ARCHITECTURE

  This manifesto is not an easy one for me to write. My upbringing has been quite different to most others. In many ways I do not think that I have much to write about when it comes to facing adversities. I have been blessed with amazing opportunities and experiences and I am thankful for everything I have, but it is difficult to write about stuff where I do not have any experience of it. Coming from a Christian background I have always been brought up with the value of “love your neighbour as yourself”. This points towards the idea of equality, acceptance, respect. These are points I want to discuss in my manifesto. Living in Oxford my whole life I know there is a huge problem with so many people being homeless. When I was in year 10, we did a charity fundraiser where we raised money for the homeless in Oxford. We turned off the heating, the electricity, hot water and all electronics were handed in for 24 hours. This was in winter so it was pretty cold without heating. We ate very b

 RIBA 2022 London Awards Winners: my opinion on a few (Part 2) Continuing on for my post yesterday, these are my final 2 and my opinions on them. Kiln Place by  Peter Barber Architects This is a cooperative housing scheme in the London Borough of Wandsworth. This housing scheme is stunning and actually looks very inviting as well as modern. I think it's a great housing scheme and is very impressive. Things I like about the design: I really like the use of basements to create access to outdoor areas for people to use. I also think the aesthetics of are beautiful and compliment the surroundings. I think the way they are layered and put together almost blocks put on top of each other is great design. I think the balconies as well that are on the build is really interesting. The use of glass inside and on the exterior makes it feels spacious and bright. The contractor's were able to vary the interiors to what the client wanted which allows each one to have it's own specific fin

 RIBA 2022 London Awards Winners: my opinion on a few On the 5th of May RIBA announced the London Award Winners. I think there is some spectacular architecture being designed and constructed at the moment with some of the most innovative architects being located in London. As a first year architect I believe it is imperative that I look at the current architecture being constructed in one of the most diversely architectural cities in the world. It was a list of 42 buildings with a huge range of buildings including schools and council housing. I have selected 4 buildings to comment on in two separate posts  some of which I had looked at before when they had first been written about. Plumstead Centre by  Hawkins\Brown This a very impressive building is located in Greenwich. It is a centre for the public to use that contains two libraries one for adults and one for kids, as well as a gym and a badminton court. There is also a cafe and two large studios for people to use for yoga and other