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RIBA House of the Year won by 31/44’s ‘work-in-progress’ family …
Dec 5, 2024 · Six Columns in Crystal Palace, designed by practice director Will Burges to be his own family home, was chosen ahead of five other finalists - including Surman Weston’s Peckham House, which won the AJ Manser Medal earlier this week.. Also shortlisted were houses by Studio Brassica Architects, TaylorHare Architects, Hugh Strange Architects, and Tom Dowdall Architects.
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RIBA Stirling Prize 2024: this year’s finalists revealed
Jul 31, 2024 · Having scooped the UK’s highest accolade in architecture in 2019 with its Goldsmith Street council housing, Norwich, the practice is back in the running for the prestigious prize – this time for its work on the second phase of the ongoing revamp of the Brutalist Park Hill estate in Sheffield.
RIBA Stirling Prize 2024: AJ readers pick their winner
Oct 14, 2024 · The National Portrait Gallery by Jamie Fobert Architects and Purcell is now the least favoured at 9/1.. Spokesperson for William Hill, Lee Phelps, said: 'Since our markets opened, the Elizabeth Line has been a firm favourite to land this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize and as we near the award date the new tube line design has strengthened in …
Exclusive: first Stirling Prize winner set to be demolished
Nov 11, 2024 · In 2018, plans were unveiled to convert the building into a primary school under wider proposals by 5plus Architects for the university’s existing campus and surrounding area, which included the delivery of a significant amount of new housing.. But the school scheme has now been ditched and the development team, having ‘explored multiple options’ for the long-vacant four-storey block ...
Gensler wins approval to overhaul Foster + Partners’ City Hall
Dec 12, 2024 · Gensler’s aim is for the building to be net zero carbon and ‘at least’ BREEAM Excellent once renovated. St Martins Property concluded that a ‘light’ renovation of the building was not possible due to ‘challenges built into its design’, including defects and leaks in the building fabric, and floorplates that don’t meet occupiers’ changed standards.
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Local objections mount to £10bn Earls Court megaproject
Dec 10, 2024 · A search on the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea website – one of the two boroughs the site straddles – brings up 341 documents classified as objections to the first major chunk of the £10 billion megaproject.
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