Monthly Archives: November 2013
Talk: ‘Cultural Infrastructure: The Synthetic Ideal’
11.12.2013 18:00, Architectural Association Lecture Hall, London, UK
Alison Brooks gave a lecture at the AA entitled Cultural Infrastructure: The Synthetic Ideal
Alison Brooks gave a lecture at the AA entitled Cultural Infrastructure: The Synthetic Ideal
“Alison Brooks Architects is positioned at the vanguard of a new generation of contemporary British architects committed to housing as a social project, as a source of programme-rich urban design and as a field for architectural experimentation. We see housing as a form of simultaneous architecture. Each project must operate as background infrastructure (urban, social, economic) and as cultural artefact specific to place, ways of life and local culture. We fight for the idiosyncratic: combining pragmatism, artistic intent and spatial subterfuge to unlock the potential of typologies to become new prototypes. AND not OR. City AND suburb.”
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Talk: YEM Housing Conference 2013
21.11.2013, YEM Building Information Centre, Istanbul, Turkey
Alison Brooks, Director, gave a lecture at the YEM Building Information Centre in Istanbul to the Annual Housing Conference 2013
Alison Brooks, Director, gave a lecture at the YEM Building Information Centre in Istanbul to the Annual Housing Conference 2013
“Turkey needs over 500,000 housing units to be built per year. This makes “housing” a vital topic not only for the construction sector, but for Turkeys economy as a whole. It would not be wrong to say that for the last two decades the Turkish economy is highly dependent upon this industry.
Today, as building slowly begins to increase, the competitive pressure in the market often relies upon the success of projects demonstrating a unique position through branding. This years Housing Conference has more than four hundred decision-makers; investors, developers, contractors, architects, civil engineers, interior designers, designers, building-material manufacturers, academics and press members – all discussing the important issue of housing.”
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Newhall ‘Be’ Featured on BBC News Newhall Be
Wanted: A new city for somewhere in the UK.
A major competition is asking for a design for a new “garden city” for the UK. But what might it look like and where could it go?
Wanted: A new city for somewhere in the UK.
A major competition is asking for a design for a new “garden city” for the UK. But what might it look like and where could it go?
Newhall Be, one of this years projects to be short-listed for the RIBA Stirling Prize is featured in the article discussing the exciting new possibilities for UK housing.
To read more, visit the BBC website here.
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Talk: The Green Rethink
26.11.2013 8:30, Royal College of Physicians, London, UK
Alison Brooks, Director, spoke at the AJ annual conference at the Royal College of Physicians, London, which aimed to radically redefine sustainability and predict the future of sustainable building design.
Alison Brooks, Director, spoke at the AJ annual conference at the Royal College of Physicians, London, which aimed to radically redefine sustainability and predict the future of sustainable building design.
The day included a series of TED-style talks with top-flight thinkers sharing their predictions on the direction sustainable design will take over the coming years, as well as insight into which way the wind is blowing for policy-makers and government.
A special series of case study presentations by architects included an inspirational line-up of new green buildings, including ODonnell and Tuomeys new LSE building, Hopkins Architects WWF project and Enric Ruiz-Gelis work for El Bulli Foundation
There were also specialist sessions on housing design and building tall, what to do with listed and heritage assets in the context of sustainability, materplanning, and specifying green, alongside plain-spoken technical briefings on changes to Part L, Soft Landings and post-occupancy evaluation.
The conference was designed to enable architects to skill up their businesses to meet the future demand for buildings that are sustainable from a social and economic, as well as ecological perspective.
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Talk: RSAW Annual Conference 2013
15.11.2013 9:30, Sherman Cymru, Cardiff, Wales
Michael Woodford, Director, gave a lecture to the RSAW Annual Conference on Friday 15th November.
Michael Woodford, Director, gave a lecture to the RSAW Annual Conference on Friday 15th November.
“Housing is firmly back on the political agenda. Home building has fallen to historically low levels while there is a pressing need to provide homes for a growing (and ageing) population. We must not repeat the mistakes of the past – numbers are not enough. People need high quality, warm, secure and energy smart homes. This conference will focus on the need for regeneration and strategic planning to recognise the importance of the complex and nuanced ideas of ‘home’ and ‘place’ in creating vibrant and viable communities.”
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YAPI Magazine Newhall Be
Newhall Be features across eight pages in this edition of YAPI Magazine: one of Turkey’s most established architecture and culture magazines.
Newhall Be features across eight pages in this edition of YAPI Magazine: one of Turkey’s most established architecture and culture magazines.
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