A striking new building for Southwark Street designed by Zaha Hadid has been granted planning permission by Southwark Council.

                                                                                          

The Architecture Foundation's new architecture centre will be located on the corner of Southwark Street and Great Guildford Street as part of Land Securities' Bankside 123 development.
"I am absolutely delighted that the designs for the new Architecture Foundation headquarters have secured planning permission," says Zaha Hadid.
"The centre will be my first public building in London and is therefore an especially important project for my practice."
Scheduled to open in autumn 2008, the design of the landmark building has evolved since Hadid won the international design competition run by Land Securities in January 2005.
The Architecture Foundation will be organised over four levels united by a vertical glass-walled space. It will provide exhibition space on the ground, mezzanine and first floors, an events space on the first floor, and offices and a boardroom on the top floor. There is also provision for a café/bar on the ground floor.
The new home for British architecture will double as the charity's headquarters and a purpose built public venue for exhibitions and events on architecture.



Source: london se community website