FAT house, Fashion Architecture Taste
Modern Architect has been granted planning permission for a new roof extension to the Blue House in East London, originally designed by FAT and completed in 2002.
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London architecture designs and architects
Uncover new London architecture designs with British capital building news and architectural images. Find key modern UK capital city architects offices
East India Dock Masterplan London
Design: Studio RHE Architects. Trilogy Property and LaSalle Investment Management appoint a team of consultants to transform the 600,000 sqft office campus East India Dock into a new hub for innovation, co-working, cultural and tech sectors.
Trafalgar Square Crazy Golf Course in London
Crazy golf course for London’s Trafalgar Square – crowd-funding campaign. London Design Festival is hoping to raise £120,000 for the Visionary Crazy Golf, dreamt up by artists and designers, including the late architect Zaha Hadid.
Millbank Tower Renewal by John McAslan
Design: John McAslan + Partners. Consent obtained for refurbishment of the Grade II listed Millbank Tower to form 207 flats as well as a 150 bedroom hotel, gardens and a new cultural facility.
Battersea Square Housing in London SW11
Design: Assael Architecture. The Royal Academy of Dance will move to the Homebase site on York Place, Battersea, paving the way for the £55 million residential development comprising 34 apartments and five townhouses.
Kings Cross Building Photos, London Property
King’s Cross buildings – new photos. The German Gymnasium, a new restaurant designed by Conran and Partners, originally built in 1865 – England’s first purpose-built gymnasium for the German Gymnastics Society.
Euston Road Buildings, London Architecture
Euston Road Buildings – new photos. Key architecture developments in the Camden / King’s Cross area in North London.
Trafalgar Square Architecture – Buildings
The Palmyra arch was replicated in London. Copies of the Temple of Bel entrance in Syria were built in Trafalgar Square in ‘gesture of defiance’. It will next travel to Oxford this summer and then New York’s Times Square this fall.
Centre Point London, Oxford Street Tower
New photos of Crossrail building work around a renewed Tottenham Court Road Tube Station and this famous London tower, a substantial concrete and glass office building, one of the first skyscrapers in London,
Euston Station London Railway Building
Euston Station building photos. Soon to be developed with a new HS2 terminus that will trigger the regeneration of the area. The £10m contract awarded to Arup will be supported by architects Grimshaw and contractor Costain.
Claridge’s London Art Deco hotel building
Claridge’s London hotel, Mayfair, England. UK Art Deco building earned its reputation as Buckingham Palace’s extension around the World War II period. Founded in 1812.
Central St Giles London: Renzo Piano
Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop with Fletcher Priest Architects. New photos of Central Saint Giles. This vividly-coloured building near Centre Point was controversial when built. It went on to win the ‘Best of the Best’ category at the BCO Awards.
New Wooden Skyscraper London: Barbican Tower
Design: team from Centre for Natural Material Innovation, University of Cambridge with PLP Architecture. No it isn’t April Fool’s Day, a 300-m high wooden skyscraper has been proposed for central London by a team of Cambridge architecture researchers.
British Library London Building, Euston Road
The British Library has been listed at Grade I by the Heritage Minister, Tracey Crouch, on the advice of Historic England. Additionally, seven later 20th century libraries have been listed at Grade II.