Amanda Levete Architects : Information

Key Buildings 10 Hills Place, London, UK 2009 10 Hills Place News International project, London, UK 2009- News London Monte S Angelo Metro entrances + tunnel link, Naples, Italy 2003-10 Amanda Levete Architects + Anish Kapoor Naples Subway Building Spencer Dock Bridge, Dublin, Ireland 2009 photograph : Gidon Fuehrer Spencer Dock Bridge Central Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand 2009- Central Embassy Bangkok Key Design by Amanda Levete Architects: Corian Lounge photo : LeoTorri_DuPont_Corian Corian Lounge More projects by Amanda Levete Architects online soon Practice Information Amanda Levete - Office News 12 Mar 2009 AMANDA LEVETE ANNOUNCES FORMATION OF NEW OFFICE We are pleased to announce the formation of Amanda Levete Architects following the late Jan Kaplicky and Levete's decision in 2007 to pursue independent interests. Courtesy Amanda Levete Architects Amanda Levete has formed the new office together with directors Alvin Huang, Kwamina Monney and Ho-Yin Ng on a strong foundation of established and new projects and a reputation for work of originality and integrity. The ethos of the office is rooted in design research. As an extension of this agenda, we use the design of furniture to explore architectural ideas and test material possibilities at a smaller, more intimate scale. The team is a talented multi-national group of architects, designers, graphics specialists and engineers working at the intersection of design, technology and materiality, whose work is groundbreaking and thought provoking. The new office begins with the prestigious international projects won by Levete in recent years. Among them is the redevelopment of media giant News International's headquarters in east London to create a campus for its UK operations including the Times, Sunday Times, News of the World and the Sun newspapers and other News Corporation businesses including Dow Jones, Harper Collins, MySpace and 20th Century Fox. In Thailand Amanda Levete Architects has been commissioned to design a resort and private collection of villas for private investors and a 1.5 million sq ft retail and hotel development in Bangkok for Central Retail Corporation. The office has recently won a competition to design a mixed-use complex in East London for developer Londonewcastle. Projects currently under construction include Spencer Dock Bridge in Dublin, a subway station in Naples in collaboration with artist Anish Kapoor, as well as offices in Oxford Street and a City Academy in Southwark. The formation of the new office follows the end of Levete's 20 year partnership with Jan Kaplicky at the influential Future Systems. One of the most innovative practices of its time, Future Systems completed award winning and internationally recognised buildings including Selfridges department store in Birmingham and the media centre at Lord's cricket ground which won the prestigious Stirling Prize. More information re Amanda Levete Architects online soon