Located in one of the courts of Trinity Hall, one of Cambridge University’s oldest colleges, the WongAvery Gallery replaced a modest shelter built early in the 20th century – attached to the south wall of Avery Court – with a facility for music educa
A cross the coast from Portsmouth, in the waters of the Solent, the Isle of Wight is characterized by its rich natural environment and a climate that is gentler than elsewhere in the British Isles. This attractive context and Queen Victoria’s frequen
The completion of this student residence is the latest milestone in over a decade of collaboration with Somerville College, in commissions for new constructions and various refurbishments, allowing a longstanding ambition to offer all its undergradua
Founded in the year 1263, Balliol is one of the oldest colleges at Oxford. To the east of its historic premises in Broad Street, around the lawn of a cricket pitch, an ambitious masterplan has been carried out which comprises eight blocks of student
Unlike other institutions of Cambridge University, Jesus College was founded outside the city, on the grounds of an old Benedictine convent. With their five hundred years of history, these buildings form the core of the college, which has grown aroun
Raised on a podium on the edge of a green meadow that serves as a cricket pitch, the Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre was designed in the manner of a theater in a garden. It had to engage not only with the parkland and nearby canals but also with the univer
By the side of a picturesque lake in the Hampshire countryside, and bordered on the south by a small stream of pristine water and swift currents, the site of this small shelter is one of the best spots for fly fishing in the British Isles. To ensure
Along with the design of various new student halls for Somerville College, the studio has refurbished and enlarged the listed Wolfson Building, originally designed by Philip Dowson and a team at Arup Associates in the 1960s, and currently listed and
In the wake of World War II, King’s Cross became a very degraded industrial zone, but since the early 1990s the district has undergone an incessant urban regeneration process, much of it triggered by the renovation of the historic station and the arr
Somerville College was founded in 1879 as a college of the University of Oxford and was one of the first higher-education centers for women. It is situated at the north end of St Giles’ Street, one of the city’s main axes, and since its original foun
The new house is extended out from an existing cottage on the site. It is set in a landscape of exceptional natural beauty on the outskirts of the picturesque village of Goleen, a small rural area in County Cork, in the southwest corner of Ireland. T
In a greenbelt location less than an hour away from Central London, Piper’s End is a quiet town in the county of Hertfordshire. The undulating landscape of the area is dotted with laconic greenhouses, sheds, and farmhouses. The design of the new hous
Founded in 1861 by Henry Wilde within St James’s Hall as a school of music and oratory, the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) integrated institutions of different arts during the 20th century, becoming one of the most prestigious drama
This project is a house and art gallery for a private collector, situated in the garden of an existing terrace near the city center. To adapt to the proportions of the site, the building is conceived as a long, linear volume with a stone base and a f
The day care center was commissioned by the Alzheimer Society of Ireland to provide flexible respite care for people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and to offer support for affected families. The challenge in designing a care environment for thos
Located on O'Connell Street, in the heart of the southern Irish city of Limerick, the International Rugby Experience building is respectfully inserted amid historical constructions. Reaching a maximum height close to 34 meters and a total area of 2,1
A work of the London practice of Niall McLaughlin, the new library in the historical setting of Cambridge University has for 2022 won the Stirling Prize, awarded by Royal Institute od British Architects (RIBA). The ensemble of simple brick volumes re
Lincoln’s inn Fields has a unique status in the City of London. This site is situated on the ‘shoreline’ between dense city fabric and the open landscape of the fields. The building form embraces both, proposing a generous un-programmed space at grou
A warehouse of ideas, a labyrinth of interlocking volumes, layers of welcome joining community and university, Town House came into existence born of Kingston University’s progressive educational vision. In this building, sound and silence, exuberant
In 1999, the National Assembly of Norway decided that the new Opera House was to be constructed on the Bjørvika peninsula, on the shores of Oslo’s fjord. The new construction was a first step in the development plan for this formerly industrial water
La Asamblea Nacional de Noruega decidió en 1999 que la nueva Ópera de Oslo se emplazara en Bjørvika, una zona de la capital situada en la orilla de su fiordo. El edificio, cuya construcción supone el primer paso de un plan de desarrollo para esta áre
The project was the winner of a competition organized in 2002 for the construction of low-cost housing in Silvertown, a post-industrial area east of London. With the history and geology of the place as starting points, the design focussed on four the
Beyond the surprises which canals always have in store, Amsterdam’s courtyards conceal buildings as secrets. Duiker’s open air school in Amsterdam Zuid is one of them, and now the house-studio for a couple of graphic designers joins this tradition wi
True to the Dutch tradition of expanding cities by claiming land from the sea, Amsterdam authorities thought early on filling and draining their old port for an eventual urbanization of the zone, close to downtown. In awareness of the area’s historic
