Chris Foges

Chris Foges is a writer and editor working in architecture and the built environment, based in London. He is contributing editor at the RIBA Journal and was formerly editor of Architecture Today magazine. His books include 'Imagination' and 'The City Works'.

Saltmarsh House, an Intimate Pavilion by Níall McLaughlin Architects, Offers Guests Seaside Accommodation

Isle of Wight, United Kingdom

Chris Foges

April 3, 2023

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The first Record House by the London–based architect and Stirling Prize winner overlooks a tidal marsh and adjoining harbor.

WilkinsonEyre Built a New Campus Hub within a 50-year-old Structure at London South Bank University

Chris Foges

November 1, 2022

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A low-carbon reboot transforms a hulking 1970s building into an open, daylit student center for sports, research, lectures and gathering.

OHLAB’s Paseo Mallorca 15 Raises the Bar for City Living

Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Chris Foges

October 3, 2022

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Built to Passive House standards, this urban complex speaks to its context with an operable facade of slatted Spanish pine.

At Its Studio, AHMM Sheds Light Into a Deep, Bunker-Like Space

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris creates a new London studio beneath its White Collar Factory building

Chris Foges

July 13, 2022

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Skylights and digitally controlled circadian rhythm lighting help mitigate the lack of daylight in a cavernous basement.

At the Serpentine Pavilion, Theaster Gates Offers Monumental Intimacy

Chris Foges

June 13, 2022

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Black Chapel, on display in London's Kensington Gardens through October, is the first Serpentine Pavilion designed solely by an artist.

Design Vanguard 2022: Erbar Mattes

London

Chris Foges

June 1, 2022

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The London-based firm's robust, solid-seeming buildings are rich in sensation and ideas, yet retain an elemental simplicity.

Derwent Valley Villa by Blee Halligan

United Kingdom

Chris Foges

April 1, 2022

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Blee Halligan’s rigid volumes set amid lush gardens are a nod to the provincial English location’s industrial past.

BIO4 Power Plant by Gottlieb Paludan and Speirs Major

Copenhagen

Chris Foges

March 7, 2022

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A luminous, animated facade of suspended Eucalyptus tree trunks celebrates the renewable energy source of this Danish wood-fueled power plant.

Design District Opens in London

Chris Foges

September 21, 2021

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HNNA’s master plan comes to life with a complex of new studio buildings by eight young firms near the city’s Millennium Dome.

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This Year’s Serpentine Pavilion Honors London’s Migrant Communities

Chris Foges

June 16, 2021

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With its amalgam of details, the pavilion is based on a study of gathering places where London's migrant communities have found a sense of belonging.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU

This course will review the construction of basic types of on-grade and roof systems, as well as a range of hardscaping products including pavers, slabs and retaining walls.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU

This course explores the features, surface materials, and design options for rooftop deck systems and provides an overview of recommended planning and installation guidelines.