news INVITED COMPETITION Open up
The Royal Opera House (ROH) is running an invited architectural competition to ‘open up’ its public spaces. The aim is to make the physi- cal entrances and street level public areas to the building more open and tantalising, and to find ways of devel- oping existing space to assist making the work of the Royal Opera House and the associated creative processes more visible to the general public. In turn this will enhance the appeal of the Covent Garden building as a des- tination in itself. The Royal Opera House will be looking to reduce its use of energy and resources through- out the project as part of an ongoing strategy embedding ‘green thinking’ into all areas of ROH operations. Tony Hall, chief executive of the
Royal Opera House said: “The Royal Opera House is looking for the team who, if we can raise the funds needed to fulfil our shared ambitions, will create the next evolution of our building. We are keen to investigate the possibilities of opening up the building even more to ensure that we have the very best facilities to welcome our loyal and existing audi- ences and to reach out to new ones.” The competition process will allow
us to select an architect to carry out a feasibility study for the work. The competition runs from July to November 2012 and we will announce the selected architect in December 2012. The Royal Opera House has been
advised on the project by Ricky Burdett of the London School of Economics. Dixon Jones are advising on the competition and feasibility process, and Sir Jeremy Dixon will sit on the final jury. The seven invited firms are:
Amanda Levete Architects, Caruso St John Architects, Diller Scofidio and Renfro, Heatherwick Studio, Jamie Fobert Architects, Stanton Williams Architects, Witherford Watson Mann Architects.
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BDP announces three project wins at infrastructure summit
BDP has announced three project wins in China at the UK Trade & Investment Infrastructure Summit in London, the flagship opening event of the British Business Embassy. The conference brings together top global decision-makers, with around 200 business leaders, policy makers and investors from around the world, to provide a unique opportunity to address how British businesses pursue global growth and partnerships. The British Business Embassy helps
showcase global business partnerships along with the best of what the UK has to offer in some of our most suc- cessful, high growth industries such as fashion, architecture, technology, life sciences, advanced engineering, auto- motive and aerospace. Nanjing Road, Shanghai: After
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winning an international competition, BDP has been appointed to design a world class new destination in the Huangpu District of the East Nanjing Road in Shanghai. Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University, Suzhou: This new international university is run in partnership between the University of Liverpool and Xi'an Jiaotong University. Artall Tiancheng Business Centre, Nanjing: The 32,000 sq m project will maximise the public spaces in the centre, link existing buildings with covered walkways and create a 26 floor tower. Trade and investment minister Lord
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