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06-10-2020

David Adjaye wins the 2021 RIBA Royal Gold Medal

Architect David Adjaye was awarded the 2021 Royal Gold Medal, the highest British award given to a person or group of people who have had a significant influence “either directly or indirectly on the advancement of architecture”. The commission for the 2021 Royal Gold Medal included, among others, architects Dorte Mandrup and Shelley McNamara, winner of the 2020 Royal Gold Medal together with Yvonne Farrell.

10-09-2020

Belarusian Memorial Chapel by Spheron Architects

The first wooden house of worship built after the great fire in London in 1666 is a small chapel designed by Spheron Architects for the Belarusian community in North London to commemorate the victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. This intimate, inviting architecture is a thoughtful blend of traditional and contemporary design.

10-09-2020

Richard Rogers leaves Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners after 40 years of architecture

A few weeks after his 87th birthday, architect Richard Rogers retired from the board of directors of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, the practice he founded more than 40 years ago; within the next 2 years his name will be removed from the name of the studio. Thus ends the career of the famous architect who worked on projects such as the Centre Pompidou (with Renzo Piano and Gianfranco Franchini) in Paris, Lloyds of London, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg and the Millennium Dome or O2, also in London, a large tensile structure on Greenwich peninsula.

27-08-2020

Piercy & Company Drayton Green Church London

London design studio Piercy & Company has forged a solid reputation for their sensitive, contextual approach to significant, listed historic buildings and their surroundings. With the project for the new church for Drayton Green in West London, for the first time, the architects worked on the construction of a civic building which is a reference point for the growing community.

18-08-2020

The Design Museum in London has reopened with Electronic

The Design Museum in London rolled out the first phase of its post-lockdown reopening plans on Friday 31 July 2020 with the opening of the temporary exhibition Electronic: From Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers. An immersive experience in the world of electronic music.

29-07-2020

Trellik’s Charred Garden House in London

London-based Notting Hill Trellik Design Studio converted and extended the ground floor of a "tired and dark" Victorian home. The spaces, designed for a couple, were opened up to add breadth to the view with plenty of windows to let in daylight, while an independent study was created in the courtyard. The project is known as Charred Garden House, and it is based on a concept of interior design inspired by both Scandinavian and Japanese style.

23-07-2020

Lissoni Casal Ribeiro interior design of the Hotel Café Royal in London

In 2012, three historic buildings in the centre of London, between Regent Street and Piccadilly Circus, were converted into the new Hotel Café Royal in an important architectural project by David Chipperfield Architects in partnership with restoration studio Donald Insall Associates. Lissoni Casal Ribeiro’s project fits into this conversion project, renewing all the common areas in the hotel with elements of contemporary design while preserving the memory of the place.

08-07-2020

Francesco Pierazzi: Maisonette in Notting Hill, London

Francesco Pierazzi renovates a single-family home in a block of terrace houses built in London’s Notting Hill district 40 years ago, using a palette of colours and textures to amplify the perception of space in the maisonette interior.

27-05-2020

Piercy&Company 25 Savile Row - Derwent London’s headquarters

Piercy&Company has renovated a building at no.25 Savile Row, London’s historic fashion district, with all the care characteristic of custom tailoring. A light-filled atrium and a suspended staircase are the two key elements characterising the project, illustrated in the short film "Making 25 Savile Row" directed by Nick Ballón.