All articles by Robert Bevan
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Building StudyClare College, Cambridge, student housing by Cottrell & Vermeulen
Newnham Court’s postgraduate homes continue Cottrell Vermeulen Architecture’s successful relationship with the University of Cambridge
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Building StudyStapleton Hall Road houses by Stephen Taylor Architects
A pair of new houses on a complex angled site enjoy a comfortable relationship with their north London Victorian neighbours
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Building StudyStonehenge visitor centre by Denton Corker Marshall
Stonehenge has stood for over 4,000 years but its lightweight new visitor centre is not expected to last 100. It’s a sorry outcome for which architect Denton Corker Marshall is not to blame
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Building StudyTate Britain refurbishment by Caruso St John Architects
Caruso St John’s reworking of Tate Britain has involved a sensitive interplay of blendings and reconnections that encourage the gallery’s identity to shine through the visual jumble of past interventions
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Building StudyJW3 Jewish Community Centre by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands’ new Jewish Community Centre in north London carefully avoids clunking symbolism, but does it take neutrality a step too far?
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Building StudyHigh House Artists’ Studios by HAT Projects
Artists make neighbourhoods trendy, but in doing so push property prices up to unaffordable levels. A development of custom-designed studios in the Thames estuary aims to break the cycle
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Building StudyHammond Court by Mae Architects
Mae’s affordable housing scheme to replace a notorious estate in Walthamstow, east London, shines despite some blunders made without the architect’s involvement
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Building StudyMe 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
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Building StudyRijksmuseum by Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos
After a decade of construction the two halves of Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum are finally reunited
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Building StudyEssex Mews by MW Architects
MW Architects and Solidspace won a long battle with planners to complete a group of innovative multi-levelled homes in south London
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Building StudyNewhall housing, Harlow, by Alison Brooks Architects
Having built a reputation for adventurous one-off homes, Alison Brooks Architects has brought its talents to bear on volume housing in the form of 85 units at Newhall in Essex.
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Building StudyPierresvives building, Montpellier by Zaha Hadid Architects
Zaha Hadid Architects’ Pierresvives building for Montpellier is a weighty monolith that registers a change in the practice’s design approach
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Review
Not worth cracking
The essays in a new collection on architecture and terror fail to live up to their eye-catching premise.
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NewsBreaking down the walls
Last week's bombing of the Askariya mosque in Samarra was a deliberate act designed to fuel religious tensions. Throughout history, such acts of destruction have served as powerful symbols during conflict.