Tag: 21st century
65. Camden infill housing
Both projects came under the the Camden Investment Programme (CIP) which looked at strategies of how to improve the public realm of existing post-housing estates by providing new homes. Camden local authority identified sites across the borough.
63. Salmen House
This young practice was commissioned to design a new three bed rentable house for a private property developer. Situated in Plaistow, the house sits in a context of what used to be an affluent Victorian east London district with good transport links to London.
61. Abode Housing
The Abode housing development by Proctor Matthews Architects was built as a gateway neighbourhood to the development in Great Kneighton in South Cambridge. The masterplan (by PRP) was designed for 3,000 homes which included two schools and a country woodland park that would connect to the new established science park.
58. House for Essex
We made our pilgrimage to ‘Julie’s House’ most commonly known as House for Essex. A jewel like chapel sitting within a green pasture with a background of the River Stour and an industrial horizon of Essex meets Suffolk. This building designed by FAT Architecture in collaboration with artist Grayson Perry is a homage to the fictional ‘Essex Gal’ character of Julie.
57. Bethnal Green Mission Church
Stefanie and Tom of GRR Architects showed us around the mixed use community/housing project Bethnal Green Mission Church. Clad in brick and precast concrete, the ‘monk-bond’ of the brick was designed to be a ‘weave’ to symbolise the weaving of surrounding communities into this building.
55. Feilden Fowles Studio and Waterloo City Farm
Thank you to Ellie and Freya of Feilden Fowles Studio who showed us around their lovely self initiated studio, the second phase of the Waterloo city farm project.
52. Alex Monroe Studio
Two studios designed for Alex Monroe Jewellery, one new insertion sits within a tight medieval block pattern on a bustling main road. Raw materials such as metal and birch faced ply were used to define this ‘makers’ environment.
47. TNG Youth & Community Centre
TNG was funded by the 'MyPlace' Scheme and officially opened in London in June 2013 as a centre providing a range of vocational, leisure and support services for the young people of Lewisham.
46. Garden Museum
The SaLADS visited Dow Jones Architects' sensitive redevelopment of a medieval and Victorian church.
34. The Switch Room
The SaLADS visited the Herzog & De Meuron-designed new wing of the Tate Modern.
11. Architectural photography tour
The SaLADS went on an architectural photography tour around central London.
2. Raven Row
A gallery combining a refurbished 18th century silk mercer's house with a 1970s concrete framed office building.