The Republic Masterplan

The Republic Masterplan
by TDUK|13 September 22|Design
Timber is not a material commonly used in large-scale office refurbishments in central London, but the Republic Masterplan at East India Dock demonstrates how it can transform tired office blocks into high-quality, sustainable and affordable workspaces.
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The Macallan distillery
The Macallan Distillery and Visitor Experience
by TDUK|13 September 22|Design
The Macallan, the distinguished single malt whisky, has been produced in Speyside since 1824, and its new building is set into the sloping contours of the estate grounds.
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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 Alnwick Garden
by TDUK|13 September 22|Design
In the last few years, the derelict 12 acre walled garden adjoining Alnwick Castle has been transformed into a contemporary, public garden where an underlying planted structure unifies the Garden's themes - spectacular water displays and quiet contemplative areas.
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Sutton Hoo Visitor Centre
by TDUK|13 September 22|Design
The Sutton Hoo estate - the site of two Anglo-Saxon burial grounds - was donated in 1998 to the National Trust, who commissioned architect van Heyningen and Haward to design a new visitor centre.
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Sainsbury’s
by TDUK|13 September 22|Design
The holiday and sailing resort of Dartmouth in Devon was chosen by Sainsbury's as their first new site to trial 'green building' in earnest across all aspects of the store's design and operation.
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Rievaulx Abbey Visitor Centre
by TDUK|13 September 22|Design
Simpson & Brown Architects has designed a new visitor centre for English Heritage, using timber to create its principal space, a light-filled arcaded hall of tall glulam arches, reflecting the characteristic columns and pointed arches of the Gothic ruins.
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M&S Cheshire Oaks
by TDUK|13 September 22|Design
The new store at Cheshire Oaks, the third 'sustainable learning store' to be built, is also the second largest M&S store in the country and is the company's flagship for sustainability, carbon efficiency, biodiversity and material innovation, with the use of timber, both for construction and for fuel, as a...
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Loch Lomond National Park
by TDUK|13 September 22|Design
The new building is the headquarters of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority, which covers an area of over 700 square miles to the north and west of Balloch.
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Living Planet Centre
by TDUK|13 September 22|Design
The new UK headquarters of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is an ultra-green, energy-efficient building in Woking designed by Hopkins Architects and known as the Living Planet Centre.
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