Source: afasia Photography: Johan Dehlin | David Grandorge Cowan Court is a 68-room hall of residence and the first completely new court built since the college was founded as a memorial to Sir Winston Churchill in the ‘white heat of technology’ of the early 1960’s. Churchill College was a pioneer in the radical expansion of university education in the post-war period, and for British architecture in general. Half a

Source: 6a architects Photography: Johan Dehlin The concrete framed structure of this apartment building adjusts to its irregularly shaped corner plot. Exposed beams and columns support lime-washed interiors and a scratched stucco facade forms an abstract expression to the street.                             Location: London

Never Modern. Irénée Scalbert and 6a architects. Park Books. Zurich, Switzerland. 2013. Texto por Jordi Badia Amazon Google Books Descubrí por casualidad este libro en la librería de la Architectural Association de Londres, una de mis librerías de arquitectura preferidas. Me llamó poderosamente la atención su diseño gráfico (más tarde descubrí que provenía de uno de los estudios de diseño gráfico de Londres más inter

Font: Dezeen – Paul Smith Albemarle Street store facade by 6a Architects 6a Architects abstracted Paul Smith’s hand drawings to create a repetitive relief pattern of interlocking circles to cast in iron, a common material around the British capital. “Cast iron forms an understated background to the city’s streets; its railings, gratings, balconies, and lamp posts,” said the architects. Thin ed

Fuente: 6a architects | Afasia The Tree House was developed in response to the mother of a busy family who in finding herself reliant on a wheelchair was also finding herself increasingly confined to a single room. Her home is a pair of small grade II listed 1830’s brick weavers cottages, joined together in the 1970’s as part of the GLC homesteading scheme. The ground floor rooms of the two cottages are on different

Fuente: 6a architects | Afasia Across a long and narrow plot in West London, 6a architects has designed a series of three buildings and gardens for photographer Juergen Teller. With few views out, daylight comes through concrete beams that march the length of the site and support north lights in the roof or from the gardens that separate the buildings. Poured concrete external walls mesh the new building into the res

Fuente: 6a architects, archdaily Fotografía: David Grandorge, 6a architects The expansion of the South London Gallery designed by 6a architects provides new gallery spaces, a café, a flat for an artist in residence and a new education building. The original top lit gallery is one of the finest art spaces in London. The special character of the building has long inspired artists and has played a vital role in forming