Serpentine Summer Houses 2016, London
Opening soon – pavilion designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG architects) and four houses designed by Kunlé Adeyemi – NLÉ, Barkow Leibinger, Yona Friedman and Asif Khan.
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London Festival of Architecture Installations 2016
Exhibition design: Rachael Davidson (HÛT Architecture) & Chris Bryant (Alma-nac). Royal Institute of British Architects’ (RIBA) summer installation ‘Constructing Communities’, part of London Festival of Architecture, at iconic car park site, Peckham Levels, south London.
St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London
Design: HOK, Architects. Comprehensive redevelopment of Britain’s oldest operational hospital completed following an extensive 10-year modernisation project delivered by Skanska: 700,000 sqft of new patient accommodation.
BFI Film Centre, South Bank Centre, London
New BFI International Centre for Film, TV and the Moving Image gains offer of support of up to £87m towards the £130m total project cost. The new building should open in 2022.
Elephant & Castle Allies & Morrison Masterplan
Design by Allies and Morrison, architects for redevelopment of the Elephant and Castle shopping centre, a new campus for the London College of Communication and the University of Arts London, a new underground station, over 1,000 units, commercial space and a retail town centre.
Paddington Place Alternative Design Competition
JTP and AR Urbanism win design contest for the ‘Paddington Pole’ site. The low-level buildings contrast with the 72-storey skyscraper designed by Renzo Piano next door to Paddington rail station.
61 Oxford Street, London Soho Building
Architect: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris. This project between Oxford street and Soho Square was being developed by Derwent London. Originally a tower was proposed but this was rejected by City of Westminster Council.
UCL Stratford Campus, Newham Masterplan
Marshgate – UCL Stratford Campus Architects shortlist news: Grimshaw ; Hawkins Brown working with MVRDV ; Mecanoo ; Scott Brownrigg working with UN Studio and Stanton Williams.
JTP Relocates to Wapping by St George
Award-winning international architectural and masterplanning practice, JTP (formerly John Thompson and Partners), is moving its head office to the London Dock development in Wapping by St George.
Westferry Secondary School Isle of Dogs, London
Atkins’ design for the new Westferry Secondary School on the Isle of Dogs has been given planning permission as part of the application to regenerate the former Westferry Printworks site.
Paddington Crossrail Station Building, London
Design: WestonWilliamson+Partners, architects. Design issues are balanced in this project, including heritage, conservation, transport integration, way-finding, orientation, servicing and security to create a world-class pedestrian space alongside existing buildings, according to the architects.
Royal College of Art Battersea, RCA London
Design: Haworth Tompkins, Architects. RCA Battersea Dyson Building wins a RIBA London Award: the judges stated: ‘The enthusiasm and synergy between architect and client was evident”.
Elephant & Castle New Cultural Quarter, London
Design: SOM, architects. Twentieth Century Society criticism of 40-storey “cultural quarter” buildings at the Elephant & Castle, previously attacked by both Historic England and the Ministry of Sound.
London Science Museum Building, South Kensington
London Science Museum New Events Spaces Architects Shortlist. Alison Brooks Architects ; Duggan Morris ; Originate ; RCKa ; Wright & Wright. The winning architecture studio will be named in July.