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Britain’s most important new cultural building since British Library, designed by world-famous Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron Architects: new Tate Modern opens – new ten-storey pyramidal building sits behind the original power station
Make Architects’ new commercial scheme reveals and celebrates original Roman Wall and Saxon remains in London for the first time in decades.
PRP’s Later Living team completes £26m Lewisham Almshouses homes, London for One Housing Group (City Style). Built in 1963, the site was originally home to the Christopher Boone’s Almshouses.
MultiPly London Design Festival Flagship Pavilion 2018 – UK’s first hardwood cross laminated timber being used to construct Waugh Thistleton’s pavilion for the London Design Festival.
Assael Architecture and developer Montreaux submit plans to develop 2,000 new homes in Southall, Ealing, with original façade of the Maypole factory and Sunrise Radio building retained.
Camden Council West End Project in London by LDA Design – transformation of Princes Circus, and Alfred Place and Whitfield Gardens off Tottenham Court Road, part of £35m project.
Battersea Phase 3A by Frank Gehry – construction news for €70 million façade contract: inspired by London’s typical regency style, the façade takes full advantage of the brightness of the buildings, thanks to the special undulating shape.
Gasholders London King’s Cross by architects: WilkinsonEyre with Jonathan Tuckey Design: Argent LLP shortlisted for RIBA Client of the Year 2018 – the industrial heritage of Kings Cross is integral to its regeneration and the triplet of Grade II listed cast-iron gasholders is the most distinct centrepiece.
R7 King’s Cross by architects: Duggan Morris Architects with Weedon Architects: Argent shortlisted for RIBA Client of the Year 2018 – sitting as the colourful backdrop to the Granary Building in the King’s Cross regeneration programme is R7 – the next generation of workplace.
Kings Crescent Estate Phases 1 and 2 by architects: Karakusevic Carson Architects and Henley Halebrown: London Borough of Hackney shortlisted for RIBA Client of the Year 2018 – The original Kings Cross Estate had been half demolished in 2000 and the remaining community have lived with the resulting wasteland until now.
Life After Uni: Best Places To Live In London: So you’ve just graduated and you’re on the property hunt in the big wide world.
London Bridge Public Realm Competition Winner – Charles Holland Architects win design competition to improve wayfinding and the public realm outside London Bridge station, a focus of LFA 2018 the contest aims to form a legacy.
The uniquely-shaped Gherkin, completed in 2003, cleared the way for a new generation of tall buildings in London and beyond. Ten years on, the tapering form and diagonal bracing structure of 30 St Marys Axe afford numerous benefits
Portsoken Pavilion, a sculptural monocoque structure by Make Architects, has been unveiled as part of the City of London Corporation’s transformation of a former gyratory into a high-quality public space.