CASABELLA The 'Jim Stirling 100' (Dec 2024 edition)

The ‘Jim Stirling 100’ (Dec 2024 edition) of ‘Casabella’ is full of inspiring articles, drawings and photos which recall architecture of dramatic form, rationality and beauty in an era of aspiration and hope.

Among those is ‘In Memoriam’ a drawing by Richard Portchmouth, of the shelved Columbia University Chemistry Faculty, captured as a ruin – evoking the lost opportunity.

This drawing forms part of a series of ruin drawings originating from Richard’s college thesis, RNLI HQ in Greenwich; National Gallery Sainsbury Wing for Jim Stirling and subsequent BPR projects including Stonehenge Visitors Centre.

UNION WHARF, CONCIERGE & ENTRANCE LOBBY UPDATE

Union Wharf, 23 Wenlock Road.

We are delighted to see our Proposed Concierge Office & Entrance Hall remodeling drawings up at Union Wharf. We’ve greatly enjoyed developing design ideas with the RTM concierge committee. Thank you to everybody involved so far!

Season’s Greetings

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all of us at Birds Portchmouth Russum Architects.

DASH-HOUND THE HIGHEST SELLING KENNEL EVER!

DASH-HOUND SOLD IN THE CHARITY AUCTION AT THIS YEARS BARKITECTURE EVENT FOR A RECORD BREAKING £7000!

Birdsportchmouthrussum architects create 'Dash-hound' the kinetic kennel for the discerning modern family.

Dogs have a wonderful fascination with propulsion and speed; often as an enthusiastic car passenger with their head projecting from the window, or on a motorcycle or bicycle, perched on a paddleboard or even under their own steam upon a skateboard.

Their love of travel and speed inspired our Dash-hound design.

Special thanks to master craftsmen @karllewinmaker for his help with the fabrication of the fibre glass chassis, and cross stitch maestro’s Billy & Jenny for their gloriously Italian leather over coat.

LA Chaise GIGOGNE presents MATRJOSKA.

The world's only 3-in-1 chair.

EXHIBITED AT BIRDSPORTCHMOUTHRUSSUM STUDIO / GALLERY ON THURSDAY 18th JULY 2024!

BirdsPortchmouthRussum Architects hosts Christopher Stead’s London Exhibition for MATRJOSKA, the world’s only 3-in-1 chair. Design as “the riddle of a solution” remains Christopher’s criterion of predilection, and underpins the conception of MATRJOSKA, his first model of nesting chairs to undergo prototype improvements - currently in the third variant.

Christopher Stead explains-

All elements for the three chairs nesting within the single armchair are derived from half panels of differing formats. This is the riddle that needed solving - to exploit efficiently both square format ply panels and rectangular format VALCHROMAT panels.

Through judicious templating, the components for all three chairs are cut from a single sheet.

The name derives from the Russian doll that conceals ever smaller lookalikes within itself - a concept quite distinct from strictly identical stacking chairs. Prevalent in industrial production, the latter can typically be only used individually, hence condemning the stored pile to useless encumbrance of space, an eyesore indeed in that very configuration.

Inversely MATRJOSKA is designed to liberate, enhance and embellish whatever space gives it pride of place in its nested or un-nested states.

La Chaise GIGOGNE is promoted as a signature brand grouping together similar projects, using different materials, for ulterior commercial production by third party dealers.

https://opus-incertum.net/