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WEBA distinctive, compact house has been adapted, extended and environmentally upgraded for the architect’s own home. Top contractor heads for collapse, leaving doubts over major projects. Zaha Hadid Architects creates stylised London for Fortnite video game. Stephenson Hamilton Risley Studio plans Birmingham’s tallest tower yet.
Full AJ100 rankings: Foster + Partners tops league of UK’s largest ...
WEBJun 18, 2021 · Foster + Partners’ vision for a modular resort on the Red Sea of Shurayrah. Foster + Partners remains the UK’s largest employer of architects, retaining the top spot in the AJ100 rankings for the 10th year in a row. Norman Foster’s practice now employers 383 qualified architects, up two from last year, extending its lead to 30 over second ...
Building study: Maccreanor Lavington’s South Gardens housing
WEBAug 4, 2017 · Building study: Maccreanor Lavington’s South Gardens housing. The brick cladding is playful theatrical and decorative; a useful means of breaking down the volume of the large-scale blocks. The quality of build is exceptional. Yet there is also an admirable lack of rigidity when it comes to typology. More original trees than residents have ...
Architecture competitions and news – The Architects' Journal
WEBThe AJ’s Competitions Editor rounds up the best UK and international architectural competitions – including frameworks, ideas contests, high-profile commissions and other opportunities. Medway Council is seeking a consultant for a £400,000 upgrade of Deangate on the Hoo Peninsula [Deadline: 4 October 2024]
AJ Architecture Awards – The Architects’ Journal
WEBThe AJ Architecture Awards – incorporating the Manser Medal – recognise excellence in UK architecture across a range of sectors. Each shortlisted project is visited by a judging panel. ‘Pure architecture’: James Gorst temple wins AJ Design of the Year. The multifaith community scheme, set in the South Downs, has won the Design of the ...
Ropemaker Place, London, by Arup Associates - The Architects’ …
WEBAug 12, 2010 · Reaching 20 storeys at the front of Ropemaker Place, with the core pulled to the perimeter, the81,200m² building steps down to six floors on the north side to relate to existing buildings – as required by planners. Floorplates range from1,100m² to 4,000m² and were designed to be flexibly combined to suit different tenants.
Latest architecture news – The Architects’ Journal
WEBThe latest architecture news covering buildings, architects, planning, competition wins and business. You can also read about topics including the climate emergency, retrofit, the RIBA and architectural education. The Earls Court Development Company (ECDC) has submitted the Hawkins\Brown and Studio Egret West-designed masterplan for its giant ...
From the archive: 100 years of steel in architecture
WEBApr 5, 2016 · The Brooklyn Bridge in New York was completed in 1883 to the designs of architect and engineer John Augustus Roebling. For 20 years Brooklyn Bridge was - at 486m - the longest suspension bridge in the world, and was the first bridge to make extensive use of steel. The Forth Bridge - started in 1882 and completed in …
Defining the English mosque: Marks Barfield’s Cambridge Central …
WEBNov 11, 2019 · Confronted by four superb finalists, the jury picked a design by Marks Barfield Architects. The scheme exploited the overlap between the colour and texture of Cambridge gault brickwork with some of the great brick buildings of central Asia and Turkey. But the building is strongly modern in inspiration and temper.
Will Gamble fuses contemporary and traditional in Victorian house …
WEBMar 4, 2022 · Will Gamble Architects has combined gridded forms and decorative mouldings in a reworking of a Victorian house in Clapham, south London. Designed for a young professional couple and their growing family, the project sympathetically marries pared-back contemporary elements with reintroduced Victorian features.
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