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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.
Aedas has been appointed to redevelop the proposed new Hereford Academy at the former Wyebridge Sports College. Contracted by Willmott Dixon, the practice was chosen as the preferred bidder over Kiers’ team and their architect Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios.
69 competition entries were received in total for this competition including overseas entries from Albania, Canada, India, Russia, Singapore and the USA.
Ambitious plans for a major mixed use development of the current City College site at Pelham Street in the heart of the city will provide for over 16,500 square metres of education floorspace, a youth hostel, student accommodation, an employment enterprise centre, 70 homes, a health clinic and a new public urban space.
The government review into further education funding must report urgently if action is to be taken to prevent hundreds of job losses in the engineering and design sector according to Atkins, the biggest player in the market.
Clifton Wharf, Gravesend Building, KPF English Project, Picture, News, Design, Property, Image Clifton Wharf, Gravesend Building Development in Gravesend, Kent, England, UK – design by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) 17 Mar 2009 Clifton Wharf Development KPF wins planning approval for Gravesend riverside renewal project Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (London) have won planning approval for … Read more
Portsmouth Stadium building design architect & images: Pompey Football Club, Herzog & de Meuron Architects, Switzerland for Sellar Property Group – Hampshire sports development, UK
London Eye architects, Marks Barfield, have completed an iridescent innovation centre in Lincoln. Client Lincoln City Council wanted to develop the site, located within easy walking distance of the university and the City Centre, into a flagship development to stimulate high value, science based employment use.
Curve Leicester building, Rafael Viñoly Architects’ first completed project in the United Kingdom, awarded a prestigious Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Award for the East Midlands region.
Salisbury Market Place Competition, Picture, Architect, Design, RIBA, Project, Info Salisbury Market Place Public Landscape by Letts Wheeler Architects in Wiltshire, England 6 Mar 2009 Salisbury Market Place Design Salisbury Market Place Renaissance – Result A team led by Letts Wheeler Architects has been chosen following an RIBA competition, to develop a landscape and public … Read more
The Sixth Form College Farnborough, has celebrated the completion of its campus development with a topping out ceremony for a £5 million new arts, IT and physics building, conducted by David Bell, Permanent Secretary at the Department for Children Schools and Families.
Jestico + Whiles’ scheme for the University of Southampton regenerates the heart of the university’s principal student residences campus
Fanhams Hall, a Listed Grade II* turn of the century Country House, was bought by J. Sainsbury as their Management Training Centre. The site is 28 acres, and Nicholas Ray Associates prepared a Master plan which involved a complex, phased building program.
Quarterhouse Folkestone building design by Alison Brooks Architects follows ABA’s competition win of the 2005 national 2-stage competition
River Soar Bridge Competition, Leicester Architecture Contest, Building, Architect, Photo, Design River Soar Bridge : Competition Winner RIBA Design Contest central England, UK Foot and Cycle Crossing 26 Feb 2009 River Soar Bridge Competition Winner Announced for River Soar Foot and Cycle Bridge Competition Explorations Architecture with Buro Happold has been announced as winners of … Read more
SouthGate Bath is a retail-led, mixed-use development in Bath. It is the largest mixed-use development in the centre of Bath, occupying a previously underused 5.2 ha site within the Bath Conservation area and part of the World Heritage Site.
Planners have given the go ahead for a new £2.5m music school building at Sherborne School in Dorset. Using traditional materials consistent with the school’s Grade I listed buildings, architects ORMS have designed a bold, contemporary structure that will sit comfortably within its historic context.
Wellington Academy, Wiltshire School, Architect, English Project, Proposal, News Wellington Academy Wiltshire : New School Building Wiltshire Educational Building – design by BDP in southwest England, UK 10 Feb 2009 Wellington Academy WELLINGTON – ANOTHER ACADEMY FOR BDP Design: BDP BDP, with Kier Education, has been selected as preferred bidder to design The Wellington Academy … Read more