Refurbished modernist building to become new artistic hub: Forma HQ to launch in Southwark, London this summer
FormaHQ. Image courtesy Forma Arts & Media. Photograph by Max Creasy.
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.- Commissioned by Southwark Council in collaboration with curator Aldo Rinaldi, the newly refurbished modernist building was designed by Sanchez Benton Architects with international artist Gabriel Kuri. The light-filled structure, situated on Great Dover Street by Bricklayers roundabout in Southwark, includes Formas new offices, five affordable artist studios, a residency space for visiting international artists, an event space and room for a café and bookshop. The rooftop was converted into a new public garden further designed with celebrated horticulturalist Nigel Dunnett and will be fitted with furniture designed by Kuri.
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AJ 40 under 40 talent wins Low Line co-design job
Winning concept by JA Projects
A rising star featured in the AJ 40 under 40 has won the competition to co-design a key stretch of the Low Line in south-central London
East London-based JA Projects – founded by AJ 40 under 40 winner Jayden Ali – was selected following a competitive pitch ahead of Ludwig Willis Architects and Untitled Practice to work up concepts for Wardens Grove, America Street and Ewer Street.
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The commission – backed by Better Bankside
– is the latest phase in the ongoing Low Line initiative, inspired by New York’s High Line, to deliver a linear regeneration of a series of underused 19th-century railway viaducts running through Bankside, London Bridge and Bermondsey.