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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. With expanding student numbers, increased space requirements for students and expanding community engagement aspirations, the institute was outgrowing its existing buildings.
Finally, take a look at the Spa House, Winchester, by OB Architecture. This holistic pool and garden pavilion is found in the grounds of a family home in Hampshire. It seamlessly connects the new, modernist glazed structure to the Victorian period property through clever landscaping and exterior design.
The vision for the new arts building was to create a centre for arts and culture that fused both city and university campus as a core for activity and learning. A central cross point constitutes a mini city, in which both the public, the Center for Visual Art and various university activities create the city life.
Constructed as a weekend retreat and future home to retire for the owners, Salt House carries forward the Modernist tradition of the experimental ‘beach house’ as a vehicle to explore new architectural possibilities- site specific yet containing the potential for wider application
Since opening in 1999, The Oracle has become the foremost shopping and leisure destination in the Thames Valley region. Developed in joint enture between Hammerson and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
Gravesend is an ancient town in northwest Kent, England, situated 21 miles (35 km) east-southeast of Charing Cross (central London) on the south bank of the Thames Estuary and opposite Tilbury in Essex. Located in the diocese of Rochester, it is the administrative centre of the Borough of Gravesham
Reportedly the first house to achieve Level 6 benchmark under the Code for Sustainable Homes, the performance level that all new homes are supposed to achieve in 2016. BRE’s zero-carbon home includes photovoltaics, biomass boiler and ‘wind catcher’
Plymouth Theatre Royal consists of a 1,300-seat main auditorium, The Lyric, which regularly hosts large-scale musicals, opera and ballet; a 200-seat studio, The Drum; and a 50-seat studio, The Lab.
The ‘Atomik Pier’ by Atomikarchitecture with XC02 and ‘The Beachcomber’ by Ian Hughes are the winners of the BURA 21st Century Piers Competition.
Edward Cullinan Architects collaborated with the engineers Buro Happold and Green Oak Carpentry Company to develop this innovative, award- winning low energy structure.
The new building houses a rehearsal space on the first floor and a community / education room at ground level with a link structure connecting the extension to the existing building at ground and first floor level.
After two years of closure, Cusworth Hall in Doncaster reopened its doors to the public in May, following a £7 million refurbishment and restoration project by leading architects and historic buildings consultants, Purcell Miller Tritton.
St John the Baptist Church Thaxted, Essex Religious Architecture, Historic Building, Architect St John the Baptist Church, Thaxted, Essex Essex Church Building Restoration by Purcell Miller Tritton Architects, UK 18 Jun 2007 Thaxted Church Essex Historical Landmark Revamped Design: Purcell Miller Tritton, Architects Leading architect and historic buildings consultant, Purcell Miller Tritton, has recently completed … Read more
This large historic property is a Grade I listed country house located in Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England. It is the home of Stowe School, an independent school and is owned by the Stowe House Preservation Trust who have to date (March 2013) spent more than £25m on the restoration of the house.
Architecture practice Walters and Cohen has been awarded a prestigious Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Award today for its benchmark design of Redbrook Hayes Primary School in Rugeley, Staffordshire, UK
Redbrook Hayes Primary School in Rugeley, Staffs, is a carefully considered response to the government’s Exemplar Schools Project. Designed by Walters and Cohen, an architectural practice with an outstanding record in delivering well-designed schools across the UK
Corby Academy, Northamptonshire: Priors Hall Urban development project, England, UK – design by Foster + Partners, architects – Corby Academy building
The Parabola project at Hadspen represents a commitment to seeking out radical solutions to planting, and to exploring the links that gardening can make to other fields of creativity
Brighton & Hove Architecture, Victorian footbridge design by DO-Architecture – Hove Railway Station, design competition: Sussex railway station building
Hammerson acquired a 50% interest in the freehold of Queensgate shopping centre in November 2005. The centre is a fully enclosed two level shopping centre providing 135 stores and 2,300 car parking spaces.
