Promoting study in the inner city

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Bede House has been designed for the Urban Learning Foundation by Paul Hyett Architects. The building houses accomodation for 48 in self-contained flats together with offices, library and conference rooms. The users are students wishing to have experience of working in the inner city and to contribute to the area. The building articulates the values of study and social improvement and encourages social interaction between users. Built to a courtyard design, in red brick, the building has been well received by its users. It cost 872.58 pounds sterling per sq meter.

Education, Higher, Higher education, Education, Urban, Urban education, Small colleges

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Urban surgery on a flying lease

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Architect, Pentarch has designed a doctors' surgery which uses space above a car park. The surgery, in Adelaide Road, Hampstead, London, England, is supported on Vierendeel girders which span over the area of the car park. The building is clad in western red cedar and has a barrel-vault roof, giving it a nautical appearance. Internally, there is room for six consulting rooms, offices and treatment areas grouped around a central waiting room. The project was completed for a cost of 1125. 58 pounds sterling per square meter and has won approval from its users.

Usage, Design and construction, Steel, Structural, Structural steel, Girders, Beams (Structural), Medical offices

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New facade on an original frame

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A mixed office and commercial building has been built using some of the existing steel structure of the 1931 Yardley House in Old Bond Street, London, England. The 1931 building was extended and overclad in the 1950s and had become dilapidated. To avoid planning restrictions, a refurbishment was planned although the work involved extensive demolition and rebuilding. Original windows and frontages were restored. Swan House lacks the style of the original but is an asset to the dull streetscape and has attracted high quality tenants.

Architecture, Remodeling and renovation, England, Office buildings

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