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“We should applaud Tate Modern’s victory over the residents of Neo Bankside”

February 20, 2019 Owen Hatherley 0

If the residents of Neo Bankside had won their legal battle against Tate Modern’s rooftop viewing platform, it would have set a dangerous precedent for London, says Owen Hatherley. It’s not often that a judgement of any kind in Britain goes against the interests of private property and in favour of the untrammelled enjoyment of

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A Brick Extension With Bright Yellow Beams Was Added To A London Terrace House

February 15, 2019 Erin 0

Photography by Will Scott Photography Bold yellow steel, oversailing timber rafters, and plywood enclosures, form warm and playful spaces in this rear extension to the London terrace home of Woodrow Architects‘ founder, George Woodrow. The brick extension opens up to a small landscaped yard with a raised planter bed on one side, and a […]

“Instead of 15 Clerkenwell Close, let’s knock down some old stuff”

February 15, 2019 Sean Griffiths 0

It would be better to pull down some of London’s Georgian terraces than demolish Amin Taha’s stone-framed housing block, says Sean Griffiths. Amin Taha’s controversial building at 15 Clerkenwell Close is still under threat of demolition, despite the planning documentation apparently now being in order. According to the council, it is “rough, ugly and detrimental to

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Lyons Place by Farrells set to be London’s first residential building to accept drone deliveries

February 14, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Lyons Place in London by Farrells for Almacantar designed for drone deliveries operated by Skyports

A housing block by architecture studio Farrells, currently under construction in west London, is aiming to be the first housing in the city to accept delivery of packages by drone. Although commercial drone deliveries are not yet happening in London, developer Almacantar wants Lyons Place to be able to take advantage of the technology as soon as possible. Scheduled

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Neo Bankside residents lose battle to stop Tate Modern visitors looking into their flats

February 13, 2019 India Block 0

Residents of the Neo Bankside housing have had their claim that Tate Modern’s Herzog & de Meuron-designed extension invades their privacy dismissed by the high court. Five claimants went to the high court to argue that the privacy of their homes in the Rogers Stirck Harbour + Partners-designed apartment blocks on London’s South Bank, were being

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David Chipperfield Architects completes London outpost of Bastian gallery

February 13, 2019 Natasha Levy 0

Bastian gallery's London outpost designed by David Chipperfield Architects

David Chipperfield Architects has completed the London branch of art gallery Bastian, finishing its all-white interiors with grey stone detailing. Displaying a selection of contemporary art pieces, this is the first international outpost of Bastian, which until now it has been exclusively based in Berlin. The 90-square-metre gallery takes over the basement and ground floor

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Brutalist Welbeck Street car park will definitely be demolished

February 11, 2019 India Block 0

Brutalist Welbeck Street car park will be demolished

London’s brutalist-era Welbeck Street car park is to be torn down and replaced by a luxury hotel, despite campaigns to save its unique facade. Last week Westminister Council approved plans submitted by Shiva Hotels to demolish the brutalist car park, designed in 1971 by Michael Blampied and Partners, and replace it with a 10-storey hotel. Sold

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Brutalist Welbeck Street car park will definitely be demolished

February 11, 2019 India Block 0

London’s brutalist-era Welbeck Street car park is to be torn down and replaced by a luxury hotel, despite campaigns to save its unique facade. Last week Westminister Council approved plans submitted by Shiva Hotels to demolish the brutalist car park, designed in 1971 by Michael Blampied and Partners, and replace it with a 10-storey hotel. Sold

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Matt + Fiona work with children with autism to create Phoenix Playground Room

January 30, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Phoenix Playground Room at the Phoenix School by Matt + Fiona

Architect Matthew Springett and educator Fiona MacDonald, who collaborate as Matt + Fiona, have worked with children with autism to design and build a sensory playground. Matt + Fiona collaborated with children at the Phoenix School in south London to create the Phoenix Playground Room, a structure made from dark blue folded triangles, for the school’s new location. Although

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Tikari Works squeezes Pocket House on site of former garage in London

January 28, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Tikari Works has built a half subterranean home behind a timber screen, on a site that previously contained a garage in south London. Located in East Dulwich, the two-bedroom house was designed by architects Nicola and Ty Tikari as their own home. It is also the first completed project by their studio Tikari Works. The 80-square-metre plot was previously the

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