Articles Tagged with ''London''

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

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.

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

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

Completion Date: September 2009 Owner: Dr. Martens Program: A 1,938-square-foot pop-up store, including a stockroom and office, in London's Old Spitalfields Market. Design concept and solution: Charged with building a utilitarian, recession-friendly pop-up store that the popular shoe company can replicate around the world, Campaign modeled the Spitalfields store after a warehouse. Evoking the brand's past as a working-class staple (and later a countercultural favorite), the architects chose inexpensive industrial materials, all plentiful and easy to assemble. Gypframe metal wall units showcase shoes on the back wall, construction-site lamps dangle from the ceiling, and wood shipping pallets stack into readymade

Standing by the handbag bar at the Louis Vuitton Maison (House of Vuitton) on New Bond Street, in London’s Mayfair district, one can observe a strange kind of tourism. The most multilingual of London sales assistants are available to sell a $4,000 handbag to just about anyone. Wherever these tourists come from, you can bet there is a Louis Vuitton (LV) closer than London. But the new store, with 16,146 square feet of retail space, is intended to be unique. “New Bond Street is the most high-end shopping street in the world,” explains New York City—based Peter Marino, the project’s

Completion Date: October 2009 Owner: Scottish Widows Program: A mixed-use revitalization of three buildings on a London block, anchored by two office buildings for the investment firm Scottish Widows. At 58,534 square feet, the New Bond Street office consists of five stories added to existing street-level retail space. The five-story St George Street office contributes another 62,926 square feet. Sandwiched between the offices, on Maddox Street, is a luxury residential building with ground-floor retail space; Eric Parry Architects refurbished the 18 apartments above. The development also includes a central courtyard shared by the three buildings. Design concept and solution: Retaining

A new center offers cancer patients a peaceful place for care other institutions cannot provide.

Project Specs Maggie's Centre London, England Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners << Return to article the People Architect Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners Thames Wharf, Rainville Road London W6 9HA t)+44 20 7385 1235 f)+44 20 7385 8409 Ivan Harbour Project Director (RIBA/ARB) William Wimshurst Project Architect Ed Burgess (Architect), James Curtis(Architect),, Mike Fairbrass, Tom Lacy(Architect),, Carmel Lewin, (Architect),  Annette Main, Tim Mason, Annie Miller, Liz Oliver, Richard Rogers(Architect),, Laura Salisbury, Paul Thompson(Architect),, Martin White, Neil Wormsley, John Dawson (Architect) Engineer(s):       Arup Consultant(s) Landscape:         Dan Pearson Studio Lighting:          Speirs and Major Associates General contractor: ROK Photographer See attached

A patient’s vision of what cancer care should be like inspires the greats.