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Photographer Anton Rodriguez chronicled the homes of his fellow residents in a book, ‘Residents: Inside the Iconic Barbican Estate’: it offers a fascinating glimpse into the lives of his neighbours.
Alex Salmond suggests the Houses of Parliament should be rebuilt in Liverpool or Manchester. The current ‘patch and mend’ maintenance approach is no longer sustainable. Work to save the Grade I listed Palace of Westminster building is to start in 2022.
Design: Paul Davis + Partners, architects. This largely residential and mixed-use scheme looks set to act as a catalyst for the regeneration of the historic dockland area of Wapping in east London.
Design: AL_A, Architects. While designing a new cultural centre in Lisbon, the architects discovered a former fishing tackle shop, which was transformed into a tiny, vibrant restaurant serving only tinned seafood.
Design: Burwell Deakins Architects. New learning space, one of a number of new student hubs across UCL’s Bloomsbury campus. The facility provides dedicated, open access social and collaborative learning areas, as well as a variety of student and academically orientated spaces.
Design: Foster + Partners Architects. The re-thinking of Apple Regent Street in London marks the enduring progression of Apple, going beyond retail to create a richer, more energizing experiences for visitors. The new store will open to customers on Saturday, 15 October at 10 am.
Design: Architype, Architects. Arranged along a west-facing crescent, each classroom has open views to the landscape, shaded by protruding vertical fins. 55,000 handmade bricks dominate the school façade, topped by 580sqm of wild flower meadow green roof.
Design: Grzywinski+Pons. A 100 room hotel in west London, a hybridization of a boutique hotel offering and an aparthotel — two programs that generally are mutually exclusive. The architects’ brief was to bring a design-led bespoke hospitality feel to a product that is traditionally anything but.
Architects: Grimshaw. The Laboratory at Dulwich College is a state-of-the-art science building situated in the centre of the school’s historic campus in south London. The £14 million Grimshaw-designed scheme has officially been opened and is the first completed school project in the practice’s education portfolio.
Design: Mackay + Partners, architects. The new Motel One building in the historic Minories neighbourhood of the City of London features a ground-breaking illuminated façade made from DuPont Corian high-tech surface.
Design: AMA, Architects. Fucina Restaurant features a unique, mind blowing curvacious brick ceiling, entirely handmade and taking its inspiration from the interiors of traditional Italian pizza ovens.
Design: Studio C102, architects. Fit-out of the first 8,000sqft 1Rebel, a new luxury boutique brand of gyms located in St Mary’s Axe, London. Originally conceived as an office, the building has been stripped down and reconfigured into a contemporary, industrial space which is balanced in luxury and theatrical glamour.
Design: concrete / EllisMiller. The new citizenM at Shoreditch will be the third citizenM in the city of London and is located right in Shoreditch, a location destined to be a perfect fit for the citizenM affordable luxury attitude
Design: Grimshaw architects. Timelapse footage shows the incredible progress made in just one month as the rebuilding of London Bridge station building moves into its final phase. Passengers will benefit from wider, fully-accessible platforms and better facilities.