2006-12-24T08:08:00.000-08:00

5 Jan 07
The new year begins. Several large projects are either in production or about to sign up. 70 Brompton Road, opposites Harrods, is taking shape in the factory. The picture to the left shows a model of the design by Graham Jones.. a thirty foot long wall of free-standing glass that projects from the interior into the street-scape.

Meanwhile plans are progressing for a large project in Birmingham City Centre, with over 500 square metres of glass being designed as I write. A large retail development in Cardiff is proposing over 1,000 square metres of film application to assist in the reduction of glare and of solar gain. Meanwhile two office entranceways are moving into detailed design stages, and several major schemes are being assisted with detailed reports on budget options, visual and technical options, design competitions, and project management.

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'Colours of Architecture', new book coming out in August 2006 about what architects and artists are doing with colour and glass. The book is written by Andrew Moor, the architectural glass art consultant, who has not only written two other books on parallel topics but has been managing and creating glass art projects in buildings for twenty years.
This fast-moving area of both art and architecture, where new technology and new applications of existing technologies are continually expanding what is possible and making the costs so much less intimidating, is a huge growth area. Entire facades of buildings can be transformed into huge landscape canvasses. And it is some of the most well-known and admired architects, like Herzog de Meuron and Future Systems who are seizing on these ideas and making them a part of their vocabulary.
Andrew Moor is currently developing a number of projects with architects that are exploiting what can be done with colour and images even in external contexts, such as balustrading and wall-mounted features running up the side of buildings.
In this area, the capacity to make a real contribution to the external built environment is hugely exciting. Buildings can, for very modest sums of money, become landmarks; a five storey stairwell can become a back-lit painting visible at night for miles - for very small sums of money.
Both occupants and passersby can delight in something adventurous and stimulating.
For more information of Andrew Moor's new book, check www.andrewmoor.co.uk, and ask book a copy of 'Colours of Architecture'.

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