All Archive Titles articles – Page 123
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Material gain
David Adjaye's latest scheme – the £2m makeover of a flat on one of London's most exclusive roads – allowed him to explore his preoccupation with materials. The result is an abundance of cool limestone and rich woods, creating a sumptuous and intriguing interior.
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Très formidable
Phyllis Lambert first made her mark on architecture when, aged 27, she persuaded her father to hire Mies van der Rohe to design New York's Seagram Building. Almost 50 years on, as her exhibition on Mies opens in the centre she founded, Vicky Richardson met her in Montréal.
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In from the cold
The energy conservation regulations coming into force next April will introduce tough thermal efficiency targets for glass. For architects and glazing manufacturers, this means new products and a compromise between performance and cost.
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Mies in Berlin
Mies in Berlinedited by Terence Riley, Barry BergdollThames and Hudson£45In 1963, ludwig Mies van der Rohe told an interviewer: 'My main work is the planning of buildings: I have never written or spoken much.' Paradoxically, there is a total of more than 1000 pages in these two handsome books, published ...
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RIBA Journal Sustainability Award 2001
Michael Hopkins' Nottingham University Faculty Building beat four other contenders to this year's prize. Here's how the judges made their decision.
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Will Alsop, Book 1
Will Alsop, Book 1Kenneth PowellLaurence King Publishing£40I approached this book with a certain measure of cynicism. Another architect who's hit the big time has commissioned a series of big books on his work. And Kenneth Powell, author of the Richard Rogers series and many another monograph, has with inexorable logic ...
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Showing off
Less is more is the mantra of today's furniture showroom designers. Cappellini's clean, white gallery in Paris and Bulo's stylish factory floor in London are worlds apart from the pile 'em high, sell 'em cheap approach of most high-street stores.
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Talking shop
Style magazine wallpaper* is at the centre of the fusion of architecture and fashion. We asked its editorial director Tyler Brûlé why the two worlds were colliding.
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Second skin
Hong Kong is shoppers' heaven, but the new I.T boutique isn't a chip off the old block. Thanks to a display area that's more like a gallery than a store, it can change its look as often as the buyers do.
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In the saddle
For a few days in September, Udine in Italy hosts a bareback horse race and an international exhibition of chairs. Our reporter went to both.
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Seeing red
A visit to the Comme des Garçons 'shop' is a must if you're in Paris – if you can find it, that is. This is retail at its most futuristic.
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UK: What's the point?
Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners' latest 'millennium' project may have reached completion 10 months after London's dome closed, but it is destined to have an impact on its surroundings well into the future.
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Scale model
Exhibition halls must be big but they don't have to be ugly. For Frankfurt's new trade fair venue, Nicholas Grimshaw has created a simple and elegant space – and architecture's latest armadillo.
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Luxury lines
It's no surprise Tokyo shoppers are queuing round the block to get into the new Hermès store. Renzo Piano's criss-cross lantern is filled with must-have goods and much more.
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Journey's start
Reusing a rail depot has given the Southern California Institute of Architecture a home that can evolve to keep up with the creativity within.
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USA: Guggenheim hits Las Vegas
World domination Guggenheim-style continues with the opening of Guggenheim Las Vegas, a new building by Rem Koolhaas' OMA.
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King of the hill
An inspirational house that juts out of the Pasadena hillside is a world away from its kitsch neighbours. Exploiting the site while respecting its ecology, the Jamie House flies the flag for daring structural modernism.
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Tailored fit
London's Savile Row has been the home of fine tailoring for centuries. Now it's also the home of Oki-ni, purveyor of limited-edition casualwear from a timber-lined showroom.
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Sector focus - Fashion
Architecture is the latest must-have accessory for the world's top fashion houses. Extravagant buildings by A-list designers are being unveiled alongside the new collections, but will they stay in vogue any longer?
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Products - External envelope
world architecture reports on the latest in cladding technology, from the classic chic of green copper to the glass house that you can't see through.