Articles by Tom Ravenscroft

Drone footage reveals 10-storey timber atrium by Studio RHE

February 7, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Studio RHE has created a 10-storey engineered timber atrium at the heart of a London office building, as shown in this exclusive footage shot by Dezeen for the architecture firm. London-based Studio RHE renovated the Import Building for Trilogy Real Estate, as the first phase of the reinvention of the Republic complex in East India Quay. The building

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Facebook set to build London headquarters at King’s Cross

February 5, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Facebook is thought to be finalising plans for a new British headquarters to join Google at the emerging tech hub at King’s Cross in central London. The social media giant is approaching a deal to take four buildings near King’s Cross station, according to The Times. In total, the planned development is expected contain 65,000 square metres of office

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Emrys Architects uses timber inserts to convert east London ironworks into artists’ studios 

February 4, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

A huge bank of bleachers acts as a gathering point at the centre of this studio complex created by Emrys Architects within a listed ironworks in the Isle of Dogs, east London. Built inside the former Millwall Ironworks, the two-storey birch plywood structure by London studio Emrys Architects contains studios, workshops and co-working spaces. The “crisp stand-alone insertion” stands away from

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Grimshaw Architects reveals first image of Chinese Eden Project

February 2, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Grimshaw Architects has released the first visual of the Eden Project in Qingdao, one of six outposts of the Cornish ecological tourist attraction the practice is working on. Eden Qingdao, planned for the city on the east coast of China, is currently being designed by the British practice as part of the ecological park’s international expansion plans.

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Grimshaw Architects reveals first image of Chinese Eden Project

February 2, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Grimshaw Architects has released the first visual of the Eden Project in Qingdao, one of six outposts of the Cornish ecological tourist attraction the practice is working on. The Qingdao Eden Project, planned for the city on the east coast of China, is currently being designed by the British practice as part of the ecological park’s international

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LGBT+ survey reveals decreasing number of architects “out” at work

January 31, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

The Architects’ Journal’s LGBT+ survey shows the number of architects who are openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender in British practices has fallen over the past two years. According to the results of the survey, the number lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) respondents who said they are “out” in their practice has dropped to 73 per cent. This compares

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Giant globe-shaped concert hall planned for east London

January 29, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

A 130-metre-tall spherical concert hall that could rise taller than St Paul’s Cathedral, is being planned near the Olympic park in Stratford, east London. Dubbed The Golf Ball, early designs for the distinctively shaped 20,000-capacity arena seen by the Guardian, are being prepared for the sports and entertainment firm Madison Square Garden Company (MSG). MSG has allegedly employed London-based architect

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Giant globe-shaped concert hall planned for east London

January 29, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

A 130-metre-tall spherical concert hall that could rise taller than St Paul’s Cathedral, is being planned near the Olympic park in Stratford, east London. Dubbed The Golf Ball, early designs for the distinctively shaped 20,000-capacity arena seen by the Guardian, are being prepared for the sports and entertainment firm Madison Square Garden Company (MSG). MSG has allegedly employed London-based architect

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Peruvian, Spanish and British architects shortlisted for Woman Architect of the Year award

January 26, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Sandra Barclay, Biba Dow, Ángela García de Paredes and Stephanie Macdonald have been shortlisted for the Woman Architect of the Year 2018 award, for projects in Peru, Spain and the UK. Jointly awarded by the Architects’ Journal and The Architectural Review, the Woman Architect of the Year award recognises the architect of a single, recently completed project. Ángela García de Paredes, of Paredes Pedrosa Arquitectos, has

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Eight upcoming David Adjaye projects to look forward to

January 26, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

With the news that David Adjaye’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC has been named Design of the Year for 2017, here’s a look at some of the other impressive projects the architect has coming up, from a spy museum to a memorial to extinct species. Ruby City for Linda Pace Foundation, San

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