Photo credit: Chris Bearman, Allies and Morrison In the words of Coco Chanel, “Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.” The London College of Fashion is both elegant and well-proportioned although certainly on the larger side compared to its more modestly sized neighbours, the new Sadler’s Wells, BBC Music, and V&A Museum. Recently, a […]
Following talks by Jeremy Dixon & Edward Jones in 2023 and O’Donnell & Tuomey in 2024, the Architecture Club’s 2025 Bob Maxwell Lecture was given by Kenneth Frampton CBE the distinguished architect, writer, teacher, and critic. Following talks by Jeremy Dixon & Edward Jones in 2023 and O’Donnell & Tuomey in 2024, the Architecture Club’s […]
It’s always a rather strange experience, stepping into a museum where you can hear a pin drop and even more so when it’s a children’s museum, but last week we were taken behind the scenes of the Young V&A. “Adults are just obsolete children, and the hell with them.” – Dr. Seuss. Welcomed by Sarah […]
When Sheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey gave last year’s Bob Maxwell Lecture, they described the work that they had been doing to create Sadler’s Wells East, which opened in February this year. John and Sheila came over from Ireland to take members of the Architecture Club round on a group visit organised by Keith Williams. […]
The gathering was held in the entertaining and catering space at the top of Heyne Tillett Steel’s (HTS) office where the firm’s appreciation of CLT was directly expressed in the surrounding wall and roof structure and finishes. Michael Stiff introduced the topic of debate with different views of structural timber within the building industry. Architects […]
If you’re looking for a beauty parade of modernist buildings, this may not be the exhibition for you. More interestingly, Tropical Modernism at V&A deep dives into the complex relationship between architecture and independence with a focus on West Africa and India in the 1940s and 50s. The content on display celebrates the leaders who […]
Taking a leaf out of ‘Prinny’s’ book, we journeyed to Brighton for a day of sea air, inspiration, and architectural pleasures! First up, a visit to Brighton College, who have spared no expense to provide a top-class learning environment with new sports, music and performing arts facilities which would put any new town (or Olympic […]
We were all extremely impressed and uplifted by our visit to Marshgate on an early spring morning. Despite a mix-up over meeting points and bridges, 15 or so Architecture Club members and guests convened by Club committee member Keith Williams of Keith Williams Architects, enjoyed venturing out to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park to meet […]
Arding & Hobbs is a south London institution; a department store that served local residents for over a century. However, the decline in its fortunes over the past two decades were plain for all to see; changes in ownership and rebranding merely papered over the cracks, until it finally succumbed to the pandemic lockdown. The […]
