Níall McLaughlin Architects, Houseboat, Kensal Rise, 1999-ongoing photomural. Digital image: courtesy of Níall McLaughlin Architects.

SANTA BARBARA, CA.-An exploration of emerging architectural thinking and practice in London will be on view at the Univeristy Art Musuem at UC Santa Barbara form November 1, 2007 through January 20, 2008. Gritty Brits: New London Architecture examines the works of six young, London-based architectural firms: Adjaye/Associates, Caruso St John Architects, FAT (Fashion Architecture Taste), Níall McLaughlin Architects, muf, and Sergison Bates architects. These practices operate in and about the city’s post-industrial East End and their work responds to the vibrant diversity of contemporary culture and urban life...

Many of the projects in the exhibition are found in Bethnal Green and Hoxton Square, neighborhoods closely associated with the Young British Artists (YBAs). Caruso St John Architects worked with the artist Thomas Demand and are now preparing designs with Damien Hirst for a private museum in Lambeth. Lire la suite http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=21813

Caruso St John Architects, The Museum of Childhood, Bethnal Green, London, 2002-2006. Digital image: courtesy of Hélène Binet