HERE WE GO...

Welcome to the new OB Year 1 - 2008/09! All seats were occupied - honest. Be back soon with Body Building highlights.

REDUX

With almost 500 submissions from 42 countries around the world, White House Redux, a competition launched by Storefront for Art and Architecture and Control Group last January, became one of the most talked-about architecture competitions in 2008. The brief was simple: what would the residence of the most powerful individual in the world, the White House in Washington, D.C., look like if it were designed today? Question is are OB1 0708 students in it? Check back to see.

RIGHT CLICK THE LINK HERE - STOREFRONT

OPEN HOUSE 2008

20-21st September - London and across the country.
Open House encourages Londoners to explore and re-examine their city, to debate how architecture affects their daily lives, and to discover and appreciate how they can really influence change in the built environment.

RIGHT CLICK THE LINK HERE - OPEN HOUSE

COOP

Top: Nakagin Capsule Towers, Kisho Kurokawa
Below: Chicken Coop, Anonymous

RIGHT CLICK LINK HERE - INHABITAT BLOG
RIGHT CLICK THE LINK HERE - REFERENCE LIBRARY

TURNS 30

RIGHT CLICK THE LINK HERE - LEGO WIKI

2008 / 09

Hello to all the new OB Architecture students - see you at 10am on Thursday 18th September for Year One Introduction in the studio and the hand out of the first project brief.

All the best to the 2007/08 crew - pop in and see us sometime!

OB1 LIVE: SOUNDS OF THE PLACE.

Here is the first OB1 LIVE projects publication.
We have produced a limited edition cover and two versions for download.

RIGHT CLICK THE LINK FOR THE ONLINE VERSION
RIGHT CLICK THE LINK FOR THE PRINT VERSION VIA OB WEBSITE

AIDE MEMOIRE 07/08

Here are images taken at the end of year show (they are little grainy and atmospheric) - just a reminder of the Architecture Units:

Unit A - Liam Young + Colin Priest (Dakar Rally)
Unit B - Sarah Stevens + Patrick Bonfield (Boathouse)
Unit C - Igea Troiani + John Stevenson (Car Gallery)
Unit D - Melissa Kinnear + David Sanderson (SA Housing)
Unit E - Tonia Carless + Sally Daniels (School)
Unit F - Amanda Marshall + Anthong Wise (Thames Gateway)
Unit G - Toby Shew + David Greene (Airship Terminal)
Unit H - Barti Garibaldo+ Ronnie MacLellan (Sailing Club)

and remember things change from year to year!

LONDON FESTIVAL - INSTALLATION DAY TWO

Up and around Hungerford Bridge - thanks again to the performers on the day.

LONDON FESTIVAL - INSTALLATION DAY ONE

From the Millennium Bridge to Jubilee Gardens via Hungerford Bridge on Friday 11th July. With thanks to the performers on the day.

LONDON FESTIVAL - FINAL REVIEW

Here is a atmosphere shot from the Final Review last week at Goodenough College in London - the panel included: Anne Markey - (Chair) London Met, Gary Rollison – Cundall, Jason Bruges - Jason Bruges Studio, Jason Prior – EDAW, Je Ahn - Studio Weave, Kaye Alexander - Architects' Journal, Kieran Long - Architects' Journal, Maria Smith - Studio Weave, Robert Mull - London Met, Sarah Gaventa – CabeSpace, Sarah Ichioka – LFA, Zoe McLeod – LFA.

Well done to the team who presented and the supporters - it was an insightful day. We are now heading toward the build.

The installation will be open to the public from 12th - 20th July.

LONDON FESTIVAL - SCHOOL WORKSHOP

With thanks to the Saison Poetry Library at Royal Festival Hall - the workshop was fantastic and the children had a great time. We now have the sounds of the site and are progressing how we are going to transfer them across to the light structure.

Nearly there.

POETRY LIBRARY LINK

LONDON FESTIVAL - DESIGN WORKSHOP 3

So - we have progressed the design and the component - we have sourced a number of estate agent signs. Thanks to the local agents for their generosity.

LONDON FESTIVAL - DESIGN WORKSHOP 2

So we are progressing - scaled prototypes and 1:1's on there way. Looking good.

Check back for more updates.

OUR LAUNCH YEAR

OB1 has been visited by 3000 unique visitors in our launch year. This is great. In this time we have had tutorials, reviews, shows, field trips, workshops, forums and lectures. Well done and keep clicking in as we are currently working on a project under Hungerford Bridge for the London Festival of Architecture. We will be posting updates.

Next year OB1 will evolve.