architecture

This 20,500 m2 civic office forms the initial stage of a masterplan (submitted in parallel for outline planning consent by Collado Collins Architects) to regenerate an important town centre site in Woolwich. It will consolidate the council’s operations, creating a new civic quarter for Woolwich. The primary focus of the building is the delivery of public services and community facilities including a public library, local services centre, and community gallery

City Hall features an energy strategy enabling it to run on a quarter of the energy consumed by a typical high specification office building. This is achieved through the use of ecologically sound, passive environmental control systems and by the shape and alignment of the building

This information pack gives any prospective field trip visitor an idea of what to expect. It provides links to other informative sites and has many images of the amazing architecture and streetscapes this city has to offer.

In June, I attended a four day conference where the best urban design minds were concentrated on the creation of suburban housing and on the value of traditional architecture, where there was high quality debate on the intricacies of highway design and the needs of pedestrians, and where the UK's Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, received a standing ovation for articulating current initiatives in national planning and urban design policy in his speech.

Amid the roaming chickens, sheep and adventure climbing frames of the immaculate Coram's Fields in central London, it is hard not to be overtaken by a sense of relaxation far removed from the bedlam of the thick traffic and cluttered streets less than100 yards away. Not by accident was this venue chosen for the launch of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment's CABE Space unit last week.