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February 22, 2022
Encasement discusses how its high-quality column casings and wall linings can add performance and aesthetic appeal to a wide range of retail environments. In association with Forma column casings with wood-effect PPC finish at the A1 Shopping Park in Biggleswade As retailers re-open and shoppers return to the high street, malls and retail parks following […]
February 21, 2022
London School of Architecture founder and former CEO Will Hunter on Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he is spending the year as one of Harvard University’s Loeb Fellows. Cambridge Common, which borders Harvard Square, in the morning snow. The statue memorialises the Irish potato famine: “Never again should a people starve in a world of plenty”. Portrait: […]
February 16, 2022
Grafton Architects’ Town House building for Kingston University in London is among five finalists for this year’s EU Mies Award, which is given to the best building completed in Europe within the last two years. The Stirling Prize-winning Town House at Kingston University by Grafton Architects is shortlisted for the EU Mies Award 2022 alongside […]
February 8, 2022
Coffey Architects has completed a translucent, saw-tooth education building for Norwich City College’s technology, engineering and design courses. The Digi-Tech Factory offers teaching facilities for digital technology students at the Norwich City College that are intended to feel more like a professional workplace than a classroom. The design by London-based Coffey Architects comprises three floors […]
February 8, 2022
Visuals have been revealed for the 21st edition of the annual Serpentine Pavilion competition, a drum-shaped structure titled Black Chapel that has been designed by Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates with Adjaye Associates. Serpentine Pavilion 2022, Black Chapel, designed by Theaster Gates. Design render, exterior view. © 2022 Theaster Gates Studio The cylindrical pavilion will be […]
February 1, 2022
Sou Fujimoto has completed the House of Music, a music museum and concert venue set beneath an undulating roof inspired by the tree canopy in Budapest’s City Park. The House of Music forms part of the Liget Budapest Project, a cultural masterplan devised to revitalise the vast Városliget or City Park, which includes the construction […]
February 1, 2022
Encasement explores the features and benefits of its high-quality column casings range and versatile building lining solutions. In association with Yellow GRP column casings from Encasement’s Polyma range conceal external structural steelwork at Cardiff Bay’s Premier Inn The interiors of many buildings, as well as some exteriors, would be considerably less attractive and practical if […]
January 31, 2022
An AT Schüco webinar exploring modern methods of construction and how we decide which ones are best suited to our building projects is taking place on Wednesday 23rd February. TDO’s Fab House in North Shields is a new modular constructed dwelling typology (ph: Peter Cook) Modular construction, off-site and on-site manufacturing, as well as design […]
January 31, 2022
Feilden Fowles associate Ingrid Petit on the generosity and warmth of she found in Glasgow, in contrast to the city’s cold description as Edinburgh’s ugly sibling. Glasgow tenement housing, some of which narrowly escaped demolition and proved flexible enough to be upgraded and improved. As I start thinking about this article, it feels luxurious to […]
January 21, 2022
Truly sustainable buildings are achieved by informed decision making, constant re-evaluation, and a willingness to change direction as projects progress. Engineer Alex Lynes explains the thought processes behind four recent buildings and offers a checklist for optimising environmental performance from concept design to completion on site. 15 Clerkenwell Close by Groupwork. Photograph by Timothy Soar […]
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