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Fletcher Priest gets go-ahead for Manchester's #6 First Street

First St Street View from Tony Wilson Place Fletcher Priest has received planning permission for #6 First Street, a major…
Architecture
16 Sep 2015
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National Graphene Institute by Jestico + Whiles

The ‘veil’ of black stainless-steel panels reflects the evening sky Of Jestico + Whiles’ 40-plus educational projects in recent years,…
Architecture
15 Sep 2015
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City of London school by Hawkins\Brown

A new music block and boarding house for the City of London Corporation’s Freemen’s School are softened by a cedar…
Architecture
15 Sep 2015
The courtyard playground, a contrast to the brick exterior|One wall incorporates floor-to-ceiling storage with display shelving|The school is light and spacious, with double-height volumes|The pine joinery is punctuated by walls and furniture in apple green|The 1930s town hall had permission to be demolished, but architects Moke instead opted to incorporate it||

Kindergarten by Moke treats kids like tiny adults

Moke Architecten has built a Belgian kindergarten around a characterful former town hall, adding a light-filled extension for the main…
Architecture
15 Sep 2015
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EPR fashions tiled facade for 24 Savile Row

If anyone with a knowledge of contemporary ceramics was asked to guess who had created the coolly clean-lined, immaculately proportioned,…
Architecture
07 Sep 2015
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Peter Murray on London's new Stone Age

I recently wrote about the New London Vernacular in this column (onoffice 98), an approach to the design of housing…
Architecture
04 Sep 2015
Tottenham’s Kejetia, one of 22 shops to be remodelled in the area||

You&Me boosts civic pride with shopfront revamps

Shopfront improvement projects such as those on London’s Leyton High Road and Blackhorse Lane have already been shown to be…
Architecture
29 Aug 2015
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Peter Murray: "Planning has lost two visionaries"

June was a sad month for planning. The funerals of two giants of the profession, from two very different eras,…
Architecture
05 Aug 2015
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Bjarke Ingels goes back to school

Gammel Hellerup High School might just be one of the coolest high schools in the world. Bjarke Ingels, who heads…
Architecture
31 Jul 2015
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Glasgow's Theatre Royal gets dramatic makeover

From the outside, the new foyer extension to the Scottish Opera at Glasgow’s Theatre Royal might seem the ultimate contemporary…
Architecture
28 Jul 2015
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Video: Rory Harmer on treehouses & green urban spaces

Dalston-based architecture practice Tate Harmer has designed a temporary workspace in a tree in Hoxton Square, London, where up to…
Architecture
23 Jul 2015
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Glenn Howells' office block with curved elevation

Forming a weighty slice of one of Manchester’s most important public realms – St Peter’s Square – and standing opposite…
Architecture
21 Jul 2015
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Sheppard Robson tackles tricky site in Clerkenwell hub

Sheppard Robson has released plans for a mixed-use building based on a “very challenging site”. The architects were presented with…
Architecture
23 Jun 2015
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"Planners are traffic wardens of town planning"

Terry Farrell has described planners as “the traffic wardens of the built environment” due to their restrictive approach to town…
Architecture
20 Jun 2015
The building’s saw-tooth profile was in part inspired by the de Ploeg weaving mill, designed by Gerrit Rietveld in the 1950s|Numbers recessed into the brickwork are for delivery drivers to easily locate their cargo|Rugs, and a Piet Hein Eek's Scrapwood table and bench, soften the hard-edged concrete|The main entrance area is a cathedral- like full-height space|Clerestory glazing faces north to reduce overheating, with curtains to screen off ground-floor windows||

Saw-toothed HQ by B+O Architectuur Interieur

Using simple materials to dramatic effect, this skilfully blended factory and office splits its two functions physically, but not visually…
Architecture
18 Jun 2015
The glass facade replaces a metal firewall|Three of the six floors were removed to create high ceilings and spacious interiors|The office areas are separated by acoustic partitions upholstered on one side with pale aqua|Signage by The Kitchen|The boardroom is a freestanding structure on the ground floor||The rough walls have been smoothed over for a Nordic aesthetic|Bathroom and changing room signage|PJ Specia desk lamp from Örsjö Belysning|Pressure dials and levers from the factory|The building prior to rennovation||

Scandinavian minimalism for Octopharma HQ

If you played the association game for office design, ‘former brewery’ would be quickly followed by ‘exposed brickwork’, ‘reclaimed materials’,…
Architecture
16 Jun 2015
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Uber hails new workplace of 'neighbourhoods'

SHoP architects and Studio O+A have revealed designs for taxi company Uber’s new San Francisco headquarters. The 39,297sq m proposed…
Architecture
15 Jun 2015

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