Gino Spocchia

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The Ingenium Classroom Pod, built for Grey Court Secondary School in Richmond-upon-Thames, has been shipped to the Villa Čerych, in the Náchod region of the Czech Republic, making it the first time a  Kaplicky building has been located in his home country. The quirky, 10m x 16m classroom was set to be demolished last year after the school announced plans to replace the space age pod with a bigger classroom block following a growth in student numbers.

1 week ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Gino Spocchia

Sejima and Nishizawa received the 2025 RIBA Royal Gold Medal for architecture at 66 Portland Place last week, with RIBA president Muyiwa Oki presenting the ceremonial medal. SANAA won for ‘both functional and profoundly elegant [buildings], offering a sense of calm amidst an increasingly complex and chaotic world', as well as ‘sustainable, user-centred design’, the RIBA said.

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Material Cultures, OEB Architects, and WonKy were named as joint winners of the AJ’s ‘best in low-cost design’ project prize out of 30 shortlisted schemes on the award's 30th anniversary. The trio of schemes were considered the best in class among the 30 projects costing up to £399,000, with judges recognising the seperate strengths of all three winning schemes in terms of environmental sustainability, social purpose and and materiality.

2 weeks ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Gino Spocchia

The Peckham-based practice's proposals for client V Fund and operator Padium would transform abandoned tennis facilities in Blackheath, south-east London, into a padel court club with courts and a clubhouse. According to the Lawn Tennis Association, padel – a racket sport – is the ‘fastest-growing sport in the world’ with the number of padel courts in Great Britain ballooning from 50 in 2019 to 350 at the end of 2023.

2 weeks ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Gino Spocchia

Ely was named as chair of the museum in Hoxton, east London, by culture secretary Lisa Nandy last week. He will serve a four year termAnnouncing the appointment, the culture secretary said that, as founder and director of the 2023 Stirling Prize-winning Mæ Architects, Ely’s practice had ‘gained [an] international recognition for its innovative and socially responsive design approach’. She added that Ely had become ‘a leading voice in the built environment, and has shaped national housing policy’.