Rafael Viñoly designed the 20 Fenchurch St. skyscraper, completed in 2014 near the St. Paul’s cathedral. It rises 160 m and 34 floors, and replaces an ugly 1960’s skyscraper by William H. Rogers. The building has been attacked for reflecting …
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(Loz Flowers– flickr/creative commons license) José Selgas and Lucía Cano from Madrid, Spain designed the 15th Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in London. ETFE plastic of various colors wraps around metal arches. The resulting passagways provide a variety of space quality, light …
(Maurits Ruis– flickr/creative commons license) Sou Fujimoto designed the Serpentine Pavilion 2013 on the front law of the Kensington Gardens in London, England. A three-dimensional rectangular gride of white steel poles forms an overall organic structure. This bare structure is …
(Gene Hunt– flickr/creative commons license) Richard Seifert and Pell Frischmann designed the National Westminster Tower in London, completed in 1980. It is 183m (600 ft) tall and marked London’s first departure from strict height zoning restrictions and was a shocking …
Mecanoo and Buro Happold designed the new central library in Birmingham (not to be confused with Birmingham Central Library), completed in 2013. The £8.5 million project is part of a rejuvinated civic centre for the city with religiously historical themes. …
(mattbuck4950– flickr/creative commons license) John McAslan and Partners designed the 2012 restoration of London’s historic King’s Cross station. Built in 1852, King’s Cross terminated the main line for the East Coast and connected the island’s Northern Railway. The platforms run …
(Reading Tom– flickr/creative commons license) Robin Hoods Gardens – This housing complex in London was designed by Alison and Peter Smithson in 1972 and demolished in 2013 after a fierce fight to preserve the building by the English Heritage and …
Henry Wotton (1568 – 1639) did not intend The Elements of Architecture to be just another philosophical treatise for the architecture student. As the first Englishman to produce a serious work on the subject of architecture, Henry Wotton found himself …
Renzo Piano designed the Shard skyscraper (London Bridge Tower) in London England, completed and opened in 1 February 2013. At 95 floors and 310m it overtook Commerzbank to become the tallest building in Europe. The form was inspired by Cnaletto’s …
(aurélien.– flickr/creative commons license) Kohn Pedersen Fox designed the Heron Tower in London England, near the Gherkin and St Paul’s Cathedral. At 230m tall it is the third tallest structure in London. The building is grouped into eleven “villages” each …