East london architecture

UCL East Marshgate is the first part of University College London’s new East London campus. Designed by Stanton Williams, the state-of-the-art academic building is designed to deconstruct institutional silos and foster cross-disciplinary learning, thinking, and research. Stanton Williams Hufton+Crow   Breaking down disciplinary silos The UCL East campus marks the university’s most significant expansion in its 200-year history. The eight-storey, 35,000-square-metre Marshgate building stands as UCL’s largest single building. The facility houses a diverse range of teaching and research fields, including the creative industries, engineering, robotics, green technologies, and global health. To fulfil UCL&rsquo... More

This two storey apartment is located on a trapezoidal site at the juncture of two roads, affording windows on three sides and a long view down the main road. Our brief was to make the spaces better suited for a young, active family of four. Most important to our work was to create an open plan on the living floor. Here we took down all the walls except for those defining the hallway and stair to the bedrooms. Oliver Perrott Oliver Perrott It was important to create a spatial flow through, linking the kitchen, living room, laundry area and hallway. A substantial steel frame structure was introduced to pick up al the loads. Extra care needed to be taken as there was a shop below that was to remain open throughout the work. This was... More