ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN - HIGH
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PECKHAM LIBRARY Architect: Alsop & Störmer Architects Copper Contractor: Cleveco Main Contractor: Sunley Turriff Construction Owner: London Borough of Southwark |
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| Meeting the client's brief for 'a thoroughly modern building' the Peckham Library and Media Centre is an uncompromising design which makes extensive and unusual use of copper. Three elevations are clad in pre-patinated copper sheet on a composite panel substrate with concealed joints and fixings, broken up with coloured glass windows set in copper reveals. The overriding visual impression is of completely flat planes structured with a consistent grid of horizontal joints. The judges were particularly impressed with the handling of angled vertical joint lines running effortlessly through both copper cladding and windows. This single-minded design approach successfully translated with modern applications of copper justifies a Highly Commended Architectural Design Award. | ||
