An assignment for James Wyman Architects to document their design for a Corten steel and glass bicycle shelter at the Old Parsonage Hotel, Oxford. The overlapping diamond glazing was inspired by the glazing from the nearby Oxford University Museum of Natural History. More Images
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An assignment for James Wyman Architects to document their design for Modern Baker in Summertown Oxford. More Images
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The interior of the incomparable Oxford University Museum of Natural History, where each column is a different native rock and each capital is a different biologically correct plant whilst the overall effect is that of the skeleton of the building and animals intertwined. The use of iron colums and glass to let so much light in the space was a precursor to the hi tech movement in modern architecture. The building was designed by Thomas Newenham Deane and Benjamin Woodward in 1850. The roof has recently been restored so the decoration is much clearer.
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An assignment for James Wyman Architects to document their Studio in Oxford. More Images
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Bridge & Harold Lee Room at dusk
Bridge Handrail
The Harold H W Lee Building & the Bridge
Lobby to Pichette Auditorium
Harold Lee Room
Harold Lee Room
Harold Lee Room
Handrail detail
The Harold H W Lee Building
Bridge across to old buildings
Pichette Auditorium
Pichette Auditorium
Pichette Auditorium
Pichette Auditorium with seats retracted
The Harold H W Lee Building & The Rokos Quad
Bridge
Bridge over Brewer Street
The Harold H W Lee Building & Bridge
The Mahfouz Building, Littlegate Street
Detail of Bridge
The Harold H W Lee Building
Underside of Bridge
The Harold H W Lee Building & the Bridge
Bridge over Brewer Street
Plant Room
Stairs in the Wagstaff Building
Farthings Cafe
Rose Place Building
Art Gallery
The Harold H W Lee Building & The Rokos Quad
Harold H W Lee Building Building (detail)
The Harold H W Lee Building & the Rokos Quad
Cascading stairs in the Rokos Quad
The Rose Place building & The Rokos Quad.
The Rokos Quad
An assignment for Pembroke College, Oxford to photograph their new buildings which opened April 23rd, 2013
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Building credits:
Architect: Berman Guedes Stretton
Contractor: Kingerlee
M&E Engineer: Hoare Lee
Project Manager: Bidwells
Structural Engineer: Price & Myers
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Multi-Function Sports Hall at Magdalen College School, Oxford
The building’s form and materials give a new unity to the eclectic surroundings
The building is clad in semi-transparent Rodeca Polycarbonate as used by Herzog & de Meuron architects on the Laban Contemporary Dance Centre, London
The copper rain screen ties in with the existing buildings on site
The glulam structural timbers are beautifully expressed inside the main hall
The windows give glimpses to the surrounding buildings
Glulam (laminated timber) columns meet the two tone sprung floor
The semi-transparent external wall of the hall
An assignment by Original Field of Architecture to document their Multi-Function Sports Hall which contain a multi-purpose sports hall, classroom and support facilities at Magdalen College School, Oxford. More images >>
Oxford University Biochemistry Building at dusk, Oxford, UK. Architects: Hawkins Brown, Built 2008
Coloured glass fins of Oxford University Biochemistry Building in evening light
Abstract detail of the Coloured glass fins of Oxford University Biochemistry Building
Coloured glass fins set against the sky
Fire in the Evening, Paul Klee, Oil on board, 1929
Coloured glass fins of the New Oxford University Biochemistry Building, by Hawkins Brown frame views in and out of the building, creating complex and subtle patterns of colour as the light changes. According to the architects the fins reflect the rich red, terracotta, orange, brown and purple of the nearby buildings though to me they have a refreshingly assertive identity of their own.
The final combination and rhythm of colours was influenced by the Bauhaus artist Paul Klee’s theories as can be seen by looking at his works such as “Fire in the Evening” (above). This sophisticated use of colour in architecture won the building the WAN Colour in Architecture award in 2011. For another stunning use of coloured glass in architecture see my photographs of “My Rainbow Horizon” in Denmark
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Auditorium & Art Gallery take shape along Brewer Street
St Ebbes Accommodation at left and Roger Bannister building behind white sheeting.
Auditorium / Art Gallery seen from New St Ebbes street accommodation
Measuring concrete form-work
New accommodation block at Rose Place
Preparing concrete form-work
Stairs from the Brewer Street bridge (not yet on site) that will link the two sites together
New Brewer Street Accommodation block, street facade
New St Ebbes Street Accommodation block, street facade
These photographs are part of an ongoing monthly assignment to document the building work at Pembroke College, Oxford due for completion summer 2012. View all previous posts of the Pembroke College Bridging Centuries Project >>
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Photography © Quintin Lake, 2011
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