Posts Tagged: architecture
Reconnecting with texture
As we reached the end of 2020, clinging on to the hope that 2021 will signal a pivot towards a pandemic-free world, it seems apposite to consider tactility, although perhaps ‘re-consider’ is more appropriate? Any way you slice it, last year has seen a sharp reduction in our physical contact with our surroundings as well… Read More >
74: Student Accommodation Revamp
BCFA Members Amtico and Newhey have been involved with Knight House Student Accommodation in Sheffield. Masterplanned and designed by 74, who additionally created the project’s full interiors scheme, including bedrooms, corridors, wayfinding, and all amenity spaces. The new-build architecture for the class-leading student accommodation offer was implemented by Leeds-based architects Cunniff Design, with 74 acting… Read More >
Nissen Richards Studio leads new Postgraduate Architecture Unit at London Metropolitan University
Nissen Richards Studio leads new Postgraduate Architecture Unit at London Metropolitan University, asking students to design a ‘Museum for Now’… Architecture practice and cultural sector specialist Nissen Richards Studio is delighted to be leading a new postgraduate teaching unit at the School of Art, Architecture and Design, London Metropolitan University this year, starting this month…. Read More >
Roca’s Sea Change Exhibition
Following the disruption of Covid-19, Roca London Gallery has extended their exhibition ‘Sea Change’ until the end of 2020. The exhibition explores how architecture is having to adapt to a growing climate reality: urban flooding. A recent RIBA report1 shows that 1 in 6 UK homes are currently vulnerable to flooding, with that number expected… Read More >
Jim Biddulph & Ricky Sandhu, Six Miles Across London, In Conversation
Having worked as a lead architect for architectural design company Fosters + Partners for over 16 years, opening and working in offices around the world, Ricky Sandhu founded Six Miles Across London (small.) earlier this year. The primary focus of the studio is to create innovation in the built environment and with it to tackle… Read More >
GROHE at The World Architecture Festival
At this year’s World Architecture Festival in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, founder sponsor GROHE celebrated another year of success, welcoming more than 1,000 visitors from the international architecture and design world to their booth. [Find Grohe on BCFA Product Finder] “We are proud to be a part of some of this year’s nominees for the Building… Read More >
Walters & Cohen Architects Complete School in Africa
Walters & Cohen Architects has completed work on a new ESTEAM Centre at Somerset College, South Africa. The College is a co-educational independent school, located on a beautiful estate in the Winelands of the Western Cape. Somerset College commissioned the practice to undertake a masterplan and develop their concept for a cross-curricular learning space. The… Read More >
ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET appoints BW: Workplace Experts
The English National Ballet has a long, distinguished history. Today, English National Ballet is renowned for taking world-class ballet to the widest possible audience and has gained new acclaim as it introduces innovative new works to the Company’s repertoire while continuing to honour and reinvigorate traditional ballet. BW has been appointed to manage the fit-out… Read More >
Dubai: A crystal city in the sand or an architectural zoo?
Last month, I discussed how the architecture of Stockholm has evolved consistently and organically over many decades and centuries. With its rapid urban transformation, Dubai is the opposite. In March, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum released a new book titled ‘Reflections on Happiness and Positivity’, in which he sets out his vision for development… Read More >
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects Joins Perkins+Will
Throughout February Design Insider will be focusing on Scandinavian design. Last month world-renowned Danish design firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects announced that they would be joining international architecture and design firm Perkins+Will. The new partnership expands Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s capacity for international growth; complements Perkins+Will’s sustainable design philosophy and strengthens the firm’s cultural practice. Founded… Read More >
PARIS LANDMARK TOUR Q&A WITH JULIAN CROSS, WOODS BAGOT
We were thrilled when Julian Cross, Design Lead Europe from Woods Bagot, took up our challenge of curating an architectural Paris landmark tour. You might have seen some of these iconic buildings when you visited Maison et Objet or Paris Deco Off last week! Which Paris landmark do you find most architecturally exciting? Centre Pompidou – I never… Read More >
Arctic Bath Floating Hotel
It is customary to begin each new year with a look to the future and this month Design Insider will focus on the future of hospitality design. We begin by sharing with you the concept designs for the Arctic Bath Floating Hotel designed by architects Bertil Harström & Johan Kauppi which pushes the boundaries of what the hospitality… Read More >
MANCHESTER LANDMARK TOUR Q&A WITH NICKI HEARNE, 5PLUS ARCHITECTS
Last month Julian Cross, Design Lead Europe from Woods Bagot, took up our challenge of curating an architectural London Landmark Tour, we are thrilled to continue our series with Nicki Hearne, Associate Interior Designer at 5plus Architects, landmark tour of Manchester. Which Manchester Landmark do you find most architecturally exciting? Manchester has some wonderful, iconic landmark… Read More >