Coast Modern

An interesting short by Michael Bernard and Gavin Froome about West Coast Modern Architecture.

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29 Square Meters Project - Polish Design Studio

Tasked with the brief to create a comfortable apartment out of an area only measuring 29 square meters, The Polish Design Studio prioritised the maximisation of space alongside the creation of an independent bedroom (which automatically creates the sense of a more coherent space as opposed to a standard studio).

While the ceiling height didn't allow the creation of two equivalent levels, a semi-mezzanine was built above the bathroom and hall for a sleeping area. 

via cuded.com

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The Bristol Royal Infirmary "Veil" - Nieto Sobejano

The Bristol Royal Infirmary (BRI) - once voted one of the city's ugliest buildings - is set for a revitalised façade by Madrid based architect Nieto Sobejano. The Spanish architect beat short-listed entries from Sweden's Tham & Videgard and the American Solid Objectives- Idenburg Lui to win the competition and project as part of a wider £80m programme of works being carried out on the city's hospital. 

More on this story can be found on the BBC and from The Evening Post.

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EllisMiller Win Planning for Shoreditch Village

EllisMiller have won planning for a complex, and high value project in the Capital's East End. Seeking to reconnect the fragmented historic routes of the South Shoreditch Conservation Area.

The site is currently bisected by the London Overground viaduct with the area intended to be developed as a market as part of the £75m overhaul of the area. Other developments will include retail, office, and commercial space including the addition of a new 185-bed hotel. 

Construction is expected to start at the beginning of next year, with the scheme intended to be brought in by the summer of 2015

via bdonline.co.uk

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