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Tomb of Tutankhamen Conservation and Management, Egypt – one of the best known cultural heritage sites in the world: “This project has greatly expanded our understanding of one of antiquity’s most storied places”.
Travel to Egypt Pyramids: Giza is considered a pharaonic destination because it contains a huge amount of the monuments related to the reign of mighty pharaohs and rulers.
Battersea Power Station Roof Terrace by LDA: panoramic views from one of Europe’s largest roof terraces, part of the transformation of Grade II* London industrial icon.
Appointment of construction company Ardmore for Hornsey Town Hall renewal in London’s Crouch End completes: mixed-use development for Far East Consortium at Grade II* Listed former civic headquarters building.
Joel Solkoff’s Column Vol. V, Number 1: Mayor Gabriel Campana of Williamsport PA meets e-architect’s US Editor. In 1870, the city had more millionaires per capita than anyplace on earth.
Joel Solkoff’s Column Vol. V, Number 1: welcome to the US Editorial Offices of e-architect in Williamsport PA. In 1870, the city had more millionaires per capita than anyplace on earth.
Fort Burgoyne in Dover building design Lee Evans Partnership, Architects – redevelopment of Scheduled Ancient Monument, constructed in the 1860s to repel an invasion of Britain from the Channel.
Renewal Design: Julian Harrap Architects. The artwork and models were to be returned to their original locations. In preparation of this important restoration project the Museum staff carried out archive research to inform the architectural restoration.
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.
Photos added of Coldingham Priory, Berwickshire. It was founded in the reign of David I of Scotland, although King Edgar of Scotland had granted the land of Coldingham to the Church of Durham, and a church was constructed by him and presented in 1100.
Restoration of iconic Hornsey Town Hall building in Crouch End to start. The Grade II* Listed former civic headquarters scheme has 146 new homes, including 11 affordable, a new arts centre, hotel, café and flexible community and events space.
retailer Joules taking up a three year lease at the iconic Custom House in Greenock. The Grade A listed building recently redeveloped by Riverside Inverclyde. Originally designed by celebrated Scottish architect William Burns.
Lake District National Park Authority Planning Committee members gave their approval for the Wordsworth Trust’s proposed £6.2m development project Reimagining Wordsworth designed by Purcell Architects.
Bedlam Furnaces, a key industrial monument in the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site, removed from Historic England Heritage at Risk Register, due to construction of a protective canopy.
Painting of all four chimneys now complete, earlier than expected. the Grade II* Listed building was designed by Giles Gilbert Scott and completed in 1939. The chimneys had been painstakingly dismantled and rebuilt.
First country house by Arts & Crafts architect Philip Webb, his only one in Scotland: his references to the English parsonage style are adapted to the Scottish Highlands, using local granite rubble with dark whinstone dressings. The house was requisitioned by the military during World War II, with training for high-profile Czech agents.
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.
Design: Lightemotion
Lightemotion is excited to announce the completion of the lighting design for 180 Wellington, one of the first illumination projects to be executed within the Master Plan for the Parliamentary Precinct.
Design: Souto Moura Arquitectos. Award for the restoration of the Convento das Bernardas building, based on the construction of a resort with 78 residences. The architecture design has two types of intervention: new construction work and the recovery of the existing building
Design: ZWEI Interiors Architecture. Working within the context of an existing CBD building, the design strips back the built layers and exposes the site’s history and amplifies this to create narrative and connection within the interior space.
