David Adjaye’s Wakefield Market Hall to be demolished

July 27, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Plans to demolish the Wakefield Market Hall buildings in northern England, built by British architect David Adjaye just 10 years ago, have been approved. After four years of uncertainty, the Yorkshire city’s council has announced that the market hall buildings will be torn down, but that the large canopy that covers the buildings will remain.

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Ingenhoven Architects and Architectus to build Sydney’s tallest residential tower

July 24, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Düsseldorf-based Ingenhoven Architects and Australian practice Architectus have won a competition to design a 79-storey skyscraper for Sydney, set to become the city’s tallest residential building. The architects won the invited competition to design the tower at 505-523 George Street, in downtown Sydney, from a shortlist that included SOM, Wilkinson Eyre, Foster + Partners, FJMT and Bates Smart.

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Ingenhoven Architects and Architectus to build Sydney’s tallest residential tower

July 24, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Düsseldorf-based Ingenhoven Architects and Australian practice Architectus have won a competition to design a 79-storey skyscraper for Sydney, set to become the city’s tallest residential building. The architects won the invited competition to design the tower at 505-523 George Street, in downtown Sydney, from a shortlist that included SOM, Wilkinson Eyre, Foster + Partners, FJMT and Bates Smart.

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Bennetts and AHMM design Facebook’s new London headquarters

July 23, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Bennetts Associates and Allford Hall Monaghan Morris are both designing buildings in London’s King’s Cross to house the offices of tech giant Facebook. The new Facebook headquarters will be spread across three buildings: 11 and 21 Canal Reach designed by Bennetts Associates, and P2 on Lewis Cubitt Square by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM). Combined the three offices will have

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Shipping container converted into porters’ lodge for Cambridge University college

July 20, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Cambridge University college Hughes Hall has a new reception building – a converted shipping container designed by local studio Neubau. Neubau designed the structure to function as a porters’ lodge for Hughes Hall, providing a reception for visitors, an office for porters and pigeonholes for students. Before now, it was the only college at the English

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Shipping container converted into porters’ lodge for Cambridge University college

July 20, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Cambridge University college Hughes Hall has a new reception building – a converted shipping container designed by local studio Neubau. Neubau designed the structure to function as a porters’ lodge for Hughes Hall, providing a reception for visitors, an office for porters and pigeonholes for students. Before now, it was the only college at the English

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Colourful water-tank pavilion built by Studio Weave beside River Thames

July 13, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

A garden within a water tank is raised up on colourful geometric columns to form this pavilion, built by Studio Weave alongside the new US embassy in Nine Elms, London. London-based Studio Weave designed the Thames Walk Pavilion to sit beside the River Thames. Set on a small square, the pavilion provides seating and shelter for those using the

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Christian de Portzamparc wins 2018 Praemium Imperiale for architecture

July 12, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

French architect Christian de Portzamparc has been awarded the 2018 Praemium Imperiale award for architecture by the Japan Art Association. De Portzamparc is one of five winners of the prestigious art award, which is awarded annually in the fields of painting, sculpture, architecture, music and theatre/film. This is the 30th year that the architecture prize has been awarded, with previous

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Glasgow School of Art “will be rebuilt” says school’s director

July 11, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

The Mackintosh Building will be rebuilt as a fully working art school says Tom Inns, director of the Glasgow School of Art. The announcement from the Glasgow School of Art ends weeks of speculation over what will happen to the historic building, which was devastated by a fire last month. “The Mackintosh Building will be rebuilt and

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Foster + Partners works with RIBA to launch UK’s first architecture apprenticeships

July 10, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Architecture apprenticeships will be made available to UK students for the first time this year, thanks to an initiative from the RIBA and a group of architecture practices led by Foster + Partners. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) worked with a “trailblazer group” of 20 British studios to develop the apprenticeships, which offer a new route to

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