BDP WINS UK PARLIAMENT REFURBISHMENT

BDP WINS UK PARLIAMENT REFURBISHMENT

 
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BDP : BDP has been awarded a full interdisciplinary contract for client advisory services to help ensure the safe and secure future of the Palace of Westminster.

 

The prestigious contract was won against three other practices Allies and Morrison, Foster and Partners and HOK. Since its construction in the mid-1800s, many features and systems in the Palace have never undergone a major renovation, and the heating, ventilation, water, drainage and electrical systems are extremely antiquated. In awarding this contract, Parliament can take forward the crucial work required to safeguard the Palace and keep Parliament running.

 

Architect director Tim Leach said:  “It’s an enormous privilege for the practice to be entrusted with helping safeguard the Palace of Westminster, this international symbol of democracy and our society’s shared values. This new programme of work presents the unique and very special challenge of responding to the needs of Parliament and its visitors, and conserving its historic fabric for this and all future generations.”

 

BDP’s full interdisciplinary appointment is for architecture, civil and structural engineering, building services engineering, interior design, landscape architecture, lighting design, acoustics and planning.

 

 

Collaborating with BDP on the project will be heritage and conservation specialist Donald Insall Associates, civil and structural engineer Alan Baxter Associates, building services engineer Hoare Lea and planning consultancy Gerald Eve along with a number of SMEs.

 

In November last year BDP won the contract for client advisory services for the Northern Estate Programme (NEP), the creative adaptation and conservation of a number of historic buildings for the House of Commons, also against strong competition.

 

BDP is also already working on the refurbishment of one of Whitehall’s most impressive listed buildings, the Old Admiralty Building on Horse Guards Parade, for the Department for Education which is currently on site.

 

Meanwhile a glass-domed ‘pop-up’ parliament has been proposed by Lord Foster as a temporary home for the UK’s politicians during the renovation works. The glass and steel structure will be built on Horse Guards Parade to a design inspired by Joseph Paxton’s Crystal Palace which was part of the Great Exhibition of 1851.

 

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VIEWING TOWER HOGE BERGSE BOS BY ATELIEREEN ARCHITECTEN

VIEWING TOWER HOGE BERGSE BOS BY ATELIEREEN ARCHITECTEN

 
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Ateliereen Architecten  : At the top of 'hill B' at the Hoge Bergse Bos in Bergschenhoek a 22-meter high viewing tower is built. It is the centrepiece that completes the renovation of the recreational hill. We have designed the tower as a three-dimensional maze in which visitors have views from various altitudes and in various directions.

 

 

 

There are two possible routes to the top. These relate to the two main approach routes to the top of the mountain. The tower is composed of equal staircase segments connected by small and large platforms. In this concept the desire to have viewing platforms at various heights could be realized easily.

 

 

 

The main structure is a framework of white, steel columns and stringers. It stands like a sculpture at the hill top. The railings are made of wood which give a nice contrast to the structure and soften the appearance.

 

 

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WORLD ARCHITECTURE FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2017 AWARDS SHORTLIST FOR ITS 10TH EDITION

WORLD ARCHITECTURE FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2017 AWARDS SHORTLIST FOR ITS 10TH EDITION

 
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World Architecture Festival 2017 : Floating student accommodation in Copenhagen, a futuristic pharmacy in Japan and an automotive museum in Los Angeles are among the projects that have been shortlisted for the World Architecture Festival (WAF) awards 2017 – the world’s biggest architectural awards programme.

 

 

The World Architecture Festival celebrates its tenth edition in Berlin in November this year, with the 2017 awards programme receiving more entries than ever before – 924, increasing by 18% from the 2016 awards. The awards shortlist revealed today is a truly international collection, extending to include architectural practices from 51 different nations and projects based across 68 countries.

 

All types and sizes of architectural projects are represented on the 434-strong shortlist, ranging from small family homes, to schools, stations, museums, large infrastructure and landscape projects.

 

 

Architects from the UK are most widely represented on the shortlist, closely followed by colleagues in the USA, Australia and Turkey, with entries from Asia up by a third year-on-year. With a significant rise in residential submissions this year, organisers have introduced a new Villa category which includes entries from Brazil, New Zealand and India.

 

The architectural practices behind each project will battle it out in live judging sessions to be held at the World Architecture Festival in Berlin, 15-17 November. Each will be hoping to win their category and go on to compete for the ultimate accolades of World Building of the Year, Future Project of the Year and Landscape of the Year.

 

 

Major world architects shortlisted include Zaha Hadid Architects, BIG, Neri & Hu, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, AL_A, Nikken Sekkei, Rafael Vinoly Architects, Grimshaw, and Heatherwick Studio. Many smaller practices will also take part to pitch against the big names. 

 

Paul Finch, WAF Programme Director, said: ‘This year’s shortlist has a hugely diverse geographic range. The use of water has been striking and there is evidence of real interest in climate modifications using novel techniques. Colourful architecture makes a strong showing and many of the smaller projects we have shortlisted will punch above their weight. We look forward to welcoming shortlisted architects to our tenth edition in Berlin this November.’

 

 

Presentations of shortlisted designs will be made to more than 100 international judges. The 2017 completed buildings ‘Super Jury’ which will decide the best of 18 category winners, will be headed by Robert Ivy, chief executive officer of the American Institute of Architects and former editor of Architectural Record; Nathalie de Vries, Director & Co-founder of Dutch practice MVRDV; Ian Ritchie, founder of London-based Ian Ritchie Architects; Christoph Ingenhoven, founder of German practice Ingenhoven Architects; and Wong Mun Summ, founder director of Singapore practice WOHA.

 

In addition to the awards, WAF includes a conference programme based around the theme of ‘Performance’. And to mark its tenth edition, special awards will be given to projects which address the WAFX Manifesto by identifying solutions to key architectural challenges over the next decade, including climate change, an ageing population and new technologies.

 

WAF and its co-located event, INSIDE World Festival of Interiors, will welcome more than 2,000 of the world’s leading architects and designers to Berlin for three days of conference programmes, awards, exhibitions and fringe events from 15-17 November. This year’s edition will again be housed in Franz Ahrens’ 1920s former bus depot, Arena Berlin.

 

Photo Courtesy : World Architecture Festival 2017

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HANGZHOU INTERNATIONAL EXPO CENTER BY BIAD IN CHINA

HANGZHOU INTERNATIONAL EXPO CENTER BY BIAD IN CHINA

 
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BIAD : Hangzhou International Expo Center is situated on the banks of the Qiantang River in China. Its form is grand and exquisite, and rich in the implication “of Jiangnan”. 

 

The Hangzhou International Expo Center covers 19.7 hectares, and has a gross floor area of 850,000 sq m. The main architecture is composed of a five above grade superstructure and a two below grade substructure. Its programs include conferencing, exhibition, dining, travelling, hotel, commercial, and office spaces, which makes it a truly diverse urban complex. 

 

 

The Hangzhou International Expo Center is the biggest, most influential, most complex and most culturally appealing among the many excellent conference and exhibition architectures designed by BIAD. It is the latest product over decades of research, learning, and sedimentation in BIAD Conference and exhibition architecture design. 

 

 

Conference Area: As the main conference area, news centre, and security center for the G20 Summit, the conference area is responsible for the reception of leading figures and visitors from many countries. The Urban Embassy Lounge (Leader’s Luncheon Room), 60m in diameter, including embassy lounge, six facilitating conference rooms, and two VIP lounges, is able to fulfill the highest level of reception. With 2,500 sq m in area and 36m of maximum ceiling height, the embassy lounge forms a top reception site with the meeting area, and can host both Chinese and western feast for 600 people. 

 

 

Exhibition Area: The exhibition area covers 900,000 sq m including 10 exhibition halls and can accommodate exhibitions of different scales and categories. The special 10,000 column-less hall allows multiple purpose use including special exhibition, large gathering, sports and recreation, and can accommodate 4,500 international standard booths.

 

Offices and Hotels: Provides service for both the conference centre and the city.

 

Service Area: Consist of logistics for major zones, accompanying commercial areas, storage and underground parking.

 

Transportation System: Combines layers of public city transit system, private car, freight transportation system, and many forms of internal transportation systems.

 

Form: Grand and exquisite, rich in the implication “of Jiangnan”

 

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