Centre Point Tower was designed by George Marsh, Richard Seifert’s partner, in the 1960s, its modern materiality and imposing height represented a new generation of Londoners and the creative energy of the time. Despite its [...] Read more
Can a single building change Londoners’ perceptions of what it means to live in a high-rise? That’s precisely what The Stratford sets out to do. The 42-story tower’s site may seem an unlikely one for [...] Read more
In 1994 WilkinsonEyre won the competition for the redevelopment of the 150-year-old Stratford Station to help define a striking identity for the new Jubilee Line Extension. The project was highly complex as the design and [...] Read more
Brickworks by Brady Mallalieu Architects is a new 1,000 sq.m community centre, and twenty three new social rented homes on the Holly Park Estate in Crouch Hill, North London. It was commissioned by Islington Council and [...] Read more
CROSSROADS Building the Resilient City is the title of the next Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2021. Following on the invitation of Seoul mayor, Mr. Park Won-soon, Dominique Perrault was appointed General Director of [...] Read more
Kino Alhambra am Kurfürstendamm 68, Hans Brennert, 23.02.1922 The Alhambra cinema palace in Berlin-Charlottenburg was built in 1921 according to the plans of the architect Max Bischoff and became known in 1922 as the premiere [...] Read more
Which are the World’s best architecture universities in 2020? Every year QS World University ranks the world’s best universities covering 48 different subjects, here we report the world’s best universities for architecture and built environment of this [...] Read more
Before listing all the contemporary best architecture firms in Sweden we have to know that Swedish modern architecture was prefaced by a group of architects, who took up a very rigorous and utter form of [...] Read more
All the best architecture firms in Germany have to deal with a long, rich and diverse history. Every major European style from Roman to Post Modern is represented, including renowned examples of Carolingian, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, [...] Read more
Dutch architecture firms and architects have played an important role in the international scene on architecture during the latest centuries. From the 17th century, when the Dutch empire was at the height of its power, through the [...] Read more
A wilderness hut, or backcountry shelter, is a primitive mountain shelter for temporary accommodation, usually located in wilderness areas, national parks and along backpacking and hiking routes. They can be found in many parts of [...] Read more
The new social distancing norms will impact any spaces where large gatherings may occur. There are obvious advantages of a virtually interconnected world. Video calls and collaborative digital boards have temporarily replaced all in-person sessions. [...] Read more
