A multifaith community complex, designed by James Gorst Architects for White Eagle Lodge, was announced as the UK’s best new timber building, having won the Gold Award at the Wood Awards yesterday evening.
Written by
Timber Development UK (organisers of the Wood Awards)
Photography
Rory Gardiner
St Giles Square, Centre Point is a major urban square and building renovation in Central London. A holistic urban renewal comprising new public space, historic renovation and new build delivered through multiple clients and contracts, capitalising on the upgraded transport interchange at Tottenham Court Road and the wider changes delivered as part...
Project name
Centre Point and St Giles Square
Architecture firm
MICA Architects
Photography
Andy Stagg, Andy Matthews, MICA Architects
Principal architect
Gavin Miller
Design team
James Kirk, Danusia Lewis, Chris Wood
Collaborators
Electrical Engineer: Sweco. Planning: Gerald Eve. Facade: Eckersley O'Callaghan
Structural engineer
Pell Frischmann
Lighting
Speirs and Major
The ‘intelligently designed’ Dragon Flat, by Tsuruta Architects, has taken the top prize for interior design at the Wood Awards 2023, in a ceremony yesterday evening.
Written by
Timber Development UK (organisers of the Wood Awards)
‘Contemporary, calm and monastic’ | UK's best new timber home. Spruce House & Studio, designed by ao-ft, is the UK’s best new timber home, having won the top prize for the Private category at this year’s Wood Awards.
Written by
Timber Development UK (organisers of the Wood Awards)
Photography
Rory Gardiner
Architecture & Interior Design studio Palladian completed a meticulous refurbishment and extension of an original property in Kensington, London, built in the early 20th century referred to as the Tile House due to its factory origins.
Project name
The Tile House
Architecture firm
Palladian London
Location
London, United Kingdom
Photography
Tarry & Perry Photography
Principal architect
Palladian London
Design team
Faisal Ali, Hugo Lindsay-Fynn
Collaborators
Knektd AV, RHMB
Interior design
Palladian London
Environmental & MEP
Clarke Services Engineering
Lighting
London Lightworks
Material
The team used a lot of repurposed materials: timber, tiles
Typology
Residential › Townhouse
Renowned UK developer Knight Dragon, responsible for the iconic London destination Greenwich Peninsula, have just unveiled brand new apartments for sale at Parkview, the penultimate building in the Peninsula Gardens neighbourhood, comprising studios, one- and two-bedroom units, with prices starting from £417,500.
Photography
CGI of the sunset view from the Parkview building at Peninsula Gardens, Greenwich Peninsula (C) Knight Dragon
Bounce Battersea opened August 2023 with industrial yet playful design befitting its iconic, brutalist new home in South London. Sports hall brutalist architecture combines with the burgeoning sporting prowess of ping pong to inspire the latest Bounce venue at Battersea Power Station, designed by London-based designers, Shed.
Project name
Bounce Battersea
Location
Battersea Power Station, London, UK
Photography
Kris Humphreys Photography
Collaborators
Black Rabbit Branding
Structural engineer
Meinhardt
Environmental & MEP
Chapman, DDA
Construction
3 interior Contracts (3i)
Tools used
Vectorworks, Cinema 4D, Adobe After Effects
Material
Concrete tiles, oak timber panelling, timber fretwork, smile plastics, domus tiles
Client
State of Play Hospitality
Typology
Sports Architecture
Barratt London, part of Barratt Group, the UK’s largest housebuilder, has officially launched its latest development, Sterling Place, in New Malden, in the south-west of the UK capital, with new research revealing the popularity of the location has resulted in house prices to rise by 8.3% in the last year.
