Posts Tagged ‘London’

The Villa by Harrison Varma

February 22nd, 2009
The Villa by Harrison Varma

Harrison Varma have created The Villa, a 7 bedroom, 9 bathroom home located near Kenwood House in the Hampstead area of London.
When the husband and wife team Anil and Marisa Varma first started designing properties back in 1996, they wanted to create their ideal family home – beautiful and modern – flexible modern property [...]

Birkbeck College Film Studies by Surface Architects

January 9th, 2009
Birkbeck College Film Studies by Surface Architects

Project: Birkbeck College, Film Studies Centre for Film & Media
Location: Gordon Square, London
Architect: Surface Architects
Client: Birkbeck College
Budget: £1.15 M
Status: Completed February 2007
Quantity Surveyor: Jackson Coles
Structural Engineer: Techniker Ltd
Services Engineer: Freeman Beesley Ltd
Architects Homepage: www.surfacearchitects.com

Surface Architects won the competition to create within the Birkbeck College the permanent home of the Film & Visual Media Reserch Center. [...]

Travelling exhibition Pavilion for Chanel by Zaha Hadid

October 27th, 2008
Travelling exhibition Pavilion for Chanel by Zaha Hadid

Zaha Hadid’s Chanel Pavilion in Central Park was conceived of as a mobile gallery to house artwork inspired by Chanel’s quilted chain-strap 2.55 handbag — pieces like an enormous Chanel handbag spilled over. Chanel paid $400,000 to the Central Park Conservancy, and donated an undisclosed sum to the organization. The pavilion is located at Rumsey [...]

The 7.83 Hz House

July 29th, 2008
The 7.83 Hz House

The 7.83 HZ prefab house, by London-based architecture firm Youmeheshe , has a fantastic modular concept. Made from precut, biodynamically grown wooden panels, which are doweled together onsite rather than glued, this prefab house is designed to be delivered on just two trucks – ensuring an overall zero carbon impact.

This innovative and [...]

Dubai Opera House by Zaha Hadid

June 18th, 2008
Dubai Opera House by Zaha Hadid

Designed by well known iraqian architects [ Zaha Hadid with Patrik Schumacher ] This Dubai Opera House design calls for an exciting new cultural centre in the new Seven Pearls district of Dubai. This landmark development will accommodate an opera house, playhouse, arts gallery, performing arts school and themed hotel on an island in Dubai [...]

Collet and Farmer Architects | Private House, Jennings Way, London

May 15th, 2008
Collet and Farmer Architects | Private House, Jennings Way, London

This is a Private House for a retired couple in Jennings Way, Arkley London. The new private house that was designed by Collet and Farmer Architects and built on a narrow site in a cul-de-sac of 1980’s bungalows. The design seeks to establish a relationship with the neighbouring houses through the use of similar materials, [...]