Building Studies – Page 28
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Building StudyCranfield Centre for Competitive Creative Design, by Niall McLaughlin Architects
With its distinctive wing-like roof, Niall McLaughlin’s building for Cranfield University in Bedfordshire fits well with the ambition of the only campus to have its own airfield.
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Building StudyFirst look: Union North’s Lancaster student block
The architect’s design for a 96-bedroom housing block that reveals the building’s original “fossilised” history has been given the green light.
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Building StudyFirst look: Caruso St John’s Swiss chancel meditates on baroque geometry
Caruso St John has won the competition to redesign the chancel of the Cathedral of St Gallen in Switzerland, beating entries from an invited international group of architects and artists, including Aires Mateus and Pipilotti Rist.
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Building StudyBarrow-in-Furness: kept on life support by perpetual warfare
Once dubbed ’the English Chicago’, Barrow-in-Furness has been kept alive by the nuclear arms industry
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Building StudyTy-Hedfan, Brecon Beacons, by Featherstone Young
The irregular geometries of Sarah Featherstone and Jeremy Young’s floating house never overwhelm its role as a family home.
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Building StudySt Joseph’s Primary School, Highgate, by Pie Architecture
Pie Architecture’s individual reworking of a 1970s primary school is notable for its careful attention to the needs of the classroom
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Building StudyFirst look: Jamie Fobert plans gentle growth for Cambridge’s modest gallery
Jamie Fobert Architects has won planning permission for its extension to Kettle’s Yard Gallery in Cambridge, a project originally won in competition in 2004.
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Building StudyEvelyn Street, London, by Hugh Strange Architects
Hugh Strange’s Deptford family house creates a multi-layered drama out of its enclosed site
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Building StudyEllis Woodman on the Wales Institute for Sustainable Education by Pat Borer and David Lea
My favourite building of the past year was also the one that exceeded my expectations of it most dramatically.
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Building StudyOliver Wainwright on Muf's Eastern Curve project in Dalston
When asked to think of my favourite buildings this year, there was an awkward silence.
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Building StudyFirst look: IBLA wins green light for homes
Inglis Badrashi Loddo Architects (IBLA), working with Churchman Landscape, has won planning permission for a £4.4 million affordable housing scheme in Brixton, south London, for the Kitewood Group
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Building StudyHawkins Brown's school of the arts for the University of Kent
Hawkins Brown took a film studio lot as the inspiration for its new Jarman Building in Canterbury for the University of Kent.
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Building StudyChandos East Community Centre, Newham, by Adams and Sutherland
A community centre in Newham is the first Olympic regeneration project to be completed and its influence will be felt far beyond its locality, says Andrew Houlton
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Building StudyGrote Koppel, Amersfoort, by Fat
Fat’s new building in the Dutch town of Amersfoort is good enough to eat writes Ellis Woodman.
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Building StudySchool House at St Elizabeth primary school, Bethnal Green, by Scabal
Scabal’s skill in extracting maximum value from the budget to create an after school club building is the antithesis of the free school movement’s anti-architect doctrine
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Building StudyPreston: lacking the clout to challenge developers
While this Lancashire town of the industrial revolution has three first-class urban moments they sit in a sea of uncaring dross
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Building StudyCaruso St John’s renovation plans for Tate Britain, London
An aversion to iconic swagger and an unwavering attention to detail will guide the architect’s endeavours to make Tate Britain less of a poor relation to its Bankside cousin
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Building StudyFirst look: Connectivity underpins 5th Studio’s Lea Valley vision
5th Studio has unveiled plans for a “Fatwalk” to connect the Olympic Park with the Thames, the primary project in realising the Lea River Park
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Building StudyRoyal Shakespeare Theatre by Bennetts Associates
Bennetts Associates’ long-awaited remodelling of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Stratford-on-Avon home finally gives the company the theatre it deserves
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Building StudyJamie Fobert’s Shoe Galleries for Selfridges
Despite having no desire to become a specialist retail architect, Jamie Fobert is showing decided flair in the field as his Shoe Galleries at Selfridges demonstrate