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Major new works to visit include the Building B1, Greenwich Peninsula by Madrid studio SelgasCano. It is a urpose-built 10,000 sqft property in a new Design District.
Also worth noting is The Courtauld Institute of Art London renewal and work at St Mary-le-Strand Church.
We also feature the Weston Studio Rambert Ballet School, Twickenham, by MICA. An extension to the Weston dance studio for the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance.
Finally, take a look at the Spa House, Winchester, by OB Architecture. This holistic pool and garden pavilion in the grounds of a family home in Hampshire seamlessly connects new and old spaces.
Salisbury Cathedral and Bishops Palace & Gardens in Wells are undertaking prestigious projects with 20/20 – a Cornish Design and Build company based in Falmouth, to draw people into their grounds and encourage exploration.
The Long House Cockthorpe, Norfolk, England, design by Hopkins Architects: property singularly responsive to local materials and vernacular forms
An energy-from-waste facility that will manage all of Suffolk’s residual household waste has been given the go ahead. Planning permission given for the 269,000 tonnes per year facility at Great Blakenham near Ipswich
Commissioned by St Andrew’s Healthcare, the 20,000 plus square metre hospital unit is probably the largest single building in the classical style to be built for 50 years.
Now completed and open to the public, HawkinsBrown’s striking glazed Corby Cube is the focal point of a major regeneration programme to revitalize the former steel-making town in Northants, UK.
Watts Gallery in Compton, Surrey, dedicated to the art of the celebrated Victorian artist, George Frederic Watts, reopened to the public on Saturday 18 June 2011, following a major restoration.
A 1930’s bungalow, was demolished to make way for a bespoke 5 bed-roomed, 4 bath-roomed sustainably resourced bronze clad house. Burrell Architects worked with CABE and Inspire East and put the scheme through a public review.
Lancaster Institute of Contemporary Arts, LICA development, northwest England, UK, design by Sheppard Robson Architects, academic building project
Tri-Gen Living England, English Affordable Housing, Architecture, Building, Design Tri-Gen Living : Affordable Housing Tri-Gen Living Building, southeast England – design by Norton Ellis Architects 10 Jun 2011 Tri-Gen Living Design: Norton Ellis Architects ONE HOUSE – THREE HOMES – THREE GENERATIONS This is a ground breaking new concept from Norton Ellis Architects. The design … Read more
Bradfield College Greek Theatre, Berkshire building, southeast England design by studio octopi Architects: UK independent school situated in countryside
A series of unheated and unserviced timber structures sit astride a raw concrete barrier that provides some form of flood defence and creates two very different habitats: a fresh water lagoon and salt water marsh. This is a most unusual hide for bird-watching
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.
This is a feast for the senses: from the overt tactility of the rough-hewn stone walling, to the scent and smooth warmth of the birch plywood that lines the interior spaces.
This is a museum within the museum; its function is to show both building and the objects it houses. The ‘falling-down’ majesty of the existing buildings has been artfully retained and gently restored.
The Dover seafront has been transformed by artworks that take the form of three waves gently washing up against the sheltered beach.
In order to accommodate the Rothschild Foundation Archive and the offices of the Rothschild charity, a series of simple rectangular buildings has been built on the site of a former dairy farm
In bringing together students and academics from the Schools of Medicine and Biological Sciences, with additional research groups from the School of Electronics and Computer Science, the building reflects the University’s cross-disciplinary research vision.