Monthly Archives: October 2008
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.”
“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.
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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.”
“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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