AHMM’s new exhibition and accompanying talk by Simon Allford at the British School at Rome explores the idea of the essential architecture of the Universal Building. The exhibition focuses principally on how this approach is manifested in six projects in the very diverse physical, political, cultural and incidental contexts of London, Amsterdam, the United States and India: New Scotland Yard, AEP Fitness Center, Burntwood School, Chobham Academy, the University of Amsterdam, and proposals for a headquarters campus in India. An accompanying set of images sets the six projects in the context of AHMM’s built work over the last 28 years, from the early Poolhouse project in rural England to the groundbreaking White Collar Factory. The importance of the art of an Extra Ordinary Architecture to AHMM’s four founding partners was established in The Fifth Man, their joint diploma thesis at The Bartlett School of Architecture in 1986, in which they stated that ‘function alone is not sufficient means to generate architecture; and that it is in the field of everyday buildings that architecture has failed the city’. AHMM’s work since then has explored how Extra Ordinary architecture is made from the ordinary, making the generic specific to current use without in any way precluding further uses in an unknowable future.
Simon Allford will be giving a lecture this evening (3 July) and the exhibition continues until 21 July at the British School at Rome, via Antonio Gramsci 61, 00197 Rome. Find out more here.
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19.12.17 | AHMM appointed for Elizabeth House redevelopment One Waterloo | |
13.12.17 | University of Amsterdam makes RIBA International List 2018 University of Amsterdam | |
08.12.17 | 1 King William Street wins AJ Refurb of the Year One King William Street | |
06.12.17 | On site in Cornwall The Fitzroy | |
05.12.17 | Hawley School wins Camden Outstanding Design Award Hawley Primary School | |
21.11.17 | World Architecture Festival award for Westminster Bridge Road Westminster Bridge Road | |
08.11.17 | Awards wins in London and Oxford Barns Road New Scotland Yard | |
03.11.17 | Civic Trust Awards regional finalists announced Barns Road New Scotland Yard One King William Street | |
02.11.17 | Next steps for Oklahoma City Ballet AEP Fitness Center/OKC Ballet | |
24.10.17 | AIA Oklahoma awards | |
19.10.17 | The Vincent tops out The Vincent | |
12.10.17 | New Scotland Yard wins Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award 2017 New Scotland Yard | |
28.09.17 | Dig Deeper | |
27.09.17 | Planning success for Carrington Street Carrington Street | |
27.09.17 | Official opening for Ermine Street Church Academy Ermine Street Church Academy | |
25.09.17 | Planning win for St John’s Road Tunbridge Wells | |
22.09.17 | Triathlon medal for AHMM architect Jazmin Rogers | |
19.09.17 | AJ Retrofit Award University of Amsterdam New Scotland Yard Liverpool's Royal Court Theatre | |
07.09.17 | Hawley Wharf tops out Hawley Wharf | |
05.09.17 | White Collar Factory launched White Collar Factory | |
01.09.17 | Open House London 2017 | |
08.08.17 | New homes for Bristol Elderberry Walk | |
04.08.17 | AHMM to design new Alder Centre for Bereavement Counselling The Alder Centre | |
31.07.17 | A new home in the Surrey Hills | |
31.07.17 | Building Awards shortlist Barns Road New Scotland Yard | |
28.07.17 | Shoreditch Village Phase II granted planning Montacute Yards | |
21.07.17 | Planning win for Project Nash | |
17.07.17 | New Scotland Yard officially opened by Her Majesty the Queen New Scotland Yard | |
11.07.17 | Buildings and Art Angel Building Tea Building White Collar Factory | |
11.07.17 | Housing Design Award for The Vincent The Vincent | |
05.07.17 | New London Awards 2017 Google Pancras Square New Scotland Yard | |
05.07.17 | Simon Allford talks about Extra Ordinary architecture for FX | |
04.07.17 | AHMM wins Outstanding Achievement award at Norwood Property Awards White Collar Factory | |
03.07.17 | Architecture and the Art of the Extra Ordinary at the British School at Rome Burntwood School University of Amsterdam Chobham Academy New Scotland Yard White Collar Factory AEP Fitness Center/OKC Ballet | |
22.06.17 | New Scotland Yard wins RIBA National Award New Scotland Yard | |
15.06.17 | AJ100 2017 | |
13.06.17 | Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2017 | |
31.05.17 | Miniplex installation takes over the City for London Festival of Architecture | |
26.05.17 | RIBA South award for Barns Road Barns Road | |
26.05.17 | RIBA London Awards 2017 Grand Union Studios New Scotland Yard One King William Street The Library at Willesden Green | |
16.05.17 | AJ100 Practice of the Year shortlist | |
28.04.17 | Extra Ordinary at the German Architecture Museum | |
28.04.17 | Alconbury Club wins BCO regional award Ermine Street Church Academy Alconbury Weald Club Alconbury Incubator | |
26.04.17 | MIPIM fundraising update | |
25.04.17 | New Scotland Yard shortlisted for AJ100 Building of the Year New Scotland Yard | |
13.04.17 | Paul Monaghan on BBC Radio London | |
12.04.17 | Planning granted for Chobham Manor phase 4 | |
11.04.17 | Nine AHMM projects shortlisted for RIBA regional awards 121 Upper Richmond Road Grand Union Studios Google Pancras Square New Scotland Yard One King William Street Alconbury Weald Club Liverpool's Royal Court Theatre The Library at Willesden Green | |
23.03.17 | Planning approval for 225 City Road The Bower White Collar Factory | |
21.03.17 | On site at the Bower The Bower | |
16.03.17 | Planning approval for Assembly Bristol Assembly Bristol | |
13.03.17 | MIPIM LandAid Tennis Classic | |
24.02.17 | Planning approval granted for Panther House proposals | |
24.02.17 | IN Practice exhibition in Naples | |
24.02.17 | Cycle to MIPIM 2017 | |
17.02.17 | On site at Hawley Wharf Hawley Wharf | |
14.02.17 | On site at Queen Victoria House The Vincent | |
06.02.17 | Bob Moore Campus open for business Bob Moore Campus | |
27.01.17 | Funding secured for Liverpool’s Royal Court Theatre Act III Liverpool's Royal Court Theatre | |
18.01.17 | Planning granted for Royal Arsenal The Officers’ House |