E-ARCHITECT NEWS ARTICLE: CARDIFF BAY HIGH-RISE
Socrates Associates’ Cardiff Bay tower proposal situated on a small parcel of undeveloped land next to the Richard Rogers’ Welsh Assembly ‘Senedd’ building in Cardiff Bay.
The tower is mixed-use – retail on the ground floor, commercial for the lower half – where the floorplates are the largest, and residential for the top half offering unique dwellings with incredible views over Cardiff Bay, Roath Basin and Cardiff at large.
Socrates Associates
Nicholas Socrates was born and raised in Jersey, Channel Islands, UK.
Nick is an accomplished urban designer with distinguished qualifications in architecture and urban design. He has worked on a wide range of ground breaking international and UK projects of high-profile masterplaning and regeneration schemes – including; St Helier Waterfront Masterplan, Bristol Temple Meads regeneration, Oxford Central masterplan, Jersey’s East Quay regeneration, Snow Hill, St Helier, Gordono School masterplan in Bristol, Bicester RAF regeneration and various masterplans for the MoD.
Nicholas Socrates holds an MA Distinction in Urban Design from the University of Barcelona. An MArch (Part 2) Distinction in Architecture from Technical University (TU) Delft and Bristol UWE. A BA (Hons) (Part 1) in Architecture from London Metropolitan University. He also hold a first class BA (Hons) in Fine Art Painting from the University of Brighton.
His slum regeneration masterplan in Agra, India was shortlisted and highly commended for AECOM’s international SOS Urban Frontiers competition in 2012. And his designs for Rotterdam’s Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen’s New Art Gallery and Depository were shortlisted for Architizer’s A+Awards in 2013.
Cardiff Bay Tower Proposal images / information from Socrates Associates
The origanal article was written by www.e – architect.co.uk
http://www.e-architect.co.uk/architects/cardiff-bay-tower-proposal
Contemporary Architectural Development in Cardiff, South Wales – design by Socrates Associates
Design: Socrates Associates
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