Tuesday, 27 July 2010

Westrovia Apartments, London


This residential building by Sidell Gibson Architects in SW1 on Vauxhall Bridge Road occupies a high-profile site by the grade one listed St James the Less Church in the centre of the Lillington Estate Conservation area.

The building's forty units vary from affordable housing to luxury apartments and penthouses. The form of the building responds to the surrounding listed buildings and their rights of light.

Detailed planning permission and conservation area consent were obtained for the client Westminster City Council to enable the sale of the site, formerly known as Brabazon House.

The building has now been completed following detailed planning design and has been re-named Westrovia.


Friday, 23 July 2010

International Architecture Award: Old Bailey



The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecure and Design and The European Center for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies have awarded Sidell Gibson Architects' Old Bailey project with a 2010 International Architecture Award for the best new global design.




The 2010 Awards jury consisted of

COLEGIO de ARQUITECTOS DE LA CUIDAD DE MÉXICO
SOCIEDAD DE ARQUITECTOS MÉXICANOS
México City, D.F., México

Office of Legorreta + Legorreta

Arq. Arturo Coronel
President
Colegio de Arqitectos de la Cuidad de México
Sociedad de Arquitectos Méxicanos

Mtra. Louise Noelle Gras
Architecture Critic
Academia de Artes, México City, D.F., México

Mtro. José Luis Cortés Delgado
Director
Dirección de Educación Continua
Universidad Iberoamericana
México City, D.F., México

Dr. Xavier Cortés Rocha
Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios de Posgrdo
Facultad de Arquitectura, UNAM
Ciudad Universitaria
México City, D.F., México