Cladding
Magma’s London 2012 Olympic shooting venue
White buildings covered in coloured dots in south-east London are in fact cleverly designed temporary structures for the Games
La Collette energy plant by Hopkins Architects
This highly visable energy-from-waste plant in Jersey has its structure on the outside
BMW Group Olympic pavilion by Serie Architects
Serie has reinvented the classical architectural hierarchy on a structure inspiried by the Victorian bandstand
Community hub's concrete cladding echoes industrial past
Collective Architecture’s sculptural facade takes inspiration from Scotland’s steelworks
Cladding the Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, by Hat Projects
Every one of the 8,000 tiles used to clad Hat Projects’ Jerwood Gallery on Hastings beach has been glazed by hand to produce a dramatic effect.
Bermondsey Island housing by Urban Salon
By adopting two contrasting facade treatments, Urban Salon’s Bermondsey Island housing deftly negotiates the conflicting demands of noisy roads, sustainability requirements and a sensitive historic site.
Q & A with Arup cladding expert Mikkel Kragh
Architects’ obsession with glazed facades is coming to an end and the future of buildings will look very different, says Arup’s Mikkel Kragh.
Garsington Opera pavilion by Snell Asscociates
Sliding fabric screens were chosen to clad this temporary venue for the Garsington Opera Company in Buckinghamshire.
Cottrell & Vermeulen’s Brentwood School
Brick is used to clad a new sixth-form centre and assembly hall for Brentwood School in Essex.
Great Suffolk Street student housing by Allies & Morrison
Allies & Morrison’s student accommodation buildings in Southwark met the challenge of mixing modular construction with traditional brickwork.
Cladding Renzo Piano’s Shard
The facade of Piano’s glass tower at London Bridge station is designed to be as transparent and flush as possible
Coca-Cola Beatbox Olympic pavilion by Asif Khan and Pernilla Ohrstedt
East London firm designs structure for drinks brand
Constructing a precast load-bearing facade
The cladding concept of Sergison Bates’ and Jean-Paul Jaccaud’s Geneva housing and creche building
Goldsmiths' Centre by John Lyall Architects
The brass cladding of John Lyall Architects’ studios for the Goldsmiths Company in Clerkenwell gives a hint towards the work going on inside.
Birmingham Library facade by Mecanoo
A technical look at the distinctive facade Mecanoo designed for the new Birmingham Library.
Somerville College student buildings by Niall McLaughlin Architects
Niall McLaughlin’s new student accommodation in Oxford makes use of prefabrication in its mainly brick and timber facade.
Chipperfield's Kaufhaus Tyrol concrete facade
David Chipperfield Architects was brought in at short notice to work on the Kaufhaus Tyrol retail complex in the heart of Innsbruck’s historic centre. The result is a subtle design that lives harmoniously with its ornate setting.
Eric Parry Architects’ Holburne Museum in Bath
The blue-green glaze of Eric Parry’s Holburne Museum extension brings new depths to its Bath surroundings.
Warwick Clinical Trials Unit by MJP Architects
This building for Warwick University uses composite timber curtain walling to improve energy performance and create an elegant facade
AHMM’s Angel of north London
Allford Hall Monagham Morris’s choice of curtain walling for its Angel building in Islington pays homage to Mies with floor-to-ceiling glazing and monchrome colour scheme
