Structures
Open House in Hamburg by Onix Architekten
This Passivhaus for communal living produces more energy than it uses.
SBEC sustainability centre finds ways to push the envelope
The Sustainable Building Envelope Centre has been established to harness the building fabric to generate energy. Here is a look at its ambitions and some of the key technologies under development
Care centre’s fearless symmetry
The unconventional geometry of CZWG’s Maggie’s Nottingham is made up of simple steel elements
Chelsea Open Air Nursery classroom by Friend & Company Architects
A need to provide more classroom space and a stronger connection to the garden has led to the creation of a new “tree house” mezzanine in a children’s nursery in London.
Tonkin Liu’s Shi Ling Bridge
A new “shell lace” structural technique was used to create a conceptual design of a 120m-long steel pedestrian bridge in China.
A technical look at Bridport House's timber structure
Karakusevic Carson Architects’ cross-laminated timber design lightens the load at a new housing scheme in east London
Maccreanor Lavington’s Ceres apartments
The brown brick of these Netherlands canalside apartment blocks provides a continuity with the industrial buildings they have replaced
Steel structure at the heart of Bennetts’ Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford
Steel plays both a functional and aesthetic role in the design Bennetts Associates’ RST auditorium.
Spun concrete columns
Technology once used for drains is now producing concrete columns with the smallest footprint ever.
Nunawading station, Melbourne
Grimshaw used prefabricated steel units to provide high-speed construction without disrupting services from a suburban Melbourne station
Price & Myers’ Hy-Pavilion
Designed for the London Festival of Architecture, Price & Myers’ Hy-Pavilion is a clever folding timber structure that can be easily transported and erected.
The structural challenge behind Tacita Dean's Film installation
Tacita Dean’s latest visual artwork on show at the Tate Modern uses a vast screen engineered by Ramboll that uses polystyrene in an innovative way.
Boyarsky Murphy's anaerobic digestion plant
Innovative facility in Cambridgeshire will turn food waste into energy
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion by Peter Zumthor
Peter Zumthor’s Serpentine Gallery Pavilion blacks out the noise and smells of London to lead the visitor to a tranquil garden of light.
LSE New Students’ Centre by O’Donnell & Tuomey
O’Donnell & Tuomey’s competition-winning proposal for the London School of Economics’ new Students’ Centre is striking not only for its crumpled form, but its unusual perforated brick facing.
New research will help architects maximise low-carbon design
Target Zero guidance on achieving low-carbon buildings has been launched by the BCSA and Tata Steel. Here are three steel-framed projects featured in the research.
The Mac arts centre by Hackett Hall McKnight
A new in-situ concrete structure for the Metropolitan Arts Centre is emerging within Belfast’s dense and historic Cathedral Quarter.
Meads Reach footbridge, Bristol
Niall McLaughlin Architects worked with Price & Myers and Martin Richman to create an integrated design that lights up the landscape
Twilly Springs house by Diamond Architects
A new-build green oak frame joins an original 17th century elm timber rafters to create a contemporary house with historic roots
Constantijn Huygensstraat by Tony Fretton Architects
The robust brick facade of Tony Fretton’s Amsterdam block is designed to last the building’s planned 200-year lifespan
