Monthly Archives: March 2013
Alison Brooks to Advise on Farrell Review
Terry Farrell has been appointed to head up an independent review of architecture and the built environment the findings of which will reach all four corners of Whitehall
Terry Farrell has been appointed to head up an independent review of architecture and the built environment the findings of which will reach all four corners of Whitehall
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey said Farrells findings would provide a snapshot of the industry and act as a rallying point for the profession. It will be delivered to a young energetic minister who will take it to all for corners of Whitehall and ensure the right elements of it are implimented, said Vaizey.
The review, which Farrell said was the most significant of its kind since Richard Rogers 1999 Urban Task Force, is being driven by Vaizey with a brief to help government achieve high quality design to better influence and shape policy .
The advisory panel also includes Thomas Heathwick, Alain de Botton, Hank Dittmar, Jim Eyre, Nigel Hugill, Lucy Musgrave, Robert Powell, Sunand Prasad, Victoria Thornton and Peter Bishop.
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architektur. aktuell Lens House
“Alison Brooks interpreted this classic small building task intelligently and charmingly. The extension of a historically protected residential building creates a baroque spatial experience which is modernist in its abstraction.“
“Alison Brooks interpreted this classic small building task intelligently and charmingly. The extension of a historically protected residential building creates a baroque spatial experience which is modernist in its abstraction.“
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Alison Brooks Awarded AJ Woman Architect of The Year 2013
Talk: BBC Woman’s Hour “Women in Architecture”
19.03.2013 10:00, BBC Broadcasting House,
BBC Radio Four – Jane was joined by Alison Brooks, running for the title Woman Architect of the Year and Clare Devine, Chair of Women in Architecture. Despite more women dropping out of architecture than almost any other profession why could neither of them ever contemplate anything else?
BBC Radio Four – Jane was joined by Alison Brooks, running for the title Woman Architect of the Year and Clare Devine, Chair of Women in Architecture. Despite more women dropping out of architecture than almost any other profession why could neither of them ever contemplate anything else?
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Luxure Lens House
‘The Lens House is remarkable for its extraordinary utilisation of Corian – a material usually used for kitchen countertops – and the transformation of an everyday extension into a truly visionary, sculptural work of art’
‘The Lens House is remarkable for its extraordinary utilisation of Corian – a material usually used for kitchen countertops – and the transformation of an everyday extension into a truly visionary, sculptural work of art’
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