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The Architects’ Journal Kilburn Quarter

ABA’s South Kilburn Estate Regeneration project was featured in the article, “Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands and Alison Brooks scoop planning in Kilburn.”

 

ABA’s South Kilburn Estate Regeneration project was featured in the article, “Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands and Alison Brooks scoop planning in Kilburn.”

 

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Emap Publishing Ltd
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The Architects’ Journal Exeter College Cohen Quad Albert Crescent Quarterhouse

Alison Brooks was interviewed for this article entitled “Women in Practice“.

 

Architecture A Woman’s Profession

In this volume, well-known female architects from the United States and Europe discuss their academic and professional experiences, as well as their visions for the future.

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In this volume, well-known female architects from the United States and Europe discuss their academic and professional experiences, as well as their visions for the future.

In the western world, the number of women studying architecture now roughly equals that of men. As women increasingly come to the fore as practicing professionals, the question of how this shift will affect the profession and the teaching of the discipline is of greater and greater interest.

ISBN
978-3868590869
Publisher
Jovis
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Perspectives on Design London Fold House Wrap House

Perspectives on Design London showcases the creativity of locally based residential design professionals, featuring ABA projects, Fold House and Wrap House.

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Perspectives on Design London showcases the creativity of locally based residential design professionals, featuring ABA projects, Fold House and Wrap House.

This stylistically diverse collection includes the work of dozens of celebrated creative experts. Whether focused on the home’s design, structure, decoration, amenities, or outdoor living spaces, each professional featured in this large-format book offers insight into how bespoke residences come to fruition.

ISBN
978-0983239826
Publisher
Panache Partners
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Adventures In Regeneration Quarterhouse

It’s a stunning looking building, which has been brilliantly designed and equipped for live performances.”

Nick Ewbank, Art consultant, founding director of The Creative Foundation, and client for Quarterhouse Performing Arts & Buisness Centre

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It’s a stunning looking building, which has been brilliantly designed and equipped for live performances.”

Nick Ewbank, Art consultant, founding director of The Creative Foundation, and client for Quarterhouse Performing Arts & Buisness Centre

Nick Ewbank wrote Adventures in Regeneration, charting the town’s trajectory over the past decade, through the development of the Folkestone Creative Quarter in the Old Town, to the Folkestone Triennial, the Book Festival, the new University Centre and ABA’s Quarterhouse Performing Arts & Business Centre. It is part memoir, part archive, and part strong case study for culture-based regeneration.

ISBN
978-0956945303
Publisher
NEA Publishing
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BD Online: Rainham

“A previously derelict warehouse on the border of the marshes with Rainham Village is being reclad by Alison Brooks, in a refurbishment project funded by the LTGDC. The bright, barcode cladding will encase five new self-contained units, with a new insulated roof, bicycle racks and showers.”

“A previously derelict warehouse on the border of the marshes with Rainham Village is being reclad by Alison Brooks, in a refurbishment project funded by the LTGDC. The bright, barcode cladding will encase five new self-contained units, with a new insulated roof, bicycle racks and showers.”

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UBM Built Environment
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What Architects Desire (Die Walverwandschaften)

This book collects sketches produced for the German contribution to the 12th Architecture Biennial in Venice, including one by Alison Brooks.

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This book collects sketches produced for the German contribution to the 12th Architecture Biennial in Venice, including one by Alison Brooks.

The leitmotif, desire , is at the same time the topic of a survey among architects; answers are given through drawings. What are you longing for? The response drawings are highly individual, diversity becomes programme: both in picture language and in the presentation in terms of content, reactions are quite different.

But there is one thing they all have in common: the burning desire of something concrete. Sometimes it spreads lightning-like on the observer, sometimes time is required for a contemplative involvement with form and content. The architectural sketch, as it may seem, degenerated into a side product of architectural work within the last years, is back!

ISBN
978-3709103289
Publisher
Springer Vienna Architecture
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Encyclopedia Of Detail In Contemporary Residential Architecture Herringbone Houses

This book features detail drawings and photographs of the illusory patterned timber facade and monolithic timber staircase of ABA’s Herringbone Houses.

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This book features detail drawings and photographs of the illusory patterned timber facade and monolithic timber staircase of ABA’s Herringbone Houses.

This comprehensive reference work contains scale drawings of every type of detailing used in contemporary residential architecture.

 

ISBN
978-1856696920
Publisher
Laurence King
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The Audi Urban Future Initiative: The Summit

Summarising Audi’s urban research to date, this book features ABA’s City of Collaborative Consumption research and proposal.

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Summarising Audi’s urban research to date, this book features ABA’s City of Collaborative Consumption research and proposal.

The Audi Urban Future Initiative broadcasts a range of perspectives and explores innovative advancements, tracking and analyzing the trends of the day. To reimagine urban mobility—to seek sustainable, accessible, equitable, and enjoyable ways to move from one place to another—is to reimagine the city.

ISBN
978-3981413199
Publisher
Trademark Publishing
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Detail in Contemporary Timber Architecture Salt House

This book features the crisp timber detailing of ABA’s ipe-clad Salt House, with a combination of detail drawings and photographs.

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This book features the crisp timber detailing of ABA’s ipe-clad Salt House, with a combination of detail drawings and photographs.

Detail in Contemporary Timber Architecture provides analysis of both the technical and the aesthetic importance of details in modern timber architecture. Featuring the work of renowned architects from around the world, this book presents 50 of the most recently completed and influential timber designs for both residential and commercial architecture.

 

ISBN
978-1856696418
Publisher
Laurence King
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Architecture 09: RIBA Buildings of the Year Newhall Be Quarterhouse

On Quarterhouse Performing Arts & Business Centre: “This is the centrepiece of a brave and exciting regeneration scheme that seeks slowly to claim Folkestone town centre for artists and performers.”

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On Quarterhouse Performing Arts & Business Centre: “This is the centrepiece of a brave and exciting regeneration scheme that seeks slowly to claim Folkestone town centre for artists and performers.”

Architecture 09 is the official guide to the work of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and all RIBA Awards presented in 2009. It features ABA projects Quarterhouse Performing Arts & Business Centre, which won a RIBA National Award and Newhall Be, which won a Housing Design Award.

ISBN
978-1858944906
Publisher
Merrell Publishers
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Houses of Steel

This book features ABA’s proposal for low cost steel housing in Warsaw, Poland, which was a competition finalist.

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This book features ABA’s proposal for low cost steel housing in Warsaw, Poland, which was a competition finalist.

Living Steel is a worldwide, collaborative program designed to stimulate innovative and responsible housing design and construction. This book presents the winning and finalist schemes from the three competitions held to date. Each project is presented with a description, drawings, sketches, plans, and renderings of the submitted projects; and is an inspirational source of information about sustainable steel homes and low-cost housing. The projects presented are at the vanguard of international architectural design for a world suffering from a critical housing shortage.

ISBN
978-1864703665
Publisher
Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd
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Dwelling: Accordia Accordia Masterplan Accordia Sky Villas Accordia Brass Building

Dwelling describes the design and architecture of this new residential quarter in Cambridge, a multi-award winning green project, designed in collaboration with FCB Studios and Maccreanor Lavington. In 2008 Accordia became the first housing development ever to win the prestigious Stirling Prize, the highest accolade awarded to architecture in the UK.

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Dwelling describes the design and architecture of this new residential quarter in Cambridge, a multi-award winning green project, designed in collaboration with FCB Studios and Maccreanor Lavington. In 2008 Accordia became the first housing development ever to win the prestigious Stirling Prize, the highest accolade awarded to architecture in the UK.

 

ISBN
978-1906155902
Publisher
Black Dog Publishing
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MARK Quarterhouse

This issue of the journal features ABA’s Quarterhouse Performing Arts & Business Centre with the article, ‘Alison Brooks Provides a Seaside Town With a Theatre Curtain’.

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This issue of the journal features ABA’s Quarterhouse Performing Arts & Business Centre with the article, ‘Alison Brooks Provides a Seaside Town With a Theatre Curtain’.

Publisher
Laan der Hesperiden
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Architecture Today: Practice Quarterhouse

Upon completion of Quarterhouse in Folkestone, Architecture Today featured an extensive Practice Profile of Alison Brook’s Architects, placing the project in comparison with previous projects, such as Wrap House, Lens House and Newhall Be.

Upon completion of Quarterhouse in Folkestone, Architecture Today featured an extensive Practice Profile of Alison Brook’s Architects, placing the project in comparison with previous projects, such as Wrap House, Lens House and Newhall Be.

ISBN
09586407
Publisher
Architecture Today plc
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Spaces Magazine Herringbone Houses

The Herringbone Houses’ T-shaped design creates exterior spaces that interlock with interior rooms, blurring the line between inside and out and making perfect use of the woodland setting.”

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The Herringbone Houses’ T-shaped design creates exterior spaces that interlock with interior rooms, blurring the line between inside and out and making perfect use of the woodland setting.”

Publisher
Jazz Publishing
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Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture Accordia Masterplan Accordia Sky Villas Accordia Brass Building

This definitive compendium of worldwide contemporary architecture features Accordia.

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This definitive compendium of worldwide contemporary architecture features Accordia.

ISBN
978-0714848747
Publisher
Phaidon Press
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Architects’ Journal

ABA’s Tribeca project was featured in this article about the wider development in Liverpool.

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ABA’s Tribeca project was featured in this article about the wider development in Liverpool.

Publisher
Emap Publishing Ltd
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Architecture 08: The Guide to the RIBA Awards Accordia Masterplan Accordia Sky Villas Accordia Brass Building

“This is high density housing at its very best, demonstrating that volume housebuilders can deliver high-quality architecture and, as a result, improve their own bottom line.”

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“This is high density housing at its very best, demonstrating that volume housebuilders can deliver high-quality architecture and, as a result, improve their own bottom line.”

“The Stirling judges awarded the prize to Accordia as the scheme they felt could push things forward in a very ordinary way. It is an exhiliarating project that adheres to the tenets of  Modernism, reinstating values lost from housing in the latter part of the twentieth century to deliver light and fresh air at high density. Accordia, they felt, marks a paradigm shift in British housing. To an industry that has for too long been anti-design and to politicians who have regarded houses as targets to be achieved, it sends a message that good housing does matter: it is the place where people’s lives and attitudes to society are shaped. Like all the best architecture, Accordia creates its own context and is already a place that appears always been there. Its values are those British cities need: a subtly controlling masterplan, a collaborative approach, and an eye for both detail and the big picture.”

ISBN
978-1858944289
Publisher
Merrell Publishers Ltd
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Architectures à Vivre Herringbone Houses

A 12 page feature on The Herringbone Houses was written for this French journal’s London report.

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A 12 page feature on The Herringbone Houses was written for this French journal’s London report.

Publisher
À VIVRE Editions
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London 2000+ Wrap House

Wrap House… unfolds in a series of angular movements that articulate its internal and exterior spaces and guide the eye from one zone to the next.

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Wrap House… unfolds in a series of angular movements that articulate its internal and exterior spaces and guide the eye from one zone to the next.

London 2000+ portrays twenty-eight projects completed since the millennium, representing a broad range of design styles and scales. Prominent structures such as Sir Norman Foster’s iconic ‘Gherkin’, the London Eye by Marks Barfield, Daniel Libeskind’s addition to the London Metropolitan University campus, and Herzog & de Meuron’s Laban Dance Center are featured alongside lesser-known buildings of merit by innovative, emerging designers to provide a superb representation of the many lively firms active in the city today.

ISBN
978-1580932080
Publisher
The Monacelli Press
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Architecture + Detail Salt House

“Modern, but not shunning tradition: The Salt House has already won two prestigious prizes; the Grand Design Award for The Best New Build House (2006) and the RIBA National Award 2007.”

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“Modern, but not shunning tradition: The Salt House has already won two prestigious prizes; the Grand Design Award for The Best New Build House (2006) and the RIBA National Award 2007.”

ISBN
09444718
Publisher
Karl Krämer Verlag
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IW Herringbone Houses

“Given the automation of the process and simplicity of the traditional construction method this delicate and refined façade took no longer and cost no more than a standard horizontal weatherboard system. Yet the result is a distinctive facade with an optical ‘accordion’ effect and with the refinement of a piece of renaissance marquetry.”

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“Given the automation of the process and simplicity of the traditional construction method this delicate and refined façade took no longer and cost no more than a standard horizontal weatherboard system. Yet the result is a distinctive facade with an optical ‘accordion’ effect and with the refinement of a piece of renaissance marquetry.”

This issue of this Taiwanese publication, focussed on architectural details, featured ABA’s Herringbone Houses.

 

ISBN
977-1561390008
Publisher
IW Magazine
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Telegraph Magazine Quarterhouse

This issue features ABA’s Quarterhouse in an article that documents rise of decorative façades in architecture.

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This issue features ABA’s Quarterhouse in an article that documents rise of decorative façades in architecture.

Publisher
Telegraph Media Group Ltd
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Smart Home Extensions Wrap House

“The project is a form of research into ideas and technologies not often realized on a larger scale. Its formal complexity is not a stylistic conceit, but emerged from an open-ended process of responding to the particular conditions of the site and brief with a fully integrated architectural concept. The scheme reflects in equal measure a client’s open-minded approach, adapted construction techniques, structural finesse and unparalleled craftsmanship, bound together by a shared understanding of the potential of the project.”

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“The project is a form of research into ideas and technologies not often realized on a larger scale. Its formal complexity is not a stylistic conceit, but emerged from an open-ended process of responding to the particular conditions of the site and brief with a fully integrated architectural concept. The scheme reflects in equal measure a client’s open-minded approach, adapted construction techniques, structural finesse and unparalleled craftsmanship, bound together by a shared understanding of the potential of the project.”

“Although formally complex, the autonomous timber ‘envelope’ of the extension renders it legible as a ‘pavilion’ and integrates the projects spatial, structural, and technical ambitions. The three-dimensional manipulation of the roof and ceiling planes as a continuous series of triangulated folds serves many roles: it implies a subdivision of the internal space, creates particular relationships with the garden and frames apertures that capture or diffuse the ever-changing light conditions. At the same time the ‘pitching and rolling’ roof responds to the variety of roof pitches of neighbouring Edwardian properties.

The Wrap House embraces its outside spaces elegantly and effectively, integrating an old tree into the wooden decking, which also accommodates storage space and a barbecue, and treating the roof as a dynamic and beautiful elevation in its own right. The origami-like roof appears to fold maximising views of the back garden from the master bedroom.”

ISBN
978-8496969049
Publisher
Links
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D’Architectures Salt House

This issue of the French publication features ABA’s Salt House.

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This issue of the French publication features ABA’s Salt House.

ISBN
11450835
Publisher
Société d'editions architecturales
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Build Your Grand Design

ABA’s Herringbone Houses feature in an article that explores wood as a construction material.

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ABA’s Herringbone Houses feature in an article that explores wood as a construction material.

Publisher
Media 10 Ltd
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Patterns 2: Design, Art and Architecture Herringbone Houses

The architect adopts the [herringbone] pattern for so many elements, such as fences, terraces and interior rooms, and in this way gives the buildings their overall comprehensive appearance.

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The architect adopts the [herringbone] pattern for so many elements, such as fences, terraces and interior rooms, and in this way gives the buildings their overall comprehensive appearance.

Since the first volume was published, the subject of patterns has continued to evolve: colourful patterned wallpapers have returned to private homes; patterns have become a determining factor in graphic design and architecture; and designers are asked to design an ever-increasing variety of new ornaments and pattern repeats. Patterns 2 provides the necessary inspiration. It describes current trends, presents contemporary experiments, and situates the development within the cultural-historical context.

ISBN
978-3764386443
Publisher
Birkhäuser GmbH
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Des Res Herringbone Houses

With a view to showing how London’s housing challenge could be tackled, this publication from New London Architecture uses Herringbone Houses as an exemplar project.

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With a view to showing how London’s housing challenge could be tackled, this publication from New London Architecture uses Herringbone Houses as an exemplar project.

London’s population is growing faster than any other major European city, with an estimated increase of 700,000 people over the next 15 years. We are building – or have plans to build – a lot of new housing in London. But is it good enough, is it the right sort of housing and is it in the right place? What are the best projects that are being built? And will we be build enough of them to meet the needs of London’s expanding number of households?

ISBN
978-1858945378
Publisher
New London Architecture
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Telegraph Magazine Herringbone Houses

“What was so successful was that the garden and the house became one.”

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“What was so successful was that the garden and the house became one.”

The Herringbone Houses were featured in this article about the property’s developer and his experience working with ABA.

 

 

 

Publisher
Telegraph Media Group Ltd
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The Independent Salt House

“the Salt House in Essex stands staring out at the rising sea, undaunted and beautiful.”

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“the Salt House in Essex stands staring out at the rising sea, undaunted and beautiful.”

Publisher
Independent Print Ltd
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Making It

This book showcases the success stories of celebrity entrepreneurs behind 11 great businesses, including Alison Brooks Architects.

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This book showcases the success stories of celebrity entrepreneurs behind 11 great businesses, including Alison Brooks Architects.

Each profile follows the story from becoming a successful brand to coping with success and enjoying the trappings once the brand is well and truly established in the public eye.

 

ISBN
978-1854584434
Publisher
Crimson Publishing
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Period Living Salt House

Salt House serves as an exemplar project for flood proof construction in this article.

Salt House serves as an exemplar project for flood proof construction in this article.

ISBN
09581987
Publisher
Ascent Publishing Ltd
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Pasajes Construcción Herringbone Houses

A detailed article showing the planning and construction of the timber cladding for The Herringbone Houses is featured in this Spanish journal.

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A detailed article showing the planning and construction of the timber cladding for The Herringbone Houses is featured in this Spanish journal.

Publisher
Pasajes
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The Architects’ Journal

ABA’s scheme for for Central Milton Keynes was featured in this article entitled “Watch This Space“.

 

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ABA’s scheme for for Central Milton Keynes was featured in this article entitled “Watch This Space“.

 

Publisher
Emap Publishing Ltd
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BD Herringbone Houses

“Though the timber façades of Alison Brooks Architects’ Herringbone Houses are their most striking feature, their attractions are more than skin deep”

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“Though the timber façades of Alison Brooks Architects’ Herringbone Houses are their most striking feature, their attractions are more than skin deep”

Publisher
UBM
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The Architects’ Journal Salt House Wrap House

“Alison Brooks Architects picked up its second consecutive RIBA Special Award at the Stirling Prize ceremony on 6 October. The practice won this year’s Manser Medal… awarded to the best one-off house – for The Salt House in Essex. Last year Brooks picked up the Stephen Lawrence Prize for her Wrap House.”

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“Alison Brooks Architects picked up its second consecutive RIBA Special Award at the Stirling Prize ceremony on 6 October. The practice won this year’s Manser Medal… awarded to the best one-off house – for The Salt House in Essex. Last year Brooks picked up the Stephen Lawrence Prize for her Wrap House.”

Publisher
Emap Publishing Ltd
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GQ Style Herringbone Houses

“Having been slow to embrace modern architecture, British planners are coming round to the benefits of innovative design. This growing flexibility allows anyone after a truly individual home to team up with one of the brilliant young architectural practices keen to hone their skills on domestic buildings. It’s a combination that can produce fantastic results, such as… Alison Brooks’ Herringbone Houses.

“Having been slow to embrace modern architecture, British planners are coming round to the benefits of innovative design. This growing flexibility allows anyone after a truly individual home to team up with one of the brilliant young architectural practices keen to hone their skills on domestic buildings. It’s a combination that can produce fantastic results, such as… Alison Brooks’ Herringbone Houses.

Publisher
Condé Nast International Ltd
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100 Great Extensions and Renovations Fold House

This collection of extensions and renovations features ABA’s Fold House.

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This collection of extensions and renovations features ABA’s Fold House.

As demonstrated in this timely publication, an architect must possess significant skill to create such extraordinary extensions and renovations to suit an existing structure. From simple room additions to complete demolition and rebuild jobs, this book explores some of the infinite ways in which architects have reinvented original homes.

 

ISBN
978-1920744519
Publisher
Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd
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