Articles Tagged with ''London''

Slip House

January 16, 2013

Architect Carl Turner conceived his combined home and studio, completed in September 2012, as a prototype for infill housing since the house occupies one of four vacant lots in a brownfield site in south London.

New Court Rothschild Bank

Banking on History: OMA tucks a new home for London's storied Rothschild headquarters into a tight site in the city's financial district.

Cathleen McGuigan

June 16, 2012

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A sense of tradition endures in “The City,” London's historic financial district, despite years of economic turmoil.

The Shard

Crystal Palace: An enormous exclamation point on the London skyline, the Shard challenges the city's old notions of fitting in and offers a new approach to high-density growth.

Clifford A. Pearson

June 16, 2012

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No matter where you are in London, the Shard stands out.

Mews 02 by Andy Martin Architecture

London

May 16, 2012

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A musician and his designer wife wanted to convert an existing mechanics garage into a 3,500-square-foot single-family residence in Belsize Park, in northwest London.

Hampstead Lane

February 15, 2012

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The architect-owners of a mid-20th-century Brutalist house in the Highgate section of London wanted it updated, but didn't have the time to do it themselves.

Evelyn Grace Academy

Raising the Bar in Brixton: Winner of the 2011 Stirling Prize, this daring charter school aims to bridge architectural and social divides in a regenerating historic neighborhood.

Christopher Turner

January 16, 2012

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Set back from the road, Zaha Hadid's Evelyn Grace Academy in South London zigzags across its small site with jagged angles of bare concrete, glass, and silver-spray-painted aluminum.

Renaissance St. Pancras London

December 16, 2011

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Program: A five-story, 347,125-square-foot hotel with a total of 246 guest rooms, 66 residential apartments, a presidential suite, a basement spa and pool, and retail space. The project, which backs up onto the Eurostar train station, is a restoration and expansion of a 19th-century Victorian Gothic railway hotel designed by George Gilbert Scott. A new five-story wing on the west side of the site contributes the majority (189) of the bedrooms. Design concept and solution: RHWL and Richard Griffiths wanted to restore the interiors and highlight the building's details with minimal interference, and to integrate the new wing naturally into

Foster's Proposal for New U.K. Airport Fuels Debate

Peter Reina

November 21, 2011

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As London’s main international airport at Heathrow nears full capacity, momentum is growing in the U.K. for a major new hub in the Thames Estuary.

Charlotte Building

June 16, 2011

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A seven-story, 65,500-square-foot speculative office building in the Noho neighborhood of London.

Twofold House

December 16, 2010

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Two industrial designers required a place to live and work, as well as a sanctuary that could help them escape from the bustling city.

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