An urban block in Mayfair, London, has been revitalized and is now changing its face depending on the quality of daylight and illumination.

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The project “Sliding House” by dRMM architects features an extraordinary design. A larch-enclosure was created that can be moved along in-ground rails. Thus, interior spaces become exterior spaces. DETAIL provides a film in which the various spatial situations and moods of light are shown.

The Architectural Association summer pavilion "Driftwood" shown in July at Bedford Square in London is neither art nor architecture, science nor ecological adventure, but a sculptural installation and prototype that defies classification. See the DETAIL.de gallery of the pavillon.

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Probably the world´s tallest timber-framed residential building was completed in recent months in the suburb of Hackney, in East London. Stadthaus, part of the Murray Grove Housing Development, stands 29.75 metres high. Apart from the plinth, which is of reinforced concrete, the entire building, including the two lift shafts and stairwells, was built of laminated plywood.

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Harrow Road in west London is a rough area with a large immigrant population. Until recently, school was of no great attraction for young people in the neighbourhood. All that has now changed as a result of the Westminster Academy. The film accompanies three pupils walking through the school building.

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Future Systems, the architectural super-brand, has passed away. From the core of the old office a new practice has emerged: Amanda Levete Architects, a firm that seeks to establish its reputation with its recently completed first project, 10 Hills Place.

An exhibition of David Chipperfield Architects’ work, spanning the last 25 years, will be presented by the Design Museum, London from 21 October 2009 – 31 January 2010.

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Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA are the authors of the beautiful and airy 2009 Serpentine Gallery Summer Pavilion. They have created a meandering, ethereal building that appears to be made of sky, trees and grass.

Radical Nature draws on ideas that have emerged out of Land Art, environmental activism, experimental architecture and utopianism. Work by pioneering figures such as the architectural collective Ant Farm, visionary arcchitect Richard Buckminster Fuller, and artist Joseph Beuys and Robert Smithson are shown alongside pieces by a younger generation of practitioners.

The ARC Show 2009 takes place at Londons Earls Court Two from 4-5 February. The Show is where the lighting industry gather every February to source products, find new suppliers, keep up to date with the latest product launches and lighting ideas and catch up with contacts within the industry.

Hussein Chalayan is renowned for his innovative use of materials, meticulous pattern cutting and progressive attitudes to new technology. The exhibition in the London Design Museum from January, 22th to May, 17th will be the first comprehensive presentation of Hussein Chalayan’s work in the UK.

As part of the 2008 British Creative Exchange Season – a national event for celebrating the contribution of UK based international talent to the creative and cultural landscape – Zaha Hadid will be discussing her approach and views on modern UK creativity with Tim Marlow, Director of the White Cube Gallery, at the Victoria Miro Gallery in London on Monday 24 November at 6.45pm.

The exhibition “Iwan Baan: Recent Works – Contemporary Architectural Photographs” is showcasing recent architectural photography by the Dutch photographer Iwan Baan from 10th of November until the 10th of December.

Future Non-Future exhibits at AA Gallery dozens of contemporary urban, architectural and landscape projects for London. They all share one key feature: they are, or currently remain, unbuilt.

Open House London, Londons largest architectural showcase, is taking place on 20-21 September. This year’s event will reveal the fabric of London in all its diversity: opening eyes and minds to the architectural gems, areas of urban change and contemporary design that define the city today.

Jestico & Whiles with Julian Harrap complete a light installation for the Spitalfields Market in central London as part of its renovation.

Foster + Partners in collaboration with the general London public will work together to construct and dismantle the temporary structure at the opening of the LFA on June 21. The architects worked with sound artist Bill Fontana, and will reveal the design at the event.

Julia Peyton-Jones, the Serpentine Pavillion’s Commissioner, kicked off the LFA today at the Royal Geographical Society. The festival will last until July 20 and travel throughout London featuring a different location each weekend, with over 600+ events including exhibitions, speakers, performances, tours and lectures by multiple big-name architects.

A new permanent sculpture by MacCormic Jamieson Prichard Architects, artist Jaume Plensa, and structural engineers whitbybird adorns the BBC Broadcasting House in London. It is in remembrance of journalists killed in the cross-fire and was lit for the first time on June 16, 2008.

The 2012 Summer Olympics in London are a great topic in British press. “Building Design” reported on May, 21st that seven leading architects have been appointed to join the team designing the £2 billion London Athletes Village among an improved focus on design quality.

Barking Town Square, designed by muf architecture/art, has been declared winner of the 5th European Prize for Urban Public Space, making it the first project in Britain to receive the prestigious prize.

Following its success at the Pompidou Centre in Paris, where it attracted 150,000 visitors, the Richard Rogers + Architects – From the House to the City exhibition will tour to the Design Museum in London from 24 April to 25 August 2008.

The Architectural Association Design Research Lab celebrates its 10th anniversary with a temporary pavilion by Alan Dempsey and Alvin Huang, situated on Bedford Square in London. The two architects created a shell structure made of Fibre-C, that remains on display until July 2008.

From April 24th to June 14th 2008, New London Architecture presents its biggest exhibition and event to date, focusing on London’s residential market. The exhibition “DES RES” will be accompanied by a programme of conferences, talks and events.

Until April 23rd 2008, the Belgravia Gallery in London shows the exhibition “ART: ARCHITECTURE SHOW” with some of the biggest names in architecture.

At the Victoria & Albert Museum in London “100 Years of Structural Engineering” are on display until September 7, 2008. Several architecture talks & tours starting on April 8th go along with the presentation of famous works, done by the “Unseen Hands” of structural engineers.

Five contemporary artists present their interpretations of architecture in an exhibition at the PM Gallery, west London. The artists draw their inspiration from a variety of buildings and created paintings and photography that represents them. The exhibition is running from March 26 to April 26, 2008.

The Stephen Lawrence Centre, built in memory of the black teenager murdered by a racist gang, officially opened its doors on February 7, 2008. The Centre was designed by architect David Adjaye.

Switched On London is London`s only Festival of Light, which will take place for the second time in the Pool of London and Bankside, 7th-14th February 2008. It aims to set a precedent that lighting in an urban environment can be achieved energy efficiently and stress the importance of lighting from a social, economic and environmental perspective.

An exhibition at the New London Architecture, running till February 23, focuses on waterside development in London, it’s aim being the information on and possibilities to rediscover the rivers and canals of the capital.

The Porter Gallery in the V&A Museum London will house the contemporary program of the V&A over the next ten years. The gallery, designed by Block Architecture, is situated next to the V&A's Grand Entrance and is separated from it by dramatic seven-metre-high rotating entrance doors clad in black carbon fibre.

A new structure will offer a vastly improved information service within a distinctive building which is itself destined to become a local landmark. The project site lies on what has fast become one of London's principal tourist routes, as the opening of the Millennium Bridge has directly connected St Paul's Cathedral and the City with the South Bank and Tate Modern.

From November 14, Eurostar trains will writhe out from under the St Pancras station's unforgettable train shed roof through new tunnels and £5.8bn-worth of newly forged engineering works to reach Paris Gare du Nord in just two-and-a-quarter hours.

The Royal Festival Hall – the first important public building completed after the war – was inaugurated in 1951 during the Festival of -Britain. A team of young architects developed an “egg in the box” theme: the egg (the auditorium) hovers above the box, which houses bars, restaurants, etc.

Designed by award winning architect David Adjaye, the Bernie Grant Arts Centre is the latest addition to London’s cultural arts scene. The purpose built multi-arts centre 340 seat space, 70 seat studio/rehearsal space, café, workspaces and open spaces will become a home for interdisciplinary arts, spoken word, dance, theatre, courses, master classes and more.

till 25th November 2007 in the Design Museum, London

Discover the latest innovations in building design, new products and fresh thinking about issues including sustainability and low carbon building at 100% Detail 2007, the UK's leading building products event from 20 to 23 September 2007. Visit DETAIL at stand C171 and benefit from special exhibition offers.

This terraced building is situated in London’s prestigious Bayswater/Notting Hill area. It fills a gap which was left by a bomb in the 1940 Blitz, and was reputedly the last such site. In the 1980s an initial project was approved, but when the economy weakened it was put on hold. A new phase began in 1996, attended by a new design for a load-bearing masonry structure accommodating three two-storey units. In late 2002, two years after the plans were approved by building authorities, a team of select firms was ready to begin work.

The LEAF Awards are open to all companies, technologies and individuals that have made an outstanding contribution to the world of architecture, and who continue to set the benchmark for the buildings of tomorrow.

The Bloomsbury area of Central London is home to some of the prestigious colleges of the University of London. Some of the estate is characterized by Georgian terraced houses that have been badly converted into rat runs of corridors and tiny offices subdivided from once elegant reception rooms. One of the colleges, Birkbeck, has taken a brave step to address some of these issues by commissioning Surface Architects to design their Centre for Research in Film and Visual Media.

Zaha Hadid won the Pritzer Prize in 2004, when she had only just completed her first substantial project, the Rosenthal Centre for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati. Now she is busy working on projects that range from masterplans in Singapore and Istanbul, to an opera house in China, a museum in Rome, and a skyscraper in Dubai. Phaeno Science Centre, for which she was shortlisted for the 2006 RIBA Stirling Prize. Both have triumphantly demonstrated her ability to translate the essence of her virtuoso spatial invention in solid form.

Global Cities looks at changes in the social and built forms of ten large, dynamic, international cities: Cairo, Istanbul, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Mumbai, Sao Paulo, Shanghai and Tokyo. Drawing on data originally assembled for the 10th Venice Architecture Biennale, the exhibition features both visual art and architectural responses to explore these cities through five thematic lenses: speed, size, density, diversity and form.

For the first time, the rich, modernist heritage of the Eritrean capital, Asmara, is introduced in an exhibition.

As the Royal Festival Hall reopens after a closure period of two years, this exhibition reveals how the landmark building has been painstakingly refocused to meet the demands of the next 50 years as a world-class concert venue and a vibrant public arena for the arts.