RIBA>Models.Of.Yemen

Focus.Week> The Architecture.Of.Yemen.

RIBA had a show exhibiting the architecture of Yemen showing the styles and materials used in funtional working buildings. The exhition displays the these highly skilled master planners and how they manage to produce these impressive structures and how they manage to stand the test of time.

New.London.Architecture.Cont..........

There was also another project there that i liked which was a proposal for th Regents Park Pavillion. It was a project with a number of different proposals from a variety of architects and landscape architects. Below explains the purpose of the new development and the desgn and function requirements.

NLA cont.....

Another really interesting project was work for the new velodrome in Stratford for the Olympics. This was a really usefull project as it showed the same project but with proposals from a number of respected architects, somethigng which I don't think I have seen before. I gives you a chance to see each practices different style and shows the different ways that they tackle a brief

Educational.Architecture@NLA

Here is some some architecture for educational buildings with some really nice model making skills. This is The Bridge City Academy in Hackney, created by the Building Design Partnership.

Focus.Week.Two.

On the second focus week of the year I was really up for for inspiration as my passion for landscape was slipping away a bit. It was time for me to visit one of my favourite places "New London Architecture" in the Building Centre on Store Street. Last time I went I arrived late and they were taking an exhibition down so this time I managed to get down there earlier. There was an exhibition on educational architecture focuseding on new buildings for teaching including schools and colleges which produced some very exciting work.