A dock finished for the finest fleet the sun ever beheld, built lately by our gracious sovereign Elizabeth' is a 1606 description of the naval dockyard in Chatham, on the river Medway.
The architect HawkinsBrown has used timber to create an elegant cathedral-like structure for a new swimming pool, a structure which is also corrosion-resistant, resilient and carbon-neutral.
The design of the new mosque in Cambridge, by Marks Barfield Architects, is based on the concept of 'a calm oasis for contemplation, under a grove of trees', inspired by the image of the garden of paradise.