Architect |
Peter Tagiuri - Associate of Ideas (AOI) |
Date Built |
2011 |
Location |
Dolben Street
& Bear Lane |
Description |
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The Rhode Island
School of Design website has an
interesting article about this building
on Dolben Stret in Southwark and its
architect Peter Tagiuri. It
describes it as, "... A curved,
shimmering block of apartments in a
struggling London
neighborhood." (I'm
not sure that Southwark would describe
itself as struggling.)
The building, that
sits on the corner of Dolben Street and
Bear Lane, won top honours at the
2011 Brick Awards in the "Best Housing
Development ,1-5 units" category.
"The six-story building, which
features a copper-glazed brick shell
and sustainable solar technologies,
stood out among the small-scale
housing projects in the competition.
“In a category which has
traditionally been won by a single
family house, this tightly planned
block of apartments – just one per
floor – intrigued the jury by the
way it maximized the potential of
its constricted urban site,” jurors
noted in awarding the prize. “It
also challenged convention by
introducing an unexpected shimmering
surface of green glazed brick on its
two street elevations.”
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