Tag Alison Brooks Architects

11-09-2023

A holistic approach to architecture, Alison Brooks at The Architects Series

The ICG Gallery London will be the setting for "The Architects Series – A documentary on: Alison Brooks Architects", the 31st episode of the exhibition format curated by THE PLAN magazine for the Iris Ceramica Group. The event will take place on September 14 at 7 p.m. and guests will be able to follow the live stream by registering on the Iris Ceramica Group digital platform.

31-08-2023

The Architects Series – A documentary on: Alison Brooks Architects

The 31st Architects Series will feature international architecture studio Alison Brooks Architects on Thursday, September 14, with a video screening followed by a lecture by Alison Brooks, studio principal and creative director. Scheduled for 6 pm (UK BST) / 7 pm (CEST) / 1 pm (US EDT), the webinar will stream live from ICG Gallery London. Register for the event on the Iris Ceramica Group website.

12-12-2022

A lesson in city design from Toronto: less digital, more common good

Last February, the city of Toronto announced its new plan for urban development of the Quayside district on the Lake Ontario waterfront. Green parks and two acres of urban forests, eight-hundred low-cost housing units, arts centres focusing on indigenous culture and a promise of zero emissions: the proposal submitted by Adjaye Associates, Henning Larsen, Alison Brooks Architects and SLA replaced the previous high-tech proposal put forward by Alphabet.

02-11-2021

RE-THINKING CITY : HOUSING

“To approach a city, or even a city neighborhood, as if it were a larger architectural problem, capable of being given order by converting it into a disciplined work of art, is to make the mistake of attempting to substitute art for life. The results of such profound confusion between art and life are neither life nor art. They are taxidermy. In its place, taxidermy can be a useful and decent craft. However, it goes too far when the specimens put on display are exhibitions of dead, stuffed cities.” - Jane Jacobs

30-07-2021

Alison Brooks – Alison Brooks Architects

Alison Brooks, founder of her own London-based practice, Alison Brooks Architects, ABA, is regarded as one of the leading architects of her generation, the only architect of the UK to have won all three of the RIBA awards. Born and grown up in Canada, she studied architecture at the University of Waterloo, and after graduating she decided to move to UK, where at the beginning she worked with the designer Ron Arad, becoming a partner in the firm.