From the architect. Situated on a small site abutting a road junction, this single level office building creates a sculptural presence.
Overlapped curvilinear volumes orient each of the internal spaces towards the north in response to the location of the site while creating a semi enclosed north facing courtyard between the office spaces.
The site is located in Surat city in India where temperatures are in excess of 35°C for 8 months of the year and the sun is always on the southern side.
The north facing courtyard infuses the inner spaces with indirect light with vertical north facing incisions for the internal spaces thus reducing the heat gain substantially.
A curvilinear path along the courtyard links the office spaces while seamlessly integrating the internal circulation with a shallow pool of water within the courtyard.
Built entirely in a steel frame structure with a metal roof and corten steel sheets forming the external walls, the entire office structure was completed within 3 months.
The design creates an energy efficient building in response to the climate of the location and a distinct identity.
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The Royal Institute of British Architects has revealed the 46 winners of its national awards, including a library covered in weathering steel, a bulbous blue drawing studio and Damien Hirst’s London gallery (+ slideshow). (more…)
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the winners of the 2016 RIBA National Awards. The shortlist for the RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK’s best building of the year will be drawn from these 46 award-winning buildings.
51 Hills Road / Gort Scott Ltd; Cambridge, England
8 St James’s Square / Eric Parry Architects; City of Westminster, London, England
Turnmill / Piercy & Company; Clerkenwell, London, England
61 Oxford Street / Allford Hall Monaghan Morris; Soho, London, England
A Private House in Cumbria / Bennetts Associates; Cumbria, England
A Private House in Northamptonshire / James Gorst Architects Limited; Northamptonshire, England
House of Trace / Tsuruta Architects; Lewisham, London, England
Murphy House Edinburgh, Scotland / Richard Murphy Architects; Edinburgh, Scotland
Outhouse / Loyn & Co Architects; Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England
The Cheeran House / John Pardey Architects; Reading, Berkshire, England
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital / BDP; Liverpool, England
New QEII Hospital / Penoyre & Prasad LLP; Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England
ARK All Saints Academy and Highshore School / Allford Hall Monaghan Morris; Camberwell, London, England
Banbridge Health and Care Centre / Kennedy FitzGerald Architects; Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland
Blavatnik School of Government / Herzog & de Meuron; Oxford, England
Bob Champion Research and Education Building / Hawkins\Brown; Norwich, England
Drawing Studio / CRAB Studio (Cook Robotham Architectural Bureau Limited); Poole, Dorset, England
Essex University – Albert Sloman Library and Silberrad Student Centre / Patel Taylor; Colchester, England
Heart of Campus, Nottingham Trent University / Evans Vettori; Nottingham, England
Laidlaw Library, University of Leeds / ADP LLP; Leeds, England
Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute / Allies and Morrison; Denmark Hill, London, England
National Graphene Institute / Jestico + Whiles; Manchester, England
The Investcorp Building / Zaha Hadid Architects; Oxford, England
Weston Library / WilkinsonEyre; Oxford, England
City of Glasgow College, Riverside Campus / Michael Laird Architects / Reiach and Hall Architects; Glasgow, Scotland
Wirral Metropolitan College / Glenn Howells Architects; Wallasey, Merseyside, England
Corner House / DSDHA; Fitzrovia, London, England
Derry Avenue / Bell Phillips Architects; South Ockendon, Essex, England
Ely Court / Alison Brooks Architects Ltd; South Kilburn, London, England
Royal Road / Panter Hudspith Architects; Elephant & Castle, London, England
The Avenue / Pollard Thomas Edwards; Saffron Walden, Essex, England
Trafalgar Place / dRMM Architects; Elephant & Castle, London, England
Davenies School / DSDHA; Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England
Gloucester Services / Glenn Howells Architects; Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Greenwich Gateway Pavilions / Marks Barfield Architects; Greenwich, London England
Greenwich Housing / Bell Phillips Architects; Greenwich, London England
Hebburn Central / FaulknerBrowns Architects; Hebburn, Tyne and Wear, England
HOME / Mecanoo; Manchester, England
Newport Street Gallery / Caruso St John Architects; Vauxhall, London, England
The Portland Collection / Hugh Broughton Architects; Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
York Art Gallery / Ushida Findlay Simpson Brown; York, Yorkshire, England
Regent High School / Walters & Cohen Architects; Somers Town, London, England
Saunders Centre, Science & Technology Building / Page \ Park Architects; Glasgow, Scotland
Sir John Soane Museum / Julian Harrap Architects LLP; Holborn, London, England
Stanbrook Abbey / Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios; York, Yorkshire, England
Wilton’s Music Hall / Tim Ronalds Architects; Wapping, London, England
News via the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
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