The Colour Palace

The colour palace
The Colour Palace
by TDUK|20 September 22|Design
In 2019 an explosion of colour appeared on the sedate lawn of Dulwich Picture Gallery. It was the Colour Palace, a timber pavilion painted in exuberant geometric patterns and stripes in a kaleidoscope of zinging neon colours.
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The Department Store
The Department Store
by TDUK|20 September 22|Design
In 2015, the architectural practice Squire and Partners purchased a dilapidated three storey department store in the centre of Brixton.
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Hastings Pier
Hastings Pier
by TDUK|14 September 22|Design
The original Victorian pier was built in 1872, rebuilt in 1922 and finally destroyed by fire in 2010. The architect dRMM became involved when Hasting Pier Charity took over the derelict structure and set up a design competition which was won by the practice.
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Velvet Mill
by TDUK|13 September 22|Design
Dominating the Bradford skyline is a group of magnificent Grade II* listed Victorian buildings, Lister Mills, with massive stone walls and an iconic 250 foot high chimney, inspired by St Mark's Campanile in Venice.
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Wolfson Tree Management Centre
by TDUK|13 September 22|Design
Two radical timber buildings at the National Arboretum in Gloucestershire demonstrate how timber from trees felled in the routine maintenance of the estate were processed on site into structure and cladding, and constructed by volunteers and trainee carpenters.
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Woodland Trust Headquarters
by TDUK|13 September 22|Design
The Woodland Trust is a charity devoted to the conservation of the UK's woodland. Its new headquarters in Grantham, by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, aims to communicate the mission and values of the Trust and, in practical terms, to accommodate 200 workstations in open plan office space.
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The Rye Apartments
by TDUK|13 September 22|Design
Facing Peckham Rye Park in South London is a new development of ten apartments which demonstrates how the use of timber can create homes which are sustainable, efficient to buildand with interior spaces of exceptional quality.
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The Welcome Building
by TDUK|13 September 22|Design
Westonbirt, the National Arboretum near Tetbury in Gloucestershire is one of the most spectacular collections of trees in the world.
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Handlebar Cafe by Architecture PLB
The Handlebar Café
by TDUK|13 September 22|Design
The building follows the form of a pair of railway carriages; their long single-storey shapes with gently arched roofs are linked by a lower roof and one of the pair is set further back from the other, as if they were passing on different tracks.
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The Hurlingham Club
by TDUK|13 September 22|Design
The Hurlingham Club, founded in the 1870s, is a famous sports club with a Georgian clubhouse, polo grounds, croquet lawns and tennis courts set in 17 hectares of picturesque grounds alongside the Thames in Fulham, London.
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