Jestico + Whiles was appointed by the University of Cambridge to design the new Cavendish III Laboratory on its West Cambridge campus, replacing the existing facility on a nearby site.
The Cavendish is one of the most renowned physics laboratories in the world. Begun in 1874 and home to 29 Nobel laureates, its achievements include the discovery of both the electron and the neutron, and the identification of the structure of DNA.
The new Cavendish Laboratory will be home to the university’s Department of Physics, and will house over 15 research groups in both theoretical and experimental physics, providing advanced research facilities including cleanrooms, cryostat halls, microscopy suites, and laser and optical labs.
Architects IBLA have almost doubled the space inside this typical London townhouse with the addition of a pair of ‘secret’ new floors at the top and bottom of the property.
The clients, a pair of doctors, wanted to significantly increase the amount of floor-space in their Chiswick home, whilst maintaining the existing character and external massing of the original house, and keeping their garden intact.
A belief in the power of Drawing and its central role in artistic creativity is vociferously shared by Stuart Bartholomew, the Vice Chancellor and Head of Arts University Bournemouth and its architect alumnus, Sir Peter Cook. In 2014 Bartholomew invited Cook to design this building, which is dedicated to that pursuit. Cook’s office CRAB (the Cook-Robotham Architecture Bureau) with Jenna Al-Ali as Project Architect have then developed an instrument that is to be used by the students of all of its 17 departments. These range from painting, sculpture and Illustration, through to architecture, costume, drama, and model-making with the result becoming the first such dedicated Drawing Studio as a stand-alone structure to be built in a British art college for more than 100 years.
Taking inspiration from the great tree in his home town of Gando, Burkina Faso, where members of the community often meet to reflect about the day, Francis Kéré’s 2017 Serpentine Pavilion design was based on creating this sense of community while connecting people with nature.
A great over-hanging roof canopy made of steel and a transparent skin covers the entire footprint of the Pavilion, allowing sunlight to enter the space while also protecting it from the rain. Wooden shading elements line the underside of the roof, creating a dynamic shadow effect that changes with the movement of the sun and clouds.
The existing building, we were commissioned to redesign dates back to the 1970s, with a history as a private family home. Unfortunately, years of neglect and weathering have left it dilapidated and unsuitable for the current occupants, despite their love for the property. The main ambition of this design is to create a dwelling that provides flexible spaces that will enable different generations to live under the same roof. We also aim to improve the light quality throughout the house and introduce a sense of connectivity. As there were already extensions to the rear of the house, we approached the idea of adding any more with caution. Instead we designed a series of walled courtyard gardens, each of them accessible through various doors connecting them to the house. Large feature windows will also be included in these new walled structures, increasing the light in the main living spaces and connecting them to the landscape and the sky above through a roof lantern. Over time we hope that this project, this home, will be able to evolve to survive the life spans of many future occupants.
Manchester-based architecture and interior design practice 74 has completed a major project to extend and remodel a Grade II-listed, two-storey, Victorian brick building in a semi-rural location in Englefield Green, just outside Egham. The repurposed 453 sq m building – Hox Haus – will serve as the central focus, clubhouse and social amenity for Hox Park student campus, newly-created by developers Moorfield Group for students attending Royal Holloway, University of London.
The new campus is located within a larger, 67-acre mixed-use site, owned by Royalton Group. Its Surrey location, near Runnymede, where Magna Carta was once signed, lent the site its name: Magna Carta Park. The Hox Park campus is one aspect of an overall masterplan for the site that also includes affordable and luxury housing, as well as an AudleySenior Living village.
The new mental health hospital for the South West London and St George’s NHS Mental Health Trust in Tolworth, London is steered by the Trust’s requirements to provide state of the art facilities while also delivering therapeutic and safe environments that meet current and future user needs.
C.F. Møller’s design for the Tolworth mental health hospital in Kingston was carefully developed following years of evidence-based research and consultation with users and stakeholders.
MCW Architects have completed the transformation of a Victorian Farm, the Stapleford Granary near Cambridge, into a music and arts venue.
The ACE Foundation purchased the farm in 2009 with the vision of creating an inspiring space for education, culture, music and the arts.
This project has been about creating a home for the Foundation within the precious and characterful setting of the re-energised farm and granary– a place to provide facilities for events and courses, a sustainable working environment for the study tour team and importantly a focal point and accessible amenity for the community both locally and regionally.
The Houseboat is upside down, its main room raised up to the view. It’s also curved in plan, and split in two, one side raised above the other. It’s an odd fish of a house.
To understand the design, it’s necessary to know something of the main house. The site sits in the garden of The Boathouse, an intriguing insertion of the second class lounge salvaged from the SS Mauritania into a purpose-built modernist house built in 1936 by Mr Cullen..
Live Works is part of Live Theatre’s evolving cultural quarter in Newcastle, which transforms a century old gap on the Quayside into a place for the community. The project comprises a new centre for children and young people’s writing, in a converted Grade 2 listed almshouse (Live Tales); a vibrant, public ‘pocket park’, which reopens and revitalises the only remaining Grade 2* Georgian courtyard in the city (Live Garden); and new offices where the rental income will fund at least one more play and education project each year for Live Theatre.
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