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Charity abseiling off landmark London buildings

09-05-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

If you fancy flinging yourself off the top of some tall buildings, and doing so for charity, there’s a number of chances to abseil down them this year.
Several are in the City of London, one in Stratford, Whitechapel, and next to the Thames.
Most have a modest registration fee, and then there’s a minimum amount that you need to raise from people sponsoring you to perform the deed.Leadenhall Building (the cheesegrater)
This June, the Lord Mayor’s Appeal will take you up to the 4

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See inside one of the legendary Isokon flats

09-05-2024 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

The Isokon Flats in north London are famous as much for their architecture as for the bohemian lifestyle of the residents in their early years. Now, one of the residents occasionally opens their flat to the public.The Isokon Flats were designed in the early 1930s by Canadian engineer Wells Coates for Molly and Jack Pritchard as an experiment in minimalist urban living. The flats had modest kitchens but also a communal kitchen for everyone to share.
The flats attracted a wide range of residents,

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Government set to approve £1 billion tunnels for HS2-Euston link

09-05-2024 14:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

The government is expected to confirm that HS2 will dig tunnels linking the high-speed railway to Euston station, although there’s still no confirmation that Euston station will be built.
HS2 tunnel entrance next to the M25 motorway
The Financial Times reported, citing industry sources, that approval for the £1 billion pair of tunnels from Old Oak Common to Euston is expected to be given shortly. The £1 billion cost is based on the 2019 figures, so the final bill will be higher

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Architects invited to redesign the British Museum

09-05-2024 12:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Plans to redevelop about a third of the British Museum building have taken a step forward with an invitation to architects to propose their designs.
Great Court of the British Museum (c) ianVisits
The western side of the Museum, where the redevelopment will take place, currently houses houses collections from Ancient Egypt, Greece (including the Parthenon Sculptures), Rome, Ancient Assyria, and the Middle East. Including the galleries, the redevelopment will encompass about a third of the Britis

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Rediscovering Tropical Modernism: From colonial imposition to sustainable architecture

09-05-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

A style of architecture born in damp Britain for use in hot colonies would have been expected to die off when independence arrived, but it flourished until it was killed off by something we’re trying to get rid of today.
The style, Tropical Modernism, is universally recognisable. It adopts and adapts ancient building ideas to keep interiors cool in hot climates, but it strips away decorative flourishes to create a very obviously modernist look.This exhibition at the V&A Museum focuses

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