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Building News 2009 1 Oct Black Prince Road Tower Approved Keith Williams' 24 storey residential and commercial project at Black Prince Road in London's Vauxhall has been approved by the planning inspectorate following a 4 day public enquiry. Black Prince Road Tower 14 Sep Keith Williams Architects Cultural Projects Keith Williams Architects has ended the summer with invitations to compete for a clutch of high profile cultural projects in Austria, Norway and Germany. In Austria, Keith Williams is the only UK architect to have been shortlisted to redesign the 1980's Kulturzentrum in Eisenstadt, the seat of the Esterházy dynasty who were important patrons of Joseph Haydn, in a town which has become famous for its annual Haydn festival. The €15 million project aimed at redefining the centre's urban setting and external expression, involves the extensive remodelling of the existing building, upgrading its 800 seat auditorium, whilst creating a new wing housing a 200 seat theatre, art gallery, foyers and support spaces. In Tønsberg near Olso, Williams' office is again the only UK participant among 7 international architects to design the new Støperiet Culture House which will restore a former wharf building dating from 1903, and a 3,000 sqm new cultural building containing a theatre, galleries and music teaching spaces. In Frankfurt, in the Dom-Römer Areal (above) the historic city centre which links the cathedral and the old rathaus, Keith Williams has been invited to design proposals for a new multi-functional public exhibition and event building, on a site containing a series of medieval and roman archaeological remains immediately adjacent to the city's Historisches Museum. In nearby Alzenau, the firm has been asked to propose designs for a new music school and 1,000 seat multifunctional event hall. Competing against firms such as Snøhetta, Jo Coenen, Kleihues & Kleihues and Ortner & Ortner, Keith Williams Architects has until early November to submit its designs for all 4 projects. 2009 has been a busy year for the firm with the first major monograph on the firm's work entitled Keith Williams : Architecture of the Specific (Images Publishing) due to be released in November, its 1200 seat Marlowe Theatre complex in Canterbury now under construction and its Chichester Museum due to start at the end of the year. Athlone Art Gallery, Ireland 2009- Athlone Art Gallery Recent Competition Shortlisting Munich Nazi Documentation Centre and Museum, Germany 2008- 5 architects shortlisted Munich Nazi Documentation Centre Recent Competitions Wins Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, England 2007- Marlowe Theatre Chichester Regional Museum, Sussex, England 2007-10 Chichester District Museum Wexford Festival Opera Theatre Royal, Wexford, Ireland Keith Williams Architects image : Ros Kavanagh Wexford Opera House : RIAI Awards 2009 Shortlist Recent Competition Entry Molde Jazzhouse & Theatre, Norway Key Recent Buildings Unicorn Theatre, London, UK photo : Hélène Binet Unicorn Theatre for Children The Long House, Abercorn Place, London, UK 2007 photo : Hélène Binet Keith Williams Architects : London house Irish Architecture Awards 2007 - Best House / Extension Athlone Civic Centre + Square, Ireland - photo : Keith Williams Architects Athlone Civic Centre + Square, Ireland More projects by Keith Williams Architects online soon Keith Williams Buildings Anglia Polytechnic University Business School, England, UK Argenteuil Centre Régional de la Musique et la Voix, Paris Ashford Discovery Centre, Ashford, England, UK Athlone Civic Centre + Square, Athlone, Republic of Ireland Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham, England, UK Cahors Urban Masterplan, Cahors, France Campus de la Justicia de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Central Library TU Darmstadt, Germany Clones Library and County HQ, Co Monaghan, Republic of Ireland Crawley Library and Civic Offices, England, UK Cultural Centre & City Library, Torino, Italy Irish World Music Centre, Limerick, Republic of Ireland København Philharmonic Hall, Denmark Kunstens Hus, Herning, Denmark Literaturmuseum der Moderne, Marbach, Germany Mosegärd Museum, Århus, Denmark Museum der Bildenden Künste Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany Nietzsche Research Centre & Archive, Naumburg, Germany Orange Tree Theatre, London, England, UK St Johns Wood house, west London, England, UK Sergels Torg Masterplan, Stockholm, Sweden Teignmouth Community College - Masterplan, England, UK The Earth Galleries, Natural History Museum, London, England, UK The Great Egyptian Museum, Giza, Cairo The Mercat Regional Arts Centre, Dingwall, Scotland, UK Unicorn Theatre for Children, London, England, UK Wexford Festival Opera Theatre Royal, Wexford, Republic of Ireland More Projects online soon Keith Williams : former practice Practice Information: Keith Williams Architects set up in 2001 Studio based in Holborn, central London, UK Keith Williams : Design Director Richard Brown : Director Keith Williams is design director of Keith Williams Architects (KWA), a firm with a stream of accolades supporting its fast growing international reputation for the creation of dramatic, innovative architecture. The London based firm was BD Public Building Architect of the Year 2006 and has won over 20 major design and construction awards for its built projects. Williams, fellow director Richard Brown and their teams have been active in Ireland since 2001 where major projects include the multi-award winning Athlone Civic Centre, Co. Westmeath 2001-2004. Currently at construction stage KWA are working jointly with the OPW on the new 7,500 sqm, 800 seat Wexford Opera House 2005 - 2008, and solely on Clones Library & County HQ, Co. Monaghan 2004-2008. Elsewhere, inert alia, the firm’s award winning Unicorn Theatre, London was completed 2005, The Long House, London 2007, whilst at design stage the firm is working on the new Marlowe Theatre complex in Canterbury, the new district Museum in Chichester. Keith Williams is a specialist designer of cultural buildings including theatres, opera houses, museums and galleries, libraries, civic centres, and frequently faces the challenge of building in a tight urban or historic context. He is a member of the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Williams has given numerous lectures on the firm’s work which has also been published worldwide. English Architecture World Architects World Architecture : e-architect - key buildings across the globe Comments / photos for the Keith Williams Architects page welcome: info@e-architect.co.uk Keith Williams buildings - page : adrian welch / isabelle lomholt Website : www.keithwilliamsarchitects.com			Key Links: Skyscrapers New Houses Foster + Partners Modern Architects London Architecture Architects