Nordhavn København: Northern Harbour Copenhagen

Nordhavn København: Northern Harbour Copenhagen

In the 1960s and 1970s harbour areas and their waterfronts were not much appreciated in many european cities. They were neglected and considered problematic, for example in Hamburg, Genova, Kopenhagen, Amsterdam.

El Ray holiday house Dungeness, Kent home

El Ray holiday house Dungeness, Kent home

The Stephen Lawrence Prize was set up in 1998 to draw attention to the Stephen Lawrence Trust to assist young black students to study architecture and to reward smaller projects and the creativity required when architects are working with low budgets

East Beach Cafe, Sussex, Littlehampton Building

East Beach Cafe Littlehampton building, Sussex

Heatherwick Studio was commissioned to design a café building to replace a seafront kiosk in Littlehampton, a traditional seaside town on England’s south coast. Exposed to weather and vandalism, the narrow site sits between the sea and a parade of houses

Elbe Philharmonic Concert Hall, Hamburg Building

Elbe Philharmonic Concert Hallv

In the guise of the Hamburg Philharmonic Hall, Hamburg is acquiring a new and impressive concert house, one that seems destined to house one of the world’s ten best concert halls. This should be an outstanding location for performing classical music as well as jazz, world music and pop music.

English Beach Hut, Mablethorpe: Feix&Merlin

Beach Hut Mablethorpe design by Feix&Merlin Architects

The competition brief called for dramatic new seaside architecture with the intention to instigate coastal regeneration, part of a wider environmental improvement scheme led by Lincolnshire County Council