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Nevele care home extension by 51N4E
A quietly radical intervention at a Belgian care home addresses the challenges of designing for an ageing population by changing relationships within and beyond the building
Me London hotel, Aldwych by Foster & Partners
Behind a sober street exterior, Foster & Partners’ first hotel offers a lavish vision of cinematic glamour that hides a giant stone pyramid at its heart
Great Northern Hotel refurbishment by Dexter Moren and Archer Humphryes
Lewis Cubitt’s Great Northern Hotel has been rescued from the shadow of St Pancras thanks to a flamboyant refurbishment
Ripon College Cuddesdon chapel by Niall McLaughlin Architects
Niall McLaughlin’s new chapel for a theological college represents a triumphant combination of poetic form and Christian symbolism
Rijksmuseum by Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos
After a decade of construction the two halves of Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum are finally reunited
Notre Dame Roman Catholic Girls' Secondary School extension by Cottrell & Vermeulen
With a striking bespoke design and a passionate client, this extension to a Roman Catholic girls’ school shows educational buildings can’t always fit the mould
David Kohn Architects’ Carrer Avinyo apartment, Barcelona
David Kohn’s reworking of an unusual domestic interior in Barcelona draws on the city’s architecture to create an urban space of drama and intricacy
Houses on Slievebawnogue by Clancy Moore Architects
Clancy Moore Architects’ pair of houses for a family in rural Ireland displays an ingenious response to the challenge of a difficult forested hillside site
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Westlegate Tower, Norwich by 5th Studio
5th Studio’s transformation of a city centre eyesore will also regenerate the surrounding urban realm
40 Chancery Lane by Bennetts Associates
Some 14 years after the initial feasibility study, Derwent London is going ahead with a £30 million office and retail development on 40 Chancery Lane, designed by Bennetts Associates.
Salters’ Hall, Fore Street, London by de Metz Forbes Knight
Basil Spence’s livery building is being sensitively remodelled by de Metz Forbes Knight
Sans Souci boutique hotel by David Archer Architects
London-based David Archer Architects and Yoo Ltd are designing an opulent interior for the Sans Souci hotel in Vienna
City Making
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
City Making: Antwerp
In the first of a new series looking at exemplary city planning projects, Ellis Woodman investigates the ‘slow urbanism’ being engineered at Antwerp’s former docks
River Frome House by James Grayley Architects
The firm has designed a family home in Dorset that will generate its own heat and electricity
David Marks and Julia Barfield's inspiration: Palm House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
David Marks and Julia Barfield hail the flowering of Victorian innovation at the Palm House, Kew Gardens
Terry Farrell's inspiration: Nash Mile, London
Terry Farrell admires the way in which John Nash’s transformation of a mile-long slice of London created the city we know today
Graham Haworth's inspiration: Erco Technical Centre, Lüdenscheid, Germany
Graham Haworth admires Uwe Kiessler’s uncompromising technical approach to creating a human-scale workplace for Erco
Paul Williams' inspiration: Castelvecchio museum, Verona by Carlo Scarpa
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
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Carbuncle Cup
MediaCityUK wins 2011 Carbuncle Cup
Amid strong competition, the Salford media hub is voted this year’s worst UK building in BD’s annual Carbuncle Cup competition.
Media City Salford by Fairhursts, Chapman Taylor and Wilkinson Eyre
“There’s an emptiness here that the architects have desperately tried to compensate for”
