2024-11-23T04:09:11-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150017428/uk-s-royal-mail-issues-10-stamps-featuring-iconic-modern-architecture Anastasia Tokmakova 2017-07-13T13:45:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/lk/lkahxzt1fyiruqwf.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>In announcing the stamps, Royal Mail said that they celebrate excellence in contemporary architecture and engineering in the United Kingdom and &ldquo;the renaissance in architecture of the past two decades in Britain.&rdquo;</p></em><br /><br /><p>One strip of five pictures includes <a href="http://archinect.com/zaha-hadid" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zaha Hadid</a>'s&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/94355496/it-s-like-swimming-in-a-spaceship-zaha-hadid-s-aquatics-centre-opens-to-public" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">London Aquatics Center</a>, the <a href="http://archinect.com/mecanoo/project/library-of-birmingham" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Library of Birmingham</a> by <a href="http://archinect.com/mecanoo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mecanoo</a>, Glasgow's SEEC Amadillio by <a href="http://archinect.com/fosterandpartners" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Foster + Partners</a>, <a href="http://archinect.com/embt/project/scottish-parliament" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scottish Parliament</a> in Edinburgh designed by <a href="http://archinect.com/embt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EMBT</a> and <a href="http://archinect.com/rmjm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RMJM</a>, and the Giant&rsquo;s Causeway Visitor Center in Northern Ireland by <a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/26550/heneghan-peng-architects" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Heneghang Peng</a>.</p> <p>Shown on the other strip are the National Assembly for Wales in Cardiff by <a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/55220775/rogers-stirk-harbour-partners" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners</a>, the Eden Project in St. Austell by <a href="http://archinect.com/grimshaw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Grimshaw</a>, Liverpool&rsquo;s <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/111493176/haworth-tompkins-everyman-theatre-wins-the-riba-stirling-prize-2014" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Everyman Theater</a> by <a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/4735/haworth-tompkins" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Haworth Thompkins</a>, <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/135577259/is-individual-expression-in-architecture-at-risk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Imperial War Museum</a>&nbsp;by <a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/1493/studio-daniel-libeskind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Studio Libeskind</a>, and the Tate Modern&rsquo;s <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/750268/switch-house" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Switch House</a> in London by <a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/577/herzog-de-meuron" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Herzog and De Meuron</a>.</p> <p>Ordering information is available from&nbsp;<a href="http://shop.royalmail.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Royal Mail</a>.</p>