London Architecture
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We Londoners have a strange relationship with our skyscrapers. We make them our own: humanising them with cutesy and/or sarcastic names like ‘The Gherkin’ or ‘The Cheesegrater’. Even when they focus car-melting death rays, as ‘The Walkie-Talkie’ once did, we all have a good laugh. Maybe it s the novelty value. We don t have many tall buildings compared to most world cities. But that s about to change. According to a study carried out last year by independent forum New London Architecture, there are currently 263 buildings of twenty storeys or more…
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Modern or traditional? There are various issues to consider when choosing your home and what kind of space is most suitable for your needs. Older properties offer generous proportions, but if they have not been modernised can lack in facilities such as up to date central heating, double glazing and built-in storage. Modern properties, on the other hand, tend to be smaller, may have lower ceilings, which makes them easier to heat, but can make you feel cramped. Depending on the property, modern houses can be unique and have the latest technology…
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This year we have fifteen Postgraduate Units, and whilst Studio 3 East is on sabbatical, we welcomed Unit 5 MA Architects and Unit 15 Assemble. We celebrate that the incredible Assemble won the 2015 Turner Prize as well as being featured in the Architecture Foundation book New Architects 3, together with many alumni of the School of Architecture, alongside many graduates of the School. We continue to occupy a unique position in the UK architectural educational landscape, in part by engaging a large number of established and emerging practices to…
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This course provides an introduction to post graduate studies in Architecture through the vehicle of a three-week studio based design programme. It will use methodological prompts from Patrick Geddes and other theorists and practitioners for experimenting in contemporary architectural and urban design propositions within Edinburgh. Read more EEA 650 International 650 This brand-new course will help you as an IT professional stay up-to-date with the latest trends, tools and techniques in the field of IoT. Our blended learning approach combines…
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Slapped wrists for any of you who describe yourselves as a software or web architect because the profession of “architect” is one of the few protected by law. While anyone can design a building (or an IT system), you must slog through seven years of training before you can use the job title without, in theory, being prosecuted. Students flock to London to study in the world’s creative capital and earn that status. Unfortunately, they are also flocking to architecture schools that are, unlike London’s fashion and fine art colleges, struggling to…
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Exploring the ‘demands exceed supply’ crisis that is facing London, how our city can house its residents and how this can be done without compromising city dwellers quality of life. No issue is more talked about in London today than the provision of affordable housing. Housing estates across the city are being seen both as a problem – with issues of deprivation and maintenance which need to be solved - and an opportunity to create more housing on underutilsed land. However, they are currently home to thousands of people who are often displaced by…
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EmailPinterestTwitterFacebook International design practice Woods Bagot provides its clients with innovative design solutions that are both functional and inspiring. This is demonstrated by the successful delivery of a range of high profile projects within the commercial workplace, hospitality, mixed-use, education and science sectors. woodsbagot.com Adelaide, Australia Zaha Hadid is a distinguished architect and designer, and winner of numerous international competitions. Zaha was the first female to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004…
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Whether you’re dreaming of becoming the next Zaha Hadid, Rem Koolhaas or Norman Foster, you don’t need us to tell you that getting that first graduate architecture or architectural technologist job will be a tough nut to crack; not to mention the challenge of securing a year out placement after Part 1. So why aren’t more Part 1 or architectural technology students looking for work experience with architectural practices before their placement year or before they graduate? After all, it can be a great way of learning more about architectural practices…
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Stretching over the River Thames since 1894, the famous Tower Bridge of London, England is one of the most recognizable landmarks in the world. Now you can add this timeless classic to your LEGO world buildings collection! Designed with advanced building techniques and rare colors and elements, the Tower Bridge is complete with its iconic paired towers and a drawbridge that really opens. Fun to build and display, it locks together solidly but can be taken apart in sections for easy transport. Includes 4 miniature vehicles; a black London taxi, a…
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Acclaimed for daredevil buildings in a style that can only be described as Opulent Futurism, architect Dame Zaha Hadid, who died in March at 65, pushed her profession’s envelope with head-swiveling, technologically groundbreaking aplomb. “Zaha’s philosophy was never about straight lines, ” AD100 decorator and David Gill Gallery CEO Francis Sultana, a longtime friend of the British-Iraqi provocateuse, told me. “She always said, ‘Why have one degree when there are 360?’” That sense of exploration and challenges met suffuses “The Zaha Hadid Contemporary…
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