Joel Solkoff’s Column Vol. V, Number 2
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.
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Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA: Joel Solkoff
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, Kent Ancient Monument
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.
John Soane House London, Lincoln’s Inn
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 Buildings
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.
Scottish Churches: Kirks & Chapels in Scotland
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.
Hornsey Town Hall Restoration, London
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.
Custom House Greenock Building
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.
Reimagining Wordsworth in Grasmere, Cumbria
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, Ironbridge Gorge
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.
Battersea Power Station Chimneys, Painting News
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.
Arisaig House by Philip Webb in Scotland
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.
Geffrye Museum Building, Shoreditch, 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.
Lighting Up 180 Wellington Building in Ottawa
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.
Bernardas Convent Reconversion, Portugal
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
House of Correction in Melbourne, Swanston St
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.
Copenhagen Railway Station: Hovedbanestation
Hovedbanegaarden København, built in 1904-11, designed by Heinrich Wenck Architect: landmark Copenhagen building on west side of city centre, immediately west of Tivoli.