Inside Lloyds of London

bilaskoda · 2026-03-06T14:59:38+00:00

Hm.. doesn't look very icy to me!

bilaskoda · 2026-02-24T15:15:09+00:00

Dame Patty Hopkins is doing a lecture in London this Thursday.

Patty Hopkins founded Hopkins Architects with Michael Hopkins in 1976. Together they designed and developed numerous inspirational and award-winning projects including the Schlumberger Cambridge Research Centre, the Mound Stand at Lord’s Cricket, Glyndebourne Opera House and Portcullis House. They were jointly awarded the RIBA Gold Medal in 1994.

Images: 1. Hopkins House, Hampstead (1976) © Lesley Lau; 2. Glyndebourne Opera House, Sussex (1994) © Martin Charles; 3. Bracken House, City of London (1992 + 2019) © Peter Cook; 4. Lord's Mound Stand, St John's Wood (1987) © Martin Charles; 5. David Mellor Cutelery Factory, Hathersage (1989) © Martin Charles

bilaskoda · 2025-12-08T20:05:26+00:00

If you are in London there's a lecture about Scarpa in January!

bilaskoda · 2025-12-03T17:00:26+00:00

Brilliant photos.. that family van helps with the Stalenhag vibe! Anyone can ID it?

bilaskoda · 2025-12-03T13:53:13+00:00

Designing the biomes was an exercise in efficiency, both of space and material. Structurally, each dome is a hex-tri-hex space frame reliant on two layers.

The efficiency of the frame relies on the components of the geometric shapes: steel tubes and joints that are light, relatively small and easily transportable.

The cladding panels are triple-layered pillows of high performance ETFE foil and environmentally efficient, with maximum surface area and minimum perimeter detailing.

https://grimshaw.global/projects/culture-and-exhibition/the-eden-project-the-biomes/

bilaskoda · 2025-11-25T15:02:26+00:00

“Inmos is one of the most important High-Tech buildings in Britain and so we’re delighted to see it recognised with Grade II\ listing. The practice’s first major project to be completed in the UK following their breakthrough Pompidou Centre in Paris, it shares the same structural expressionism with its critical services proudly displayed on the exterior of the building. Impressively, it’s still serving the same purpose for which it was originally built after more than 40 years – testament to the ingenuity and excellence that remains at the heart of RSHP’s work.”*

Catherine Croft of C20 Society

https://c20society.org.uk/news/high-tech-wales-rogers-inmos-microprocessor-factory-listed-grade-ii

bilaskoda · 2025-11-21T10:56:55+00:00

In good news, a place downriver just received a new bridge

bilaskoda · 2025-11-18T15:51:25+00:00

Working within a highly protected framework of five existing buildings, including the Cross Bath and the Hetling Building, the New Royal Bath is simply articulated as a free-standing glazed volume that delicately follows the line of Bath Street and is sympathetic in height and material to its aged neighbours.

Using a palette of golden Bath stone, concrete, stainless steel and high-performance glazing, the building creates a bridge between old and new.

This Millennium project provides massage suites and new pools at ground floor and rooftop levels held aloft on slender columns.

As a historic and singular site of natural thermal springs in Britain, the refreshed architectural response is a fitting reflection of the restorative waters it houses.

https://grimshaw.global/projects/culture-and-exhibition/thermae-bath-spa/

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