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Review | Upper Lawn, Solar Pavilion - ‘A book that reminds us what our profession is about’
Caroline Voet reviews an expanded edition of the 1986 book by Enric Miralles with Alison and Peter Smithson, about their Upper Lawn Solar Pavilion This book revisits the poetic diary, edited in 1986 with Eric Miralles, of the Smithson’s Upper Lawn Solar Pavilion, one of the most intriguing primary houses ever (re-)made.
Faulkner Browns' 2,500-home Ladbroke Grove scheme goes in for planning
Project has 11 year build programme with first homes completed at end of decade Source: Ballymore/Faulkner Brown Developer Ballymore and retailer Sainsbury’s have submitted a planning application for a joint venture development in Kensington and Chelsea. The development will deliver 2,519 new homes, including at least 500 affordable homes, two parks and 90,000 sq ft of high street shops, cafes and restaurants, as well as a new 130,000 sq ft Sainsbury’s supermarket.
Co-living is an important tool in addressing the housing crisis
The current interest in co-living reflects a welcome shift towards high-quality provision of housing for an underserved demographic, writes Craig Sheach During tough times, the market often retreats from “for sale” homes and pivots to student housing as a way to make sites viable. The recent economic turmoil has led to another cycle in this familiar pattern. However, there has also been a notable rise in co-living as an alternative “go-to” product.
Review | London of the Future
Chris Dyson is challenged and inspired by a new book, plotting multiple future trajectories for London Source: The London Society London of the Future was a book produced by The London Society in 1921 and edited by architect, Sir Aston Webb. A century on, the new edition is a long-anticipated sequel. Today’s book follows the same format of a compilation of essays, though this time, thankfully, they are not exclusively by men.
How a team including LDA, Bell Phillips, DMA and Mae are writing a new chapter in Westminster's council housing story
In a London borough once beset by council housing controversy, a quiet revolution is underway Given the overwhelming dominance of London within the national economy, it is often easy to forget that parts of the capital rank among the most deprived in the UK. Church Street ward, within the City of Westminster, is just one of those places. With a population of around 16,000 within less than a square mile, it is among the most densely populated areas in the country.
AYA 2023 shortlists: Industry Manufacturing Partner
In a series celebrating BD’s Architect of the Year Awards finalists, we look at the Industry Manufacturing Partner shortlist Earlier this year BD announced all the architects who made it on to the shortlists for our prestigious annual Architect of the Year Awards. Now we are shining the spotlight on each category in turn and publishing a selection of the images that impressed the judges.
Review | The architecture of Kay Fisker: ‘These titles should be compulsory reading on every architecture course’
Matthew Wickens reviews two recent books on Kay Fisker, the renowned Danish architect It turns out, you wait 60-plus years for an English language book about Danish architect Kay Fisker, and two arrive at once! Until now English-speaking fans of Fisker have had to console themselves with the 20-page summary at the back of Hans Erling Langkilde’s 1960 monograph Arkitekten Kay Fisker.
Designs on Democracy: Architecture & The Public in Interwar London
This book is the product of a decade of rumination on the author’s own PhD thesis and the themes and ideas therein, which now appear to have gained a new and unexpected currency. At first glance it is a history of a period where upper and upper-middle class white men were concerned with how to make London an appropriate imperial capital. This at a time when, in spite of, or perhaps, because of the Great War, the British Empire looked as though it might last forever.
Part of a City: The Work of Neave Brown Architect
Most will be aware that Neave Brown passed away in January 2018, just a few short months after having been awarded the RIBA Gold Medal. The award was the culmination of over a decade or so, during which his work had gone through a period of reappraisal and growing appreciation. Having been unable to build in the UK for a generation and “fallen from favour” as architectural fashions waxed and waned, his star had risen once again.
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