Masterplanning
City Making: Doha
The discovery of oil propelled Qatar’s capital from pearl-fishing village to world city. Now architects have created a new scheme that attempts to reconnect Doha with its past
Stratford High Street
Stratford’s Olympic legacy is already taking shape, but it is a bleak vision that is unlikely to benefit locals.
East London's Greenway by Adams & Sutherland Architects
Adams & Sutherland’s sensitive approach has seen east London’s Greenway updated for its new Olympic role, without losing its sense of place.
Rainham: Design for London’s projects near fruition
This east London outpost is home to a projects by architects including Alison Brooks, East and Maccreanor Lavington
If paradise is half as nice
The long awaited retail project at Paradise Street is a last-ditch attempt to recharge Liverpool’s city centre through a masterplan that pulls together 22 different architects. And it works, says Ellis Woodman
Revisiting Dorset new town Poundbury
The Prince Charles-led ’new town’ of Poundbury which was masterplanned by Leon Krier, has taken a hammering from critics but has succeeded at something more important than architectural brilliance – its role as a community
Growing Pains: BD's 2004 review of the masterplan for Almere
In 1967 two new cities were born: Almere in the Netherlands and Milton Keynes. Thirty-seven years later, both are being transformed. Ellis Woodman visits the Almere scheme by OMA, talks to Rem Koolhaas, and discovers some awkward lessons for the UK. Photos by Morley von Sternberg
