Inside job: Bracken House

Article Abstract:

Michael Hopkins & Partners have redeveloped Bracken House in London, England, for Japanese property developer Obayashi. Bracken House was built in 1956-59 and was the first post-war building to be listed for architectural merit. The redevelopment had to retain the architecturally-distinguished parts of the building but integrate new offices within. Hopkin's buildings make their architecture from their structure. The new elements of Bracken House include a reinforced concrete frame, with its exposed elements made with micaeous sand, and stone and bronze to match the existing facade.

London, England, 20th century AD, Architecture, Modern, Modern architecture

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Technology stretching High-Tech

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Michael Hopkins and Partners has designed a second building for Schlumberger Cambridge Research. The building houses offices and laboratories and is intended to mark the beginning of a campus style development of the site at Cambridge, England. The new building refelcts Schlumberger's first building but is distinct and separate from it. It is a two storey structure with a ferro cement slab supported by steel columns. The central roof is made from air-filled cushions. The walls of the two office wings are glazed.

Usage, Product information, Laboratories, Reinforced concrete, Michael Hopkins and Partners, Fabric roofs, Schlumberger Cambridge Research

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Exhibition

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A report on the exhibition of the architectural artists, Josef Albers and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, is presented.

United Kingdom, Reports, Art, Art exhibitions, Works, Artists, Albers, Josef, Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo

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