Last update 13 February 2012

Belgian care home nominated for Designs of the Year Award

We are delighted to announce that the recently completed care home at Huise-Zingem in Flanders has been nominated in the category of Architecture. The project will be part of the exhibition showcasing the most innovative and progressive designs of the last year which will run from 8 February to 15 July at the Design Museum.
Category award winners and the overall winner of the Designs of the Year Award will be announced in April 2012.

Studio Krucker Bates publications launch
On 7 February the first of a series of publications by Stephen Bates and Bruno Krucker's chair at TU Munich was launched at the Volhölzer Forum at TUM. The booklets, which document the research carried out by the studio in recent years on the Smithsons' Robin Hood Gardens, Paul Bossard's Les Bluets, the Borstei in Munich and the English terraced house are published by Schiermeier Verlag.
Peter St. John, of Caruso St. John Architects was invited as guest speaker.

Geneva housing project reviewed in BD
A review by Ellis Woodman of the recently completed urban housing and crèche project in Geneva was published in BD on 13 January.

Blankenberge city library opening




On 10 December 2011 the Blankenberge city library was officially opened. The conversion of a late 19th century school building involved the refurbishment and re-organisation of the existing building and the addition of two new three-storey wings on either side of it and a series of circulation galleries that connect the main spaces. The library is now open to the public and the new children's library is proving particularly popular with young readers.

Cadaqués house completed




A private house in northern Spain is the latest in the list of our recently completed buildings. Located in the village of Cadaqués, on the coast of Catalunya, it is a house of comfort and leisure, intended for occasional use. Within its tight urban context, it engages with the ideas of critical regionalism explored by the lineage of architects such as Coderch, Correa and Milá who worked in Cadaqués inthe '50s and '60s. The project was carried out in association with Liebman Villavecchia Arquitectos, Barcelona.

Exhibitions


SBa and Jean-Paul Jaccaud Architectes' urban housing project on Rue du Cendrier will be on display as part of an exhibition organised by the City of Geneva to illustrate the process of development of their recently commissioned projects, from design to completion.
Forum Faubourg
6, rue des Terreaux-du-Temple
Geneva, Switzerland
31 January - 25 February
opening times: Tuesday to Saturday, 11am to 6pm

Lectures
Density
lecture by Stephen Bates
Palazzo Canavée
Accademia di Architettura
Mendrisio, Switzerland
Thursday 29 March, 6pm

On continuity
lecture by Stephen Bates
Kornhausforum
Kornhausplatz 18
Bern, Switzerland
Wednesday 7 March, 7pm

Recent work
Lecture by Jonathan Sergison
University of East London
Dockland Campus
University Way
London E16 2RD
Thursday 2 February, 5pm

Block&Spiel event at RIBA: 'Skin Deep - Facade: Medium or Message?'


Together with Sam Jacob of FAT and Greg Moss of Hawkins Brown, Stephen Bates took part in the first of a series of infomal talks on architecture organised by Block magazine at the RIBA bookshop on Tuesday 15 November 2011.
The event provided a forum for furthering the discussion on facades, the theme of issue no.2 of Block, by involving contributors, readers and a wider audience.

EducationResearchPractice interview
In an interview recorded last October, Stephen Bates talks about education, research and practice in architecture. The interview is one of a series which involved, among others, Peter Märkli and Paul Robbrecht and explores the challenges of combining teaching and practice and the reciprocal influence of research and design.
Now online at www.studiotue.com


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