An invited competition by UNIT with consultation by Metamode. A proposal for a 50,000 sq m corporate headquarters in Shenzhen. As the first special economic zone in the Peoples Republic of China in 1980, the Shenzhen district is now a formidable economic powerhouse. It is now the
An open competition The LEX site critically marks the gateway to both Walsall and the Waterfront area development when approaching the city from the M6 motorway. The landmark building is characterised by as series layers floating building volumes and leisure activities that are sandwiched between a
An international open competition. Awarded Runner-up Prize Judged by Michael Sorkin and William Menking. 339 Lafayette Street is the spiritual home of the peace movement in New York, and is affectionately known as the PeacePentagon. The War Resisters League, Paper Tiger TV, The Women's International League for
The proposal takes inspiration from three key localised aspects of differing scales. The first scale refers to the local city grids of central Helsinki, the second to the edge that forms the peninsula that marks the metropolitan area of Helsinki and the third to the
An invited competition by Metamode. Awarded First Prize A proposal for a 6000 sq m Museum of Hakka Culture, a 20,000 sq m City Library, a 3,200 sq m Planning Exhibition Hall as well as a 1.3 km strip of landscaped park in Heyuan City. Heyuan
An extension to a locally listed house. The existing house formed part of long C19 terrace created as workers cottages for the Ordnance factory in Enfield Lock, North London. The terrace is located on a thin strip of land sandwiched between the River Lea and
A studio located in a typical Victorian suburban garden. The main studio facade that addresses the garden floats above a glass panel and forms a screen to separate the work space of the studio from the domestic garden. The typical green suburban garden is replaced
A rear and side addition with internal remodelling to a typical 1930’s suburban detached house. An eroded corner is propped with a cantilever structure that creates a new floating facade which incorporates a hanging steel structure to frame views of the garden. The house is set
A new build 2 bedroom house of 90 sq m in north london. The client faced a typical problem for young people in London and the south east of England and was unable to afford to buy an apartment in the local area. His parents
An office for a small graphic design studio in Clerkenwell, London. The existing shell was part of a series of Victorian buildings that made up a meat smokehouse. Previously dislocated over several floors the studio was consolidated by the insertion of a double height volume and