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Kensington Palace refurbishment by John Simpson and Todd Longstaffe-Gowan
A project to liberate long-concealed areas of Kensington Palace has successfully transformed its outside spaces. However, the interior renovations are underwhelming
Bridport House, east London, by Karakusevic Carson Architects
The first social housing block in Hackney for 45 years, Karakusevic Carson’s Bridport House is a rallying cry to get boroughs building
Gamlingay Eco Hub by Civic Architects
After a 10-year battle to build it, Civic Architects’ Gamlingay Eco Hub finally emerges as the greenest community centre in the country
Community in a Cube, Middlehaven, by Fat Architects
Will Alsop’s psychedelic rethink of Middlesbrough’s docklands died away in the cold light of austerity, leaving Fat’s idiosyncratic new apartment building very much out on its own
Drawing board: St Saviour’s & St Olave’s School, South London by AOC
AOC’s extension to a south London girls’ school opens up its defensive design with a glass entrance and uses striking brick signage to emphasise its presence
Mac Belfast by Hackett Hall McKnight
Transcending its misconceived context, the Mac proves one of the best pieces of architecture built in Belfast for 50 years
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
Enzo Ferrari Museum by Future Systems and Shiro Studio
In Jan Kaplicky’s posthumously completed Enzo Ferrari Museum in Modena, the architect’s obsession with amoebic, streamlined forms finally makes sense
City of London: Old Corruption in braced glass
The Occupy encampment makes the perfect backdrop against which to examine the City’s contrasts as Owen Hatherley’s series concludes
Belfast: a city riven with divisions
The physical barriers built to quell sectarian violence in Belfast feel disturbingly close to home
Mediocrity has been wealth’s bequest to Aberdeen
Since Aberdeen became the UK’s oil capital, its city centre has not seen a single worthwhile building
Edinburgh: A planning tradition that is the opposing force to grands projets
A process of ’conservative surgery’ has helped create an impressive city - making its low points all the less forgivable
First look: Channing School, Highgate, north London by Buckley Gray Yeoman
Architect has received planning permission for new sports facilities, teaching rooms and music and arts department
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
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Greg Penoyre's inspiration: The Golden Lane Estate, London
As the Golden Lane Estate marks 50 years since its completion, Greg Penoyre reveals its humane charms
Peter St John's inspiration: Housing at the Gallaratese Quarter by Aldo Rossi
Aldo Rossi’s Gallaratese housing in Milan showed Peter St John that modern architecture could incorporate classical themes
Quinlan and Francis Terry's inspiration: Somerset House, London
The father and son team revel in the glory of William Chambers’ classical building on the Strand
Julian Lewis’s inspiration: the 1960 Olympic Village, Rome
Julian Lewis of East looks to the outskirts of Rome for an example of rich urban placemaking
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”
Revisiting Broadgate
In the 1980s Broadgate changed the physical and economic landscape – how is it faring now?
Revisiting Sheffield’s Crucible theatre
The signature thrust stage and octagonal plan of The Crucible have survived but changes in safety regulations and budget cuts made Burrell Foley Fischer’s refurbishment challenging.
