Monthly Archives: September 2015
South Kilburn construction video Kilburn Quarter
This video of South Kilburn Estate Regeneration: Phase 2a documents the transformation of the site from two 1970s towers into mansion blocks, re-establishing Kilburn Park Road as one of the Borough’s grand tree-lined avenues.
This video of South Kilburn Estate Regeneration: Phase 2a documents the transformation of the site from two 1970s towers into mansion blocks, re-establishing Kilburn Park Road as one of the Borough’s grand tree-lined avenues.
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Exeter College on site Exeter College Cohen Quad
Roof framing is being installed at Exeter College: Cohen Quad, Oxford, revealing the building’s roofline for the first time.
Roof framing is being installed at Exeter College: Cohen Quad, Oxford, revealing the building’s roofline for the first time.
The project will form Exeter Colleges Third Quadrangle in the heart of Oxford. The new building will combine undergraduate and graduate living accommodation for 100 students, a lecture hall, teaching rooms, social learning spaces and study facilities.
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Talk: Crafting Experience – A New Collegiate Architecture
23.09.2015 18:30, Natuzzi Italia
Interni are presenting a series of events with leading voices in international architecture at Italian design flagship stores in London, in collaboration with ITA Italian Trade Agency and Salone del Mobile Milano. Alison Brooks gave a talk about ABA’s Cohen Quad at Exeter College, Oxford, which is currently under construction.
Interni are presenting a series of events with leading voices in international architecture at Italian design flagship stores in London, in collaboration with ITA Italian Trade Agency and Salone del Mobile Milano. Alison Brooks gave a talk about ABA’s Cohen Quad at Exeter College, Oxford, which is currently under construction.
Other speakers in the series include David Chipperfield of David Chipperfield Architects, Anthony Hudson of Hudson Architects, Lyndon Neri of Neri & Hu, and Clark Pickett of NBBJ.
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Exhibition: Urbanistas travels to Newcastle
17.09.2015—19.10.2015, The Core, Newcastle
Urbanistas is an exhibition celebrating innovative practice; in particular the vision and skills of six leading women practitioners working pro-actively in UK cities, in the fields of architecture, urban and landscape design and planning, reinventing how we design our urban environment and housing models to create beautiful, coherent, integrated and resilient cities.
Urbanistas is an exhibition celebrating innovative practice; in particular the vision and skills of six leading women practitioners working pro-actively in UK cities, in the fields of architecture, urban and landscape design and planning, reinventing how we design our urban environment and housing models to create beautiful, coherent, integrated and resilient cities.
Alison Brooks. Alessandra Cianchetta. Irena Bauman. Johanna Gibbons. Liza Fior. Katherine Clarke.
Urbanistas exhibition was comissioned by Roca Gallery London, curated by Lucy Bullivant, and brought to Newcastle by Igloo Regeneration, The Core, Creative Space Management and Northern Architecture. Supported by RIBA North East.
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South Kilburn top out Kilburn Quarter
Construction has reached roof level at the East Block of South Kilburn Estate Regeneration Phase 2A.
Construction has reached roof level at the East Block of South Kilburn Estate Regeneration Phase 2A.
ABA’s South Block, within a 229 unit scheme designed by Alison Brooks Architects and Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands, is being delivered by Network Housing Group and United House as part of the London Borough of Brent’s South Kilburn Regeneration Programme.
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Alison Brooks on Koolhaas’s Checkpoint Charlie
In the first of a new series in the Architects’ Journal looking at influential housing plans, Alison Brooks wrote about OMA’s proposals for Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin.
In the first of a new series in the Architects’ Journal looking at influential housing plans, Alison Brooks wrote about OMA’s proposals for Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin.
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World Architectural Festival – Pre-Election Breakfast Talk
21.04.2015
A panel of experts including Alison Brooks, Deyan Sudjic, Simon Jenkins, and Paul Morrell have urged the next government to make the UK’s housing shortage its top priority.
A panel of experts including Alison Brooks, Deyan Sudjic, Simon Jenkins, and Paul Morrell have urged the next government to make the UK’s housing shortage its top priority.
‘Housing is the crisis of our time’, said Stirling Prize-winning architect Brooks at the World Architecture Festival (WAF) pre-election breakfast event last week.
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Debate: Architecture Club – ‘How Do We Make Enough Housing?’
19.03.2015, Shoreditch House
The subject of the debate was “How do we make enough housing?” and focussed on the issues of the delivery of housing to respond to the ever-growing needs of the capital and the nation as a whole.
The subject of the debate was “How do we make enough housing?” and focussed on the issues of the delivery of housing to respond to the ever-growing needs of the capital and the nation as a whole.
The debate reinforced the need for the housing to be provided across the full spectrum of housing needs including private for sale and to rent, and affordable and intermediate. Alison Brooks addressed the issue from the architectural point of view, and explained the need for a broad vision in relation to the master plan and layout of new estates, and also emphasised the degree to which detailed design could reinforce the flexibility achievable in new homes where space was at a premium.
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Talk: Urbanistas – Women in Urban Design
30.04.2015, Roca London
This event examined how a ‘soft planning’ approach works, giving attention to ecology, climate, landscaping and lighting, beyond permanent, ‘hard’ design; and also explore the process of valuing and building on history and the existing conditions of a community.
This event examined how a ‘soft planning’ approach works, giving attention to ecology, climate, landscaping and lighting, beyond permanent, ‘hard’ design; and also explore the process of valuing and building on history and the existing conditions of a community.
Exhibitors Alison Brooks, Alessandra Cianchetta and Liza Fior discuss with exhibition curator Lucy Bullivant.
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Juror & Keynote Speaker: AIA UK Design Awards
28.06.2015, Serpentine Sackler Gallery, London
Alison Brooks gave the keynote speech at the awards ceremony, and conferred certificates and accolades upon well-known architects, emerging architects and students alike.
Alison Brooks gave the keynote speech at the awards ceremony, and conferred certificates and accolades upon well-known architects, emerging architects and students alike.
This year’s jury was headed by Fred Manson, Associate Director of Heatherwick Studio, and included a versatile mix of members including Brett Steele, Director of AA School of Architecture and Owen Pritchard, Technical Editor of Architects’ Journal. Mr Manson.
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Expert Juror: NLA International Ideas Competition ‘New Ideas for Housing’
4.09.2015
New London Architecture (NLA), in partnership with the Mayor of London, have launched an international competition to tackle the ongoing demands of London’s housing shortage.
New London Architecture (NLA), in partnership with the Mayor of London, have launched an international competition to tackle the ongoing demands of London’s housing shortage.
New Ideas for Housing London will provide opportunities for anyone, whether a large organisation or just one person with a big idea, to submit a proposal free of charge that could help shape the future of the capital. Winning entrants will work with the Greater London Authority to see how their ideas could be put into practice to revolutionise the London housing market.
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