Recession Souvenirs, Buildings in Bronze, Boym
The Boyms’ souvenirs famously include “missing” monuments or buildings that were never built or have been destroyed
Carson Road House Property
Knox Bhavan Architects were engaged to remodel this Victorian house, poorly converted into three flats in the 1960’s, and reconvert it into a beautiful family home. The house had to be completely gutted before the refurbishment could commence
Wood Awards 2009 Winners: Buildings
Wood Awards 2009 winners information on architects, buildings, images – Kings Place Concert Hall wins UK timber architectural prize: news
Longbridge Town Centre: Birmingham development
Working closely with Barton Willmore, the masterplanning and landscape architects for Longbridge, Holder Mathias Architects will ensure the detailed designs for Longbridge town centre fit within the parameters of the planning application for Longbridge North
British Embassy Warsaw Building Poland
Designed by Stirling Prize nominee Tony Fretton Architects, the British Embassy Warsaw building has a serene and formal quality and is set in its own grounds, facing onto a park in an area of the city devoted to embassies
British Embassy Warsaw, Poland: Tony Fretton
The new British Embassy in Warsaw designed by Tony Fretton Architects: the British Embassy building in Poland has a serene and formal quality and is set in its own grounds, facing onto a park in an area of the city devoted to embassies.
Zaha Hadid Exhibition Padua, ZHA Italy design
The historic qualities of the space presented an exacting design challenge for Hadid. The exhibition design respects these spatial and contextual characteristics whilst also intervening in the unique manner of Hadid’s digital, liquid fluidity
Galway Harbour Ideas Competition Winners
Swedish architects JM – Konrad Milton and Carl Jägnefält have won the Centre Pier, Galway Harbour Ideas Competition with their entry entitled ‘The Sky Pier – Unity in Duality’ coming out on top of a field of 117 entries.
Red Apple Rotterdam, Wijnhaven Island building
KCAP Architects&Planners’ project The Red Apple was awarded the title ‘Dutch Architecture Award 2009’ during the Expo Real in Munich.
John O’Groats Masterplan, Scotland building
Leading property consultants GVA Grimley Ltd on behalf of Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and in association with Robert Adam Architects, has unveiled a masterplan for the re-development of one of Scotland’s best known tourist destinations, John O’Groats.
Bartholomew Road Camden student flats
A refined new building by Jestico + Whiles for UNITE has opened its doors to students. This sustainable, modular development, on Bartholomew Road in Kentish Town, provides 54 selfcontained studios for students alongside 400 m2 of commercial space.
Roofscape Retrofit, London Carbon Reduction
The UK government has set an ambitious and necessary target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050. The carbon footprint of buildings is the source of over 50% of greenhouse gas emissions in the UK (DCLG)
Barwa Financial District, Qatar Building
KEO International Consultants designed BARWA’s prestigious Financial District Project in Doha, Qatar: two nautilus forms spiral in opposing directions, creating dynamic flow of mass and space
Milan Santamonica Church, Italy building
Milan Santamonica Church, Italy, design by Studio Nicoletti Associati, architects, to act as the central structure in the new 2000 home satellite district of Segrate Santamonica, located in the north east axis of Milan, due for completion in 2013.