St Patrick’s College in Dublin, part of Dublin City University, has announced a £40million development plan for its north Dublin campus. UK-based international architectural practice RMJM worked in collaboration with Irish architecture practice Taylor Architects to create four new buildings for the campus.
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Google’s Global Workplace Strategy Presented in Berlin with Workplace Partner Dr. Andrew Laing of DEGW. A first-time peek at Google’s successful workplace strategies was the highlight of an international conference for corporate real estate professionals in Europe and beyond.
The Culloden Battlefield Memorial Centre, designed by Gareth Hoskins Architects, is the result of an international design competition which was held by the National Trust for Scotland in 2004.
The Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital in Brighton, designed by BDP, has won the Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award, at a ceremony in London on 8 October 2008.
Of a possible 11 awards presented during the gala dinner in Dubai, Atkins was short listed as a finalist in four categories and claimed the top honours of Architect of the Year and Young Architect of the Year, beating off stiff competition.
The Al Sharq office building quietly pursues a rigorous sustainability agenda. A shallow plan office floor plate with heavily shaded facades reduces the tower’s environmental footprint and provides an internal environment with extremely high levels of occupant comfort, flooded with diffuse natural light.
Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital, Brighton, Sussex – design by BDP Architects – Royal Alexandra Hospital, health building Image, English architecture
Newcastle hotels, Tyne & Wear, Northeast England – info + images of Gateshead accommodation + Newcastle hotel buildings: Tyneside accommodation.
Arup Advanced Geometry Unit – Morning Line Sculpture by Artist Matthew Ritchie – architects, engineers, photo, England studio info: Arup AGU news & images
Astir Palace Athens building, Nafisika Hotel photos – design by R.Sakellaridou + M.Papanikolaou and Associate Architects – Nafisika Hotel Greece
The entire building is covered with vertical louvers made of white ceramic panels. Choice of the latter has been made out of the imagery of earthenware and porcelain pieces that compose this museum’s collection.
The site looks down the calm Inland Sea of Japan and has a water conduit within. Its landscape consists of the ridgeline of the mountains and islands faced with the surface of the sea.
Planning permission has been granted for the scheme at Our Lady & St Edwards Catholic Primary School in Birkenhead, designed by Sheffield practice Race Cottam Associates.