http://www.bdonline.co.uk http://www.bdonline.co.uk http://www.bdonline.co.uk/magazine/graphics/logo.png http://www.bdonline.co.uk http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/david-marks-and-julia-barfields-inspiration-palm-house-royal-botanic-gardens-kew/5054120.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/david-marks-and-julia-barfields-inspiration-palm-house-royal-botanic-gardens-kew/5054120.article David Marks and Julia Barfield hail the flowering of Victorian innovation at the Palm House, Kew Gardens Thu, 2 May 2013 06:30 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/terry-farrells-inspiration-nash-mile-london/5052509.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/terry-farrells-inspiration-nash-mile-london/5052509.article Terry Farrell admires the way in which John Nash’s transformation of a mile-long slice of London created the city we know today Thu, 28 Mar 2013 06:30 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/graham-haworths-inspiration-erco-technical-centre-lüdenscheid-germany/5051002.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/graham-haworths-inspiration-erco-technical-centre-lüdenscheid-germany/5051002.article Graham Haworth admires Uwe Kiessler’s uncompromising technical approach to creating a human-scale workplace for Erco Thu, 28 Feb 2013 06:40 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/paul-williams-inspiration-castelvecchio-museum-verona-by-carlo-scarpa/5049482.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/paul-williams-inspiration-castelvecchio-museum-verona-by-carlo-scarpa/5049482.article Paul Williams revisits the Castelvecchio museum in Verona, where Carlo Scarpa’s integrated vision and clarity of detail first set him on the path towards exhibition design Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:40 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/ted-cullinans-inspiration-chapel-of-notre-dame-du-haut-by-le-corbusier/5047076.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/ted-cullinans-inspiration-chapel-of-notre-dame-du-haut-by-le-corbusier/5047076.article Ted Cullinan revisits Le Corbusier’s Ronchamp chapel and finds that, while its surroundings may have changed, the building’s power remains undiminished Thu, 6 Dec 2012 06:45 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/michael-squire’s-inspiration-grundtvig’s-church-copenhagen/5045196.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/michael-squire’s-inspiration-grundtvig’s-church-copenhagen/5045196.article Michael Squire admires Grundtvig’s Church in Copenhagen for its poetic use of brick and the way the architect interpreted local traditions in a contemporary way Thu, 1 Nov 2012 06:45 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/david-west-and-christophe-egrets-inspiration-zollverein-coal-mine-essen/5043658.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/david-west-and-christophe-egrets-inspiration-zollverein-coal-mine-essen/5043658.article David West and Christophe Egret of Studio Egret West look to OMA’s regeneration of the Zollverein coal mine in Essen as an example of reinvention that maintains a connection with place Thu, 4 Oct 2012 06:45 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/nicholas-grimshaws-inspiration-clifton-suspension-bridge/5042169.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/nicholas-grimshaws-inspiration-clifton-suspension-bridge/5042169.article Nicholas Grimshaw is fascinated by the engineering genius and iconic simplicity of Brunel’s masterpiece Thu, 6 Sep 2012 06:45 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/tom-grieve-and-hana-loftus-inspiration-the-smithsons’-economist-plaza/5040904.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/tom-grieve-and-hana-loftus-inspiration-the-smithsons’-economist-plaza/5040904.article Hat Projects’ Tom Grieve and Hana Loftus admire the Smithsons’ Economist Plaza as an example of what a fearless architect can do Thu, 9 Aug 2012 06:35 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/adam-khans-inspiration-la-tourette-and-vieux-port-marseille-by-fernand-pouillon/5039231.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/adam-khans-inspiration-la-tourette-and-vieux-port-marseille-by-fernand-pouillon/5039231.article Adam Khan admires the timelessness and craft of Fernand Pouillon’s La Tourette housing in Marseille- a model of relaxed urbanity in the post-war city Thu, 5 Jul 2012 07:05 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/simon-hudspiths-inspiration-castle-drogo-by-edwin-lutyens/5037501.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/simon-hudspiths-inspiration-castle-drogo-by-edwin-lutyens/5037501.article Lutyens’ castle in Devon is grand on the outside, but domestic inside Thu, 31 May 2012 08:35 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/greg-penoyres-inspiration-the-golden-lane-estate-london/5035997.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/greg-penoyres-inspiration-the-golden-lane-estate-london/5035997.article As the Golden Lane Estate marks 50 years since its completion, Greg Penoyre reveals its humane charms Thu, 3 May 2012 08:35 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/peter-st-johns-inspiration-housing-at-the-gallaratese-quarter-by-aldo-rossi/5034513.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/peter-st-johns-inspiration-housing-at-the-gallaratese-quarter-by-aldo-rossi/5034513.article Aldo Rossi’s Gallaratese housing in Milan showed Peter St John that modern architecture could incorporate classical themes Tue, 3 Apr 2012 08:27 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/quinlan-and-francis-terrys-inspiration-somerset-house-london/5032713.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/quinlan-and-francis-terrys-inspiration-somerset-house-london/5032713.article The father and son team revel in the glory of William Chambers’ classical building on the Strand Thu, 1 Mar 2012 08:38 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/julian-lewis’s-inspiration-the-1960-olympic-village-rome/5031371.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/julian-lewis’s-inspiration-the-1960-olympic-village-rome/5031371.article Julian Lewis of East looks to the outskirts of Rome for an example of rich urban placemaking Thu, 2 Feb 2012 08:41 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/stephen-hodder’s-inspiration-sainsbury-centre-norwich/5029920.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/stephen-hodder’s-inspiration-sainsbury-centre-norwich/5029920.article Stephen Hodder recalls how he was set to be a champion of vernacular architecture until he visited Foster Associates’ Sainsbury Centre Thu, 5 Jan 2012 08:49 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/cany-ash’s-inspiration-unité-d’habitation-france/5028652.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/cany-ash’s-inspiration-unité-d’habitation-france/5028652.article The co-founder of Ash Sakula Architects reveals the enduring impact of Le Corbusier’s town in the sky on her work Thu, 1 Dec 2011 10:13 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/jonathan-woolf’s-inspiration-mies-van-der-rohes-krefeld-villas-germany/5027116.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/jonathan-woolf’s-inspiration-mies-van-der-rohes-krefeld-villas-germany/5027116.article For architect Jonathan Woolf, Mies van der Rohe’s Krefeld villas offered a masterclass in how to approach the design of his own Brick Leaf House Thu, 3 Nov 2011 08:13 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/hans-van-der-heijdens-inspiration-museum-boijmans-van-beuningen/5025647.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/hans-van-der-heijdens-inspiration-museum-boijmans-van-beuningen/5025647.article The co-founder of BIQ on how his relationship with Rotterdam’s Boijmans museum has shadowed his own evolution as an architect Thu, 6 Oct 2011 08:35 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/jon-buck-and-dominic-cullinan’s-inspiration-leicester-engineering-building/5023761.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/jon-buck-and-dominic-cullinan’s-inspiration-leicester-engineering-building/5023761.article Jon Buck and Dominic Cullinan of Scabal Architects explain how Stirling & Gowan’s Engineering Building at Leicester University has been a point of influence for them and their work Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:36 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/eric-parrys-inspiration-chilehaus-hamburg/5022931.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/eric-parrys-inspiration-chilehaus-hamburg/5022931.article Eric Parry revisits Fritz Höger’s Chilehaus 1920s office building in Hamburg and applauds its urban rationalism and expressionist use of brick and ceramic Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:00 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/takero-shimazakis-inspiration-hexenhaus-germany/5020704.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/takero-shimazakis-inspiration-hexenhaus-germany/5020704.article Takero Shimazaki explains how the Smithsons’ collaboration with a German furniture manufacturer gave him a new approach to design. Fri, 1 Jul 2011 08:56 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/paul-monaghan’s-inspiration-metropolitan-cathedral-of-christ-the-king-liverpool/5019227.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/paul-monaghan’s-inspiration-metropolitan-cathedral-of-christ-the-king-liverpool/5019227.article Paul Monaghan of AHMM tells how the boldness of Frederick Gibberd’s Catholic cathedral made a far-reaching impression Fri, 3 Jun 2011 00:00 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/tony-frettons-inspiration-woodland-cemetery/5017484.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/tony-frettons-inspiration-woodland-cemetery/5017484.article Tony Fretton explains why the calm beauty and powerful symbolism of Stockholm Woodland Cemetery, designed by Asplund and Lewerentz, makes it a place to which he repeatedly returns. Tue, 3 May 2011 00:00 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/rab-and-denise-bennetts-inspiration-st-catherine’s-college/5015881.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/rab-and-denise-bennetts-inspiration-st-catherine’s-college/5015881.article Rab and Denise Bennetts explain how a visit to Oxford’s St Catherine’s College as students led them to set up their own achitecture course Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:54 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/roger-hawkins-and-russell-brown’s-inspiration-koolhaas’s-kunsthal-in-rotterdam/5014190.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/roger-hawkins-and-russell-brown’s-inspiration-koolhaas’s-kunsthal-in-rotterdam/5014190.article Russell Brown and Roger Hawkins explain how Koolhaas’s Kunsthal cultural building has been a starting point to much of their work Fri, 4 Mar 2011 00:00 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/sergison-bates’-inspiration-hardwick-hall-in-derbyshire/5012647.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/sergison-bates’-inspiration-hardwick-hall-in-derbyshire/5012647.article Stephen Bates and Jonathan Sergison explain how studying Hardwick Hall has helped them broaden their architectural education. Fri, 4 Feb 2011 08:09 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/tom-de-paor’s-inspiration-st-fin-barre’s-cathedral-cork-ireland/5011160.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/tom-de-paor’s-inspiration-st-fin-barre’s-cathedral-cork-ireland/5011160.article Tom de Paor admires William Burges’s all-encompassing approach to the design of St Fin Barre’s Cathedral Fri, 7 Jan 2011 00:00 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/stephen-witherford-and-william-mann’s-inspiration-utrecht-city-hall/5009773.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/stephen-witherford-and-william-mann’s-inspiration-utrecht-city-hall/5009773.article The eclectic collision of old and new in Miralles Tagliabue Architects’ Utrecht City Hall creates a unique spirit that has made a strong impression on Witherford Watson Mann Fri, 3 Dec 2010 00:00 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/tom-holbrook’s-inspiration-the-adelphi-london/5008137.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/tom-holbrook’s-inspiration-the-adelphi-london/5008137.article The Adam brothers’ Georgian Adelphi development appeals as much for its entrepreneurialism as its architecture Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:00 GMT