http://www.adamcoupe.com/blogNews and updates from commercial and architectual photographer Adam Coupeen-gbAdam CoupePhotographyAcetylene 0.0.4 (RSSFeed 1.0)http://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/214/broadway_malyans_eyes_on_guide_dogs_prize/view.htm Work has begun on Broadway Malyan’s design for a new national breeding centre for the charity Guide Dogs Guide Dogs hopes that the centre, near Warwick, will allow it to increase the number of puppies bred from 1,100 at present to 1,550 each year.  The new facility is adjacent to the organisation’s existing breeding centre and features a series of gull-winged, glulam roofed, steel framed buildings ranged around a central courtyard. Each building will be used for animals at different stages in the breeding process, initial intake of dogs, mating, whelping, adults, puppies as well as essential associated dog care and welfare facilities.  The buildings are set in specifically designed dog runs and landscaping.  It is hoped that the centre, which also features sustainable elements including biomass boilers and rainwater harvesting, will be completed next summer. You can view project summaries that illustrate the quality and variety of images that customers receive as part of our architectural photography and commercial photography service.  To discuss your requirements and timescales call us on 0118 989 3749 or 079101 68536. adam@adamcoupe.com (Adam Coupe)Architectural Photographyhttp://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/214/broadway_malyans_eyes_on_guide_dogs_prize/view.htmTue, 09 Mar 2010 19:13:00 +0000http://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/213/wilkinson_eyres_new_bodleian_awaits_chapter_and_verse/view.htm Wilkinson Eyre has unveiled its plans for the £78 million restoration of the New Bodleian library building in Oxford. The original grade II-listed building, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott and completed in 1940, houses the library’s extensive collection of books, manuscripts, papers and journals across 11 floors.  Described as a “book fortress” by the library’s associate director, Richard Ovenden, the Bodleian wanted to both update its storage facilities and create a more inviting space to the public. Existing windows and panels on the south facade of the building will be removed to create a new entrance colonnade and the existing plinth will be replaced with new steps and a ramp. The 11-storey central bookstack will be removed and replaced with a basement bookstack, entrance hall and “floating” stacks above the entrance space.  The project is due to be submitted for planning and listed building consent at the end of March 2010. You can view project summaries that illustrate the quality and variety of images that customers receive as part of our architectural photography and commercial photography service.  To discuss your requirements and timescales call us on 0118 989 3749 or 079101 68536.   adam@adamcoupe.com (Adam Coupe)Architectural Photographyhttp://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/213/wilkinson_eyres_new_bodleian_awaits_chapter_and_verse/view.htmFri, 05 Mar 2010 19:54:00 +0000http://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/212/libeskinds_dublin_canal_theatre_completes/view.htm Daniel Libeskind's €75 million (£68 million) Grand Canal Theatre project in Dublin has completed, with the grand opening of the new 2000-seat venue due to take place in a fortnight. The seven storey 13,500 sq m main theatre structure, which opens on March 18th, is part of a larger €196 million (£178 million) complex which includes a 21,000 sq m block to the south and another 33,000 sq m block to the north providing office and retail space.  The buildings are treated with different cladding systems, with a perforated stainless steel rain screen featuring glazed strips distinguishing the theatre from the commercial elements of the scheme. A new piazza in front of the complex has been designed as a “grand outdoor lobby” for public events, while the multi-level internal theatre lobby provides views onto the piazza and across the waterfront.  Libeskind’s team, led by Stefan Blach and Gerhard Brun, worked with local practice McCauley Daye O’Connell Architects, Arup and Arts Team (part of RHWL Architects) to deliver the project. You can view project summaries that illustrate the quality and variety of images that customers receive as part of our architectural photography and commercial photography service.  To discuss your requirements and timescales call us on 0118 989 3749 or 079101 68536. adam@adamcoupe.com (Adam Coupe)Architectural Photographyhttp://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/212/libeskinds_dublin_canal_theatre_completes/view.htmWed, 03 Mar 2010 19:16:00 +0000http://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/211/cartwright_pickards_wakefield_office_block_gets_goahead/view.htm A new council office development designed by Cartwright Pickard Architects has been given the green light by council planners in West Yorkshire. Work on the four-storey building, in Wakefield, will start this summer and is being backed by English Cities Fund (ECF), a partnership between the Homes & Communities Agency and developers Muse and Legal & General.  The 123,000 sq ft building will hold up to 1,200 people and is the second phase of the ECF’s Merchant Gate scheme which includes building a new multi-storey car park to serve Wakefield main line station and will be completed this May. Other features of the first phase include 66 residential apartments, plus further office and retail space which is due to be completed in August this year. You can view project summaries that illustrate the quality and variety of images that customers receive as part of our architectural photography and commercial photography service.  To discuss your requirements and timescales call us on 0118 989 3749 or 079101 68536.  adam@adamcoupe.com (Adam Coupe)Architectural Photographyhttp://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/211/cartwright_pickards_wakefield_office_block_gets_goahead/view.htmTue, 02 Mar 2010 19:31:00 +0000http://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/210/rivington_hackney_school_extension_wins_consent/view.htm   Rivington Street Studio has won planning permission for the £6 million extension and refurbishment of a school in Hackney, east London Orchard Primary School had been struggling with a lack of specialist teaching space for IT in its existing 1920s building and was keen to establish itself as a positive beacon for the area.  The proposed brass-clad, three-storey extension would house a combined library and IT teaching area, which could be divided into two to create flexible teaching spaces, as well as a new street-facing entrance for visitors. The 675sq m extension, which has won praise from the Hackney design review panel, also features a large room for parent meetings, also available for use by the community, plus staff offices and nursery teaching spaces.  The project is one of the first of Hackney’s new wave of projects funded by the Department for Children, Schools & Families’ Primary Capital Programme. It is expected to achieve a “very good” Breeam rating with energy-saving measures such as integrated photovoltaic panels and exposed concrete slabs to retain thermal mass.  The project is due to start on site this summer. You can view  project summaries that illustrate the quality and variety of images that customers receive as part of our architectural photography and commercial photography service.  Call now to discuss your requirements and timescales on 0118 989 3749 or 079101 68536.    adam@adamcoupe.com (Adam Coupe)Architectural Photographyhttp://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/210/rivington_hackney_school_extension_wins_consent/view.htmMon, 01 Mar 2010 19:51:00 +0000http://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/209/fresh_images_of_new_covent_garden_revamp_unveiled/view.htm Fresh images of the redevelopment of New Covent Garden market, by Foster & Partners and Neil Tomlinson Architects, have been unveiled. Four new market buildings by Neil Tomlinson will be included on the 23 ha site, while up to 1,800 new homes, a hotel, serviced apartment, a supermarket and other retail and leisurefacilities will be built on the current site of the flower market to the north. Foster & Partners is designing this part of the scheme, with three towers of between 25 and 46 storeys-high.  A “green route” runs through the heart of the site, linking Vauxhall and Battersea power station. Meanwhile up to 500 new homes, community facilities and open spaces, and a new public market, also by Tomlinson, will take up the remainder of the development.  An outline planning application is expected to be submitted to Wandsworth Council this summer. You can view  project summaries that illustrate the quality and variety of images that customers receive as part of our architectural photography and commercial photography service.  Call now to discuss your requirements and timescales on 0118 989 3749 or 079101 68536.   adam@adamcoupe.com (Adam Coupe)Architectural Photographyhttp://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/209/fresh_images_of_new_covent_garden_revamp_unveiled/view.htmFri, 26 Feb 2010 17:31:00 +0000http://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/208/lee_boyd_architects_community_hub_wins_planning/view.htm Edinburgh based practice Lee Boyd Architects has won planning permission for a £3 million community hub in Gorebridge, Scotland. The 825 sq m two-storey building will occupy a site surrounded by a leisure centre, primary school, church and a proposed supermarket and is intended to help unify the buildings and make them more accessible to the local community.  Orientated to make the most of natural light and ventilation and clad in local timber, the structure is arranged into two wings with offices and childcare facilities occupying both floors of the taller wing of the building. A new community hall which can be divided into three spaces using a flexible partition will occupy the other wing, while a central café and communal space will connect the two sides of the building.  Funding for the project has been raised by the local community and the Gorebridge Community Development Trust. You can view  project summaries that illustrate the quality and variety of images that customers receive as part of our architectural photography and commercial photography service.  Call now to discuss your requirements and timescales on 0118 989 3749 or 079101 68536. adam@adamcoupe.com (Adam Coupe)Architectural Photographyhttp://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/208/lee_boyd_architects_community_hub_wins_planning/view.htmWed, 24 Feb 2010 20:25:00 +0000http://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/207/nouvels_abu_dhabi_louvre_foundations_laid/view.htm Piling work has started on Jean Nouvel's Louvre museum in Abu Dhabi. The huge development is part of the Saadiyat Island Cultural District which will be home to the world’s largest concentration of cultural institutions in the world and will also include Foster & Partners’ Zayed National Museum and Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Abu Dhabi museum. Work will now progress on the Louvre over the next 20 weeks. A total of 5,638 piles will be driven into the ground, including 4,298 steel piles and 1,340 concrete piles, amounting to 94.2km in length. You can view  project summaries that illustrate the quality and variety of images that customers receive as part of our architectural photography and commercial photography service.  Call now to discuss your requirements and timescales on 0118 989 3749 or 079101 68536. adam@adamcoupe.com (Adam Coupe)Architectural Photographyhttp://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/207/nouvels_abu_dhabi_louvre_foundations_laid/view.htmMon, 22 Feb 2010 20:24:00 +0000http://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/206/brisac_gonzalez_tackles_paris_sports_centre/view.htm Brisac Gonzalez has won planning consent for its competition-winning design for the new £6.5 million Pajol Sports Centre in Paris The scheme is part of a regeneration masterplan for a brownfield site on the Rue Pajol near the Gare du Nord in the 18th arrondissement.  The practice beat four other shortlisted firms to win the commission in late 2006.  The practice was asked to create a building that set a new benchmark for the environmental certification for sports buildings in France. The design for the 4,060sq m building plays with textures and light to create interest within the constraints of the brief. A glazed public entrance space at ground level is sandwiched between a textured prefabricated concrete panel clad upper floor and a below ground level martial arts and fitness centre. Sculpted north-facing roof openings provide natural light for the main 47m x 42m sports hall on the top floor, while photovoltaic panels and natural ventilation will reduce energy consumption.  The project is due to start on site next month and is due for completion in 2011. You can view  project summaries that illustrate the quality and variety of images that customers receive as part of our architectural photography and commercial photography service.  Call now to discuss your requirements and timescales on 0118 989 3749 or 079101 68536. adam@adamcoupe.com (Adam Coupe)Architectural Photographyhttp://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/206/brisac_gonzalez_tackles_paris_sports_centre/view.htmFri, 19 Feb 2010 19:59:00 +0000http://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/205/nappers_northumberland_media_centre_revealed/view.htm   Napper Architects has drawn up plans for a £3.5 million media centre at a school in Northumberland. The steel framed structure, clad in anthracite zinc and with a sand-blasted glass entrance, will provide 1,150 sq m of teaching space.  It was designed in collaboration with staff who will teach at the centre and has been divided into five separate “zones” designated for everything from team management to “reflection”. The building is entered via a dramatic double height space which has been designated the reflection zone. The Tynedale Creative and Media Skills Centre will be built next to Prudhoe Community High School, but will be used by children from four local schools.  The project is one of 15 schemes funded by the Department of Children Schools and Families to provide exemplar diploma facilities. Consultation on the scheme has just been launched and it is hoped – subject to planning permission – that the work will begin in 2010 with the building operational by June 2011.   You can view  project summaries that illustrate the quality and variety of images that customers receive as part of our architectural photography and commercial photography service.  Call now to discuss your requirements and timescales on 0118 989 3749 or 079101 68536.   adam@adamcoupe.com (Adam Coupe)Architectural Photographyhttp://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/205/nappers_northumberland_media_centre_revealed/view.htmWed, 17 Feb 2010 19:58:00 +0000http://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/204/zurich_airport_mixeduse_scheme/view.htm Japanese architects Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop have beaten 90 practices including Zaha Hadid Architects to design a 200,000sq m mixed-use building at Zurich Airport. The practice beat four other finalists – Hadid, US firm Asymptote Architecture, Swiss practice Dürig AG and Belgium’s Xaveer De Geyter – with the full 90 entries hailing from 12 countries.  The Circle is a £547 million project to serve the airport’s 22 million annual passengers, and includes shops and a hotel. The client describes it as one of the world’s most ambitious airport real estate projects and hopes it will become a destination in its own right. The architect will now develop the initial concept to ensure it fits Zürich Airport’s financial, design and functionality requirements.  Work is due to start in 2012 and be completed by about 2016. You can view  project summaries that illustrate the quality and variety of images that customers receive as part of our architectural photography and commercial photography service.  Call now to discuss your requirements and timescales on 0118 989 3749 or 079101 68536. adam@adamcoupe.com (Adam Coupe)Architectural Photographyhttp://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/204/zurich_airport_mixeduse_scheme/view.htmMon, 15 Feb 2010 21:11:00 +0000http://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/203/feilden_clegg_bradley_goes_for_gold_in_worcester/view.htm   Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has released pictures of its £60 million Worcester University Library & History Centre, which is progressing despite the government axe falling on university capital budgets The highly sustainable gold-shingled building, on a riverside site in Worcester city centre, was commissioned by the university and the county council. It is the first purpose-designed, joint-use facility in the UK, and will serve students and the general public when it opens in July 2011. The centre will also feature retail space.  Feilden Clegg Bradley said the 11,000sq m building’s form was inspired by the historic Royal Worcester kilns and the Malvern Hills. It has already won a prize for the “innovative” design of the laminated timber roof, which was estimated to have saved two months of design work, compared with a steel roof. Earlier this month, the Higher Education Funding Council for England announced university capital budgets would be cut by 15%.You can view  project summaries that illustrate the quality and variety of images that customers receive as part of our architectural photography and commercial photography service.  Call now to discuss your requirements and timescales on 0118 989 3749 or 079101 68536.adam@adamcoupe.com (Adam Coupe)Architectural Photographyhttp://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/203/feilden_clegg_bradley_goes_for_gold_in_worcester/view.htmWed, 10 Feb 2010 19:36:00 +0000http://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/201/turley_associates_to_redevelop_chocolate_orange/view.htm A scheme by masterplanner Turley Associates to turn the former home of the Terry’s Chocolate factory in York into a mixed-use scheme has been given the green light by city planners – despite Cabe objections. The factory closed back in 2005 after US owner Kraft, the food group which has just bought Cadbury, switched production of its products, including the Chocolate Orange, overseas.  Cabe described the proposal as “not a convincing masterplan for the site”.  Turley’s proposals include reusing four listed buildings and creating new offices, hotels, shops and restaurants. The proposals, which were 16 months in the making, are expected to create up to 2,700 jobs.  English Heritage has backed the scheme, which is being masterminded by GHT Developments. You can view  project summaries that illustrate the quality and variety of images that customers receive as part of our architectural photography and commercial photography service.  Call now to discuss your requirements and timescales on 0118 989 3749 or 079101 68536. adam@adamcoupe.com (Adam Coupe)Architectural Photographyhttp://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/201/turley_associates_to_redevelop_chocolate_orange/view.htmMon, 08 Feb 2010 19:18:00 +0000http://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/200/cabe_backs_paddington_scheme/view.htm Cabe’s Crossrail design review panel has lent its support to Weston Williamson’s designs for the Paddington Integrated Project. The design review panel was considering a planning application covering the Hammersmith & City line Underground station concourse, a new entrance to the rail station and other facilities. It will consider plans for the Crossrail station separately. While supporting the current scheme, Cabe expressed concern that designs should not be developed in a piecemeal manner.  It also made some specific suggestions including collaborating with artists on the design of decorative glazing proposed for the Tube concourse. You can view  project summaries that illustrate the quality and variety of images that customers receive as part of our architectural photography and commercial photography service.  Call now to discuss your requirements and timescales on 0118 989 3749 or 079101 68536.adam@adamcoupe.com (Adam Coupe)Architectural Photographyhttp://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/200/cabe_backs_paddington_scheme/view.htmFri, 05 Feb 2010 19:18:00 +0000http://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/202/chris_dyson_redesigns_gasworks/view.htm Chris Dyson Architects has won planning permission to create a £200,000 addition to a “writer’s retreat” owned by author Jeanette Winterson in Lower Slaughter, Gloucestershire Winterson, best known for her novel Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, acquired the derelict carbide gasworks, which once provided lighting for a neighbouring estate, in 1994.  She has since been working on the restoration of the main building, which houses the kitchen and central living spaces. Dyson, who also worked with the writer on the creation of her shop Verde in London’s Spitalfields, had been guiding the project and was appointed to create a new building to house additional bedrooms and writing rooms.  Due to start on site this summer, the new 120sq m single-storey glulam-built annex will feature a limecrete floor with underfloor heating powered by a woodchip biomass-burner. The courtyard space created between the new and old buildings will be filled with a Victorian style kitchen garden. Inspired by Adam Mornement and Simon Holloway’s book Corrugated Iron and the corrugated porches of the Victorian cottages on the site, the annex will be clad in a tin skin which will weather to create a sensitive contrast to the local yellow stone.You can view  project summaries that illustrate the quality and variety of images that customers receive as part of our architectural photography and commercial photography service.  Call now to discuss your requirements and timescales on 0118 989 3749 or 079101 68536. adam@adamcoupe.com (Adam Coupe)Architectural Photographyhttp://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/202/chris_dyson_redesigns_gasworks/view.htmWed, 03 Feb 2010 19:38:00 +0000http://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/199/madonnas_malawi_school_onsite/view.htm   New images of a planned school in Africa being funded by Madonna have been unveiled.The pop star is bankrolling the Academy for Girls in Malawi – the African country which her adopted son David hails from – which is currently on-site and will become a campus for 450 pupils when it is completed in two years’ time. New York practice Studio MDA, which was founded by former Zaha Hadid Architects partner Markus Dochantschi, is behind the design which aims to use locally sourced materials such as hyrdaform bricks made from soil on site. Double roofs are designed to catch the wind to provide natural ventilation while photovoltaic panels on the roof of the buildings will help the school be energy independent. In addition, large overhangs on the roofs create outdoor shaded space and prevent direct light from heating up the interior of the building.  British engineer Adams Kara Taylor is also working on the scheme along with the New York office of Arup. You can view  project summaries that illustrate the quality and variety of images that customers receive as part of our architectural photography and commercial photography service.  Call now to discuss your requirements and timescales on 0118 989 3749 or 079101 68536. adam@adamcoupe.com (Adam Coupe)Architectural Photographyhttp://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/199/madonnas_malawi_school_onsite/view.htmTue, 02 Feb 2010 19:33:00 +0000http://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/198/gary_neville_ecohouse_goes_for_planning/view.htm Make Architects has designed this ultra-sustainable home for England and Manchester United footballer Gary Neville. Plans for the house, which have taken three years to perfect, have now been submitted to Bolton Council. The 8,000 sq ft property will be built in the Pennines, and – subject to approval – would become the first carbon neutral home in the north west, according to the practice. The four bedroom house is designed with a kitchen at its heart, and several wings – with titles like “eat”, “relax”, “entertain”, “work”, “sleep” and “play” - spanning off it like the petals of a flower. It is to be built on a single level, and has been likened to the Skara Brae Neolithic settlement in Orkney, because of the way it is built into the hillside. Neville, 34, plans to build the property on the site of an entire 18th century farming hamlet which he bought for himself and his wife, Emma four years ago.  The couple have already built a 12-bedroom family home on the site, known locally as Top O’ Th’ Knotts. A wind turbine will provide power for the property itself and a neighbouring house, while covering much of the house in a green roof of meadow grasses and wildflowers will reduce energy usage.  The property, which also features solar panels and a ground source heat pump, is on green belt land but it is understood that the team hopes that it will be allowed to go ahead because it falls into the category of being “truly outstanding and ground breaking”. The scheme has already been selected as an exemplar project within the government’s ‘Planning Performance Agreements for Renewable and Low Carbon Energy Schemes’ programme.  If planning permission be granted, preliminary construction work is expected to start later this year. You can view  project summaries that illustrate the quality and variety of images that customers receive as part of our architectural photography and commercial photography service.  Call now to discuss your requirements and timescales on 0118 989 3749 or 079101 68536.   adam@adamcoupe.com (Adam Coupe)Architectural Photographyhttp://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/198/gary_neville_ecohouse_goes_for_planning/view.htmThu, 28 Jan 2010 19:06:00 +0000http://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/197/network_rail_has_goahead_for_milton_keynes_hq/view.htm GMW’s plans for a national centre for Network Rail have been given planning approval. The firm has created a new, consolidated base for some 3,000 employees currently based in regional centres across the UK.  The 37,000sq m scheme was approved by Milton Keynes Council last week and will now be built on the site of the former National Hockey Stadium.  The building includes a living roof and rainwater harvesting system. There are also recharging points for electric vehicles and an allotment on site to grow fruit and vegetables. Network Rail is aiming to achieve a Breeam Excellent rating for the centre.  The National Hockey Stadium was built by English Partnerships and was used by England Hockey from 1995 to 2003, until it was declared unviable. It was used briefly by the Milton Keynes Dons football club but has been empty since 2007.  Work is due to start on site in late summer, and be completed by 2012. You can view  project summaries that illustrate the quality and variety of images that customers receive as part of our architectural photography and commercial photography service.  Call now to discuss your requirements and timescales on 0118 989 3749 or 079101 68536. adam@adamcoupe.com (Adam Coupe)Architectural Photographyhttp://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/197/network_rail_has_goahead_for_milton_keynes_hq/view.htmWed, 27 Jan 2010 19:43:00 +0000http://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/196/sheppard_robson_to_design_trafford_grammar_school/view.htm Sheppard Robson has won a contract to design a £20 million Roman Catholic boys’ grammar school in Trafford. Designs for the rebuilt St Ambrose Voluntary Aided College in Hale Barns will reflect the college’s religious ethos, according to the practice, with space at its centre representing the ‘heart of the community’ including chapel, dining, social and assembly areas.  The central space will be visible from all points and will provide access to all teaching areas, dispensing with the need for internal corridors. Cantilevering platforms on the upper levels will boast staff areas, library and ICT facilities.  St Ambrose will also feature a sports hall suspended over a new swimming pool.  The building is expected to be submitted for planning permission in May 2010, with completion in 2011. You can view project summaries that illustrate the quality and variety of images that customers receive as part of our architectural photography and commercial photography service.  Call now to discuss your requirements and timescales on 0118 989 3749 or 079101 68536.   adam@adamcoupe.com (Adam Coupe)Architectural Photographyhttp://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/196/sheppard_robson_to_design_trafford_grammar_school/view.htmMon, 25 Jan 2010 19:49:00 +0000http://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/195/fat_designs_cardiff_tv_centre_for_dr_who/view.htm Fat has drawn up plans for a new BBC TV production centre in Wales featuring a decorative 300m-long facade The building, which will host filming of flagship BBC shows including Doctor Who and Casualty, will be the centre-piece and first phase of a vast regeneration scheme at the Roath Basin site in Cardiff Bay.  The building’s length reflects the adjacent pitched-roof dock buildings with the north facade boasting a repeating wave motif described by the firm as both gothic and space age. “In line with the diverse character of the surrounding architecture, the proposed building has a unique char-acter of its own, which marks it out as an important cultural building which at the same time responds to the dockside architecture adjacent to it,” explains the design statement submitted to Cardiff Council.  As well as the production centre — which also includes a green wall — the application involves plans for a new bridge to be built across Roath Basin. It was designed by Studio Bednarski, and won a competition launched by the Welsh Development Agency, beating shortlisted entries by Grimshaw, Yee Associates and Murray Dunlop Architects.  The Roath Basin project, masterplanned by DEGW, includes 92,903sq m of commercial development space and more than 1,000 new homes. You can view project summaries that illustrate the quality and variety of images that customers receive as part of our architectural photography and commercial photography service.  Call now to discuss your requirements and timescales on 0118 989 3749 or 079101 68536. adam@adamcoupe.com (Adam Coupe)Architectural Photographyhttp://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/195/fat_designs_cardiff_tv_centre_for_dr_who/view.htmFri, 22 Jan 2010 19:42:00 +0000http://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/194/new_veterinary_college_building_wins_planning/view.htm Architecture Plb has been granted planning permission for a new £6 million building for the Royal Veterinary College. The facility will act as a gateway to its rural campus, Hawkshead, near Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, and work is due to start on site in March.  It is hoped the project will be completed by the end of the year.  The firm is now working on masterplans for the college’s two campuses, Hawkshead and Camden, north London. You can view project summaries that illustrate the quality and variety of images that customers receive as part of our architectural photography and commercial photography service.  Call now to discuss your requirements and timescales on 0118 989 3749 or 079101 68536. adam@adamcoupe.com (Adam Coupe)Architectural Photographyhttp://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/194/new_veterinary_college_building_wins_planning/view.htmWed, 20 Jan 2010 19:42:00 +0000http://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/193/7n_receive_clearance_for_inverness_airport_business_park/view.htm Inverness Airport has received clearance from Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey planning committee to construct a new business park. A site covering 250 hectares will be developed by a consortium comprising private and public sector organisations including Highland Council and Moray Development Company Ltd.  Over the long term a range of commercial, industrial, storage, distribution and hotel facilities will erected on land adjacent to the airport.  These will be separated into a series of “zones” to take account of localised land uses such as woodland, airside and landscape. Stressing good design the developers have employed 7N Architects to compile a design code for architects on orientations, elevation and materials. Extensive landscaping and the planting of some 150,000 trees are also proposed.  The scheme, which abuts the proposed New Town of Tornagrain, was opposed by Croy and Culloden & Ardersier and Petty Community Councils.You can view project summaries that illustrate the quality and variety of images that customers receive as part of our architectural photography and commercial photography service.  Call now to discuss your requirements and timescales on 0118 989 3749 or 079101 68536. adam@adamcoupe.com (Adam Coupe)Architectural Photographyhttp://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/193/7n_receive_clearance_for_inverness_airport_business_park/view.htmMon, 18 Jan 2010 19:00:00 +0000http://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/192/westminster_approves_hogarth_architects_private_house/view.htm Westminster Council has approved Hogarth Architects’ plans for a £1 million new home in St John’s Wood. Two earlier planning applications were turned down with planners citing the design and appearance of the front facade as reasons for refusal.  The approved design is for a 250sq m, two-bedroom house to replace an existing single-storey artist’s studio. The size of the proposal could not exceed the dimensions of the original building so an additional floor will be built below ground level. The house will feature a green roof and a geo-thermal heat pump. You can view project summaries that illustrate the quality and variety of images that customers receive as part of our architectural photography and commercial photography service.  Call now to discuss your requirements and timescales on 0118 989 3749 or 079101 68536. adam@adamcoupe.com (Adam Coupe)Architectural Photographyhttp://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/192/westminster_approves_hogarth_architects_private_house/view.htmFri, 15 Jan 2010 19:29:00 +0000http://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/191/sanaas_rolex_centre_set_for_opening/view.htm Sanaa's new Rolex Learning Centre at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland will open at the end of February. The centre is conceived as an integrated learning environment and includes both study and social spaces. It is designed as a single fluid space, with gentle slopes and terraces, undulating around a series of internal ‘patios’, with hidden supports for its complex curving roof that will create stunning architectural photography. The Rolex Learning Center, as the new campus hub, illustrates the vision of the university where traditional boundaries between faculties are broken down, where mathematicians and engineers meet with neuroscientists and microtechnicians to envision new technologies that improve lives, and where the public are inspired and made welcome. You can view project summaries that illustrate the quality and variety of images that customers receive as part of our architectural photography and commercial photography service.  Call now to discuss your requirements and timescales on 0118 989 3749 or 079101 68536. adam@adamcoupe.com (Adam Coupe)Architectural Photographyhttp://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/191/sanaas_rolex_centre_set_for_opening/view.htmWed, 13 Jan 2010 21:12:00 +0000http://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/190/diller_scofidio_renfro_museum_bubble/view.htm This 145ft bubble billowing out of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden on Washington’s National Mall is from the desk of New York firm Diller Scofidio & Renfro.  The $5 million museum extension, made from translucent pale blue fabric, would be inflated twice a year – in May and October – by two refrigerator-size air pumps. The rest of the year it would be packed away. If approved, it would be erected in the museum’s internal courtyard and swell out of the top and side, creating a luminous meeting hall and public lounge inside Gordon Bunshaft’s 1974 Modernist drum often featured in architectural photography.  It would be held down by steel cables and a water-filled ring at its base and transparent areas would give visitors views over galleries and out on to the Mall. You can view project summaries that illustrate the quality and variety of images that customers receive as part of our architectural photography and commercial photography service.  Call now to discuss your requirements and timescales on 0118 989 3749 or 079101 68536.   adam@adamcoupe.com (Adam Coupe)Architectural Photographyhttp://www.adamcoupe.com/blog/entry/190/diller_scofidio_renfro_museum_bubble/view.htmMon, 11 Jan 2010 19:31:00 +0000