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Melanie Best

@Architect_70

Architect | Designer. Showing photographs of places & spaces in and around London... & occasionally a few other places...

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El Altet Airport: They have an automatic aperture system allowing them to evacuate smoke in the event of a fire.

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El Altet Airport: The massive domes are also topped by skylights which at the same time double as vents…

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El Altet Airport: The massive domes stretch up 22 meters above the departure area floor at their highest point…

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El Altet Airport: The roof is composed of several pyramids that are supported by heavy concrete columns…

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El Altet Airport: The structure was designed by American architect Bruce Fairbanks and GOP Architects in Spain…

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El Altet Airport: The new six floor terminal at Alicante Airport opened in Murcia, Spain earlier this month…

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Strata SE1: awarded the 2010 Concrete Society Award for its “innovative column strategy”…

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Strata SE1: awarded the 2010 Building Design magazines Carbuncle Cup as Britain’s ugliest new building…

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Strata SE1: the first building in the world to incorporate wind turbines within its structure…

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Strata SE1: also known as The Razor is a 148m, 43 storey skyscraper at Elephant and Castle, London…

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Centre Point: constructed by Wimpey Construction from 1963 to 1966; given Grade II listing in 1995...

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Centre Point: designed by British Architect Richard Seifert with engineers Pell Frischmann...

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Centre Point: one of London’s first skyscrapers; occupies 101-103 Oxford Street – once occupied by a gallows...

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Centre Point: a 1960’s concrete and glass office building in central London; 117m (385ft) high with 35 floors...

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…or happenings within the hotel and city and draw in light to frame the architecture of Soho behind them…

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…and is surrounded by a huge veil of translucent glass that changes colour according to the time of day…

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Developed by Northern Irish property company McAleer & Rushe, “W” stands 10-storeys high…

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Situated on the corner of Leicester Square and Wardour Street, it is “W” brand’s 40th hotel globally…

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Love with a “W” as new hotel W London Leicester Square opened three days ago…on Valentine’s Day…

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…it is arranged around four cores and is serviced at basement level and was built at a cost of £540m…(9 of 9)

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