Urban Radicals (Era Savvides and Nasios Varnavas), Millimetre and AKTII selected for “Navigating Change: Reimagining the Square Mile”

Congratulations to Urban Radicals with Millimetre and AKTII who have been selected by LFA and City of London BIDs as winners of the “Navigating Change: Reimagining the Square Mile” competition to design a trail of architectural interventions across the City of London.

Urban Radicals is a collaborative studio run by Era Savvides (Level 5 Year Lead for BA Interior Architecture at School of Architecture + Cities) and Nasios Varnavas (Tutor BA Architecture at School of Architecture + Cities) with an interesting take on regenerative use of materials – their proposal requires them to deliver four public pavilions across the City this summer which will be activated by public events run by various institutions, schools and stakeholders.

More details can be found here.

Featured image: Era Savvides (left) and Nasios Varnavas (right), LFA website

London Festival of Architecture: “Here Lies Geoffrey Barkington” by Patrick McEvoy is one of the winners of City Benches competition

Here Lies Geoffrey Barkington by Patrick McEvoy, Jubilee Gardens

Geoffrey Barkington was a Square Mile dog whose final resting place is within Jubilee Gardens, Houndsditch. Houndsditch marks the route of a ditch outside part of the London Wall, first dug in Roman times, and known for the disposal of deceased dogs. Several dog skeletons were discovered here in 1989 during construction works. Geoffrey’s gravestone was made with the help of Solid Geometry, Tarmac, Kilnbridge, University of Westminster and Prewett Bizley Architects.