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AHMM completes “spatial puzzle” of interlocking flats

May 25, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris has created a mixed-use building in the London borough of Southwark, featuring wood-lined windows set into brick facades. The building at 81-87 Weston Street, occupies a gap site close to Renzo Piano’s Shard, which previously housed a single-storey warehouse building used by leather traders. AHMM designed the building for developer Solidspace, which

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Soda creates “clean and simple” interiors for Thomas House co-working office

May 24, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Architecture studio Soda looked to “rigorous” layout of Regency-era squares to create this contemporary co-working space in central London, which features a roof terrace, gym and drinks bar.  Thomas House is situated on a corner block in Victoria and takes its name from Thomas Cubitt, a British master builder recognised for his development of several

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Cooke Fawcett’s car park observatory offers views of London’s skyline

May 17, 2018 Fiona Hartley 0

This captioned movie shows the elevated walkway British studio Cooke Fawcett designed to sit atop a multi-storey car park now used as a bar and art gallery in south London. The Peckham Observatory stands on the roof of the car park, which is used as an open-air gallery by Bold Tendencies. The space reopens tonight for the 2018 season with a

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David Chipperfield completes major expansion of London’s Royal Academy of Arts

May 16, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

British architect David Chipperfield has upgraded the Royal Academy of Arts in London, with a concrete bridge that connects two buildings, a new auditorium and renovated galleries. To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the institution, David Chipperfield Architects has rejuvenated the Royal Academy’s (RA) “unloved building” at 6 Burlington Gardens and connected it to the institution’s main building, Burlington House.

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Donald Insall Associates restores Victorian glasshouse at London’s Kew Gardens

May 12, 2018 India Block 0

The Temperate House conservatory at Kew Gardens in Richmond upon Thames, London has reopened to the public following a five year restoration by Donald Insall Associates. The London-based firm, which specialises in consulting on historic buildings, was appointed as conservation architects by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 2012. A masterpiece of 19th-century design, the Grade

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Monet and Architecture exhibition curator picks five must-see paintings

May 10, 2018 India Block 0

An exhibition at London’s National Gallery brings together 78 paintings by French impressionist artist Claude Monet that explore works of architecture. Curator Rosalind McKever selects her highlights. While Monet is most famous for his depictions of the natural world, particularly his Water Lily series, The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Monet & Architecture turns its attention to the artist’s

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Eckford Chong adds blackened-timber garden studio to refurbished London house

May 8, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

UK architecture office Eckford Chong has renovated and extended an end-of-terrace property in east London, adding a garden studio that evokes traditional Japanese tea houses. The studio headed by Doug Eckford and Tania Chong was tasked with overseeing the internal and external renovations of the property in Walthamstow, which is occupied by a growing family.

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Hundreds of timber components form statement staircase for London house

May 7, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Waind Gohil and Potter Architects has created a sculptural staircase, which was fabricated off-site and assembled like a puzzle, as the centrepiece of a house in London. The studio headed by Phil Waind, James Potter and Sonya Gohil was approached by clients who wanted to add a small dwelling at the end of their large garden in Shepherd’s

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Adjaye and Toogood design affordable prefabricated houses for property start-up

May 7, 2018 Ali Morris 0

London developer Cube Haus has commissioned Adjaye Associates, Faye Toogood, Skene Catling de la Peña, and Carl Turner Architects to design affordable modular houses for awkward urban sites. The start-up was set up last year with the aim of delivering “high-design value homes at reasonable prices” that can be configured to fit small and awkward urban sites.

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Developer to replace dangerous cladding on Croydon tower block

April 24, 2018 India Block 0

Developer Barratt Homes has promised to cover £2 million of work on a high-rise block in Croydon, south London, which failed cladding safety tests after the Grenfell Tower fire. Residents were left in fear of debt after the building’s private owners refused to pay the cost of removing and replacing the dangerous cladding, insisting the leaseholders

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