Abdulbari Kutbi
University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury
Architecture

Following the third-year study trip to Hamburg, Kutbi's project embraces the city's vulnerability to flooding as a means of testing the fine line between commercial interest and scientific enquiry. Of particular note was his extraordinary sectional study which illustrates, perhaps most importantly of all, that he is thoroughly enjoying his craft. Adam Hiles.

This is a comprehensive project of impressive scale and spatial complexity. The design is a collection of multistorey 'shells' and interstitial voids, with a gnarly external skin that is as appropriate to its urban environs as it would be in the middle of the North Sea. The result is as tightly planned and bizarre as a beached submarine in the city. HL

Freddie Paul
London South Bank University
Product Design

A micro microbrewery, just right for your Dalston flat, the Beer Tree is a gravity-fed home-brewing kit for making craft ales. It celebrates the whole brewing process, which is completely visible from start to finish, thanks to the glass lab vessels.

'The user is involved in the process more than with traditional kits, to create a strong sense of satisfaction and pride in the final product,' says Paul, and who would disagree? He also sees it working in small bars both in terms of yeast-based theatre and output. JT

Benjamin Turner
Royal College of Art
Architecture

Anyone who holds any affection for Rainham in London would be attracted to Turner's provocation. He appears to have understood the weirdness of Rainham, with some warmth. By collaging London's brutalist heritage and inserting it into the marshes he creates an uncanny and seductive cityscape.

His masterplan bears some resemblance to Finn Williams' (a unit tutor) thesis work on Barking Reach -- a good place to start. His illustrated plates are like the magnificent petulant rejects from Stefi Orazi's plate series as displayed in this year's British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

I like this project -- and it's interesting that it resembles an only slightly exaggerated form of what Havering Council's regeneration officers are talking about right now. Eddie Blake.