Photos of Ravensbourne College, by Foreign Office Architects, for this week’s Building Design
I have photographed the nearly-completed Ravensbourne College building for this week’s BD. The £50 million building is located in North Greenwich, slap bang next to the O2 Arena (the artist formerly known as the Millennium Dome). It features an intricate facade inspired variously by Gothic rose windows, the floral patterns of William Morris and Middle Eastern “Penrose” tiling patterns.
The building was designed by Foreign Office Architects, who say that the architecture capitalises on”the tradition of arts and crafts schools in the UK, from which Ravensbourne is an offspring”. Crikey.
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Ian
If its aim was to stand out and have a presence in the local area then I would say that the architect has achieved this. To be honest it is not to my taste especially if we knew what the cost of this design has been and how much could have been saved had they gone for a more traditional finish.
10 Feb 2011 01:02 pm
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