolk Street, London
Bear Lane, Great Suffolk Street housing development, SE1 – design by Panter Hudspith Architects – London housing: Bear Lane building, Great Suffolk Street
Alphabet Building Amsterdam design
Amsterdam based project development corporation NIC started sale of the MVRDV designed Alphabet building. In Amsterdam small and mid-size creative companies have trouble finding suitable office space
De Prinsendam Amsterdam, Tony Fretton building
Fitting within the Masterplan for a new residential neighbourhood to the North of Amsterdam, the project forms a courtyard with the adjacent Alvaro Siza block that faces the river
Millfield House Newcastle, Jesmond Dene Park
The visitor’s centre sits at the focal point of Jesmond Dene’s linear park, which has served generations of visiting families. This Tyneside building design is by Mosedale Gillatt Architects: RIBA Award winner, 19 May 2011.
Stratheden Mental Health Unit Fife, Cupar building
Stratheden Mental Health Units, Cupar, for NHS Fife: the proposals were to provide an 18 bed low security and 24 bed medium security dementia units in the grounds of NHS Fife Stratheden Hospital.
Michael Faraday Community School Southwark
Designed by Alsop Sparch, the new Michael Faraday Community School, which opens its doors to its first pupils today (30 September 2010), is the first of three primary schools to be transformed under the Southwark Schools for the Future programme
Timber Hut Competition, Middlehaven Contest
More than 35 young Northeast designers have registered to enter a timber hut design competition which will see the winning proposals built at Middlesbrough’s £200m RiversideOne residential development on the former site of the town’s Middlehaven Docks.
RIBA Awards Scotland, Scottish buildings + architects
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) will announce the recipients of the 2011 RIBA Awards on Thursday 19 May. Ten exceptional buildings in Scotland are recognised for their architectural excellence.
North College Rice University: Houston Building
Walls are self-supporting of 8 inch deep bricks, reflecting the rich character of existing campus buildings, using a high lime content mortar, so that the bricks span across each façade of the building without being broken by expansion joints.
Maggie’s Cotswolds: Cheltenham Cancer Care
This healthcare project has been designed from the inside out; the ingenious manipulation of scale has successfully created an intimate and domestic environment within what is actually a very social space.