Tara Theatre in London, Earlsfield Building

Tara Theatre

Designed by Aedas Arts Team, Tara Theatre in London, UK is the winner of the Culture & Community Category for Built Projects at the New London Awards 2017, beating fierce competition.

Travel to London in September, UK capital events

Houses of Parliament, London

Travel to London in September: what to do – Exhibitions, music, gastronomy and outdoor fun. After the summer season, if you travel to London in September you will find pleasant temperatures and fewer tourists in the city.

Geffrye Museum Building, Shoreditch, London

Geffrye Museum Building London

Founded by Sir Robert Geffrye, the museum is a former site of almshouses built to house the financially insecure elderly from 1714. It was converted to a museum of furniture and industry by London Country Council in 1914. Since 1930, displays of domestic life have been exhibited here to depict period rooms from the 1600s, to the present day.

Bird Street Smart Oasis, London

Bird Street Smart Oasis London Retail Concept | www.e-architect.com

Architect: Harry Dobbs Design. Intended as a catalyst for further re-development of the London Oxford Street area: the idea is also to give smaller businesses and brands the opportunity to trade in a prime retail location.

London Festival of Architecture 2017: LFA

London: Design Capital buildings image from LFA

London Festival of Architecture news – the show is over but many events continue. This architectural festival showcases London as a city rich in memories drawn from all over the world. Events include Wolfgang Weileder: Laban Transferred and The Cass Summer Show.

V&A Boilerhouse Yard: Exhibition Road Project

V&A Exhibition Road Project courtyard design by AL_A

Film, info + images of Exhibition Road Quarter design by AL_A, opening this Friday. A new entry, gallery and the first porcelain-tiled public courtyard in the world will be accessed through the remodelled Aston Webb screen.

Darwin Centre, Natural History Museum London

Darwin Centre London museum building

The Darwin Centre Phase Two, the extension of the Natural History Museum in London has received an honorable mention by the Italian Dedalo Minosse International Prize, recognizing good cooperation between client and architect in the constructive process.

Chalcots Estate Cladding, Swiss Cottage / Camden

Chalcots Estate towers Camden North London

This council housing estate in Swiss Cottage in the London Borough of Camden was refurbished in 2006-09 by the same firm that oversaw work at Grenfell Tower. It appears that Reynobond ACM panels were also used. The Estate comprises five high-rise tower blocks.

Coombe Cliff Conservatory Building Restoration

Coombe Cliff Conservatory Building

Conservation architects Donald Insall Associates’ restoration of Grade II listed building for the Horniman Museum and Gardens in London. The building was commissioned in 1894 by Frederick John Horniman as a place to tend his rare plants.

Victoria & Albert Museum Shop, London

Victoria & Albert Museum Shop

Architecture practice Friend & Company has led the new design of the store. With their signature total architecture approach the new shop embraces craftsmanship, and is set to be an inspirational space for the 21st century museum-goer. The first V&A shop, from 1863, was a showcase for new crafts too.

Cadogan Café Chelsea by NEX

Cadogan Café London design by NEX in Chelsea

Design: NEX, Architects – New London Architecture Awards 2017 news. This visually distinctive destination arises from a strong site-specific historical context. Located on the Kings Road, Chelsea, the new Cadogan Cafe is defined by a spiralling wall that ties this contemporary creation with its prevalent past.

Serpentine Pavilion 2017, Kensington Gardens

Serpentine Pavilion 2017

Architect Diébédo Francis Kéré, Burkino Faso, commissioned to design the Serpentine Pavilion 2017, responding to the brief with a bold, innovative structure that brings his characteristic sense of light and life to the lawns of Kensington Gardens.

Bloomberg’s European Headquarters London Offices

Bloombergs European HQ

Architects: Foster + Partners. Opening this autumn, Bloomberg’s new European headquarters in the heart of the City of London is the first wholly owned, designed and constructed Bloomberg building globally.