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Building StudyNetherlands’ housing in the new ‘old style’
As part of its research into solving the housing needs of the UK’s ageing population, the government-commissioned Happi panel visited the visionary Maartenshof scheme in the Netherlands with an apartment tower by Arons en Gelauff Architecten and community hub by Team 4 Architects
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Building StudySquare dancing at Barking Central
Muf’s wide variety of interventions, from an arboretum to a pseudo ruin, are a comment on the worst excesses of Barking Central, but create one of the most extraordinary public spaces in London
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Building StudyTony Fretton shows the art of merger
Tony Fretton’s bringing together of two buildings into a home and studio was just the beginning of a work in progress for artist Brad Lochore
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Building StudyRoman horror day at Zaha Hadid's Maxxi
Maxxi, Rome’s National Museum of 21st Century Arts, displays a cynical disregard for its purpose, that marks a conceit too far for Zaha Hadid
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Building StudyCaruso St John's Nottingham curtain raiser
The dramatic green and gold facades of the Nottingham Contemporary art gallery are an outward expression of its relationship with the city
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Building StudyCardiff: Baudrillard at the Eisteddfod
With two districts competing for Cardiff’s administrative crown, the result is a city confused by its architectural patchwork
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Building StudyCultures successfully crossed at Oxford’s Ashmolean
Rick Mather’s reinvention of Oxford’s Ashmolean has written a dynamic new chapter in the history of museums
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Building StudyPanter Hudspith steps up to new heights at Bear Lane
Developed as a specific response to Southwark, Panter Hudspith’s Bear Lane development could transcend its context to become a wider model for apartment living in London
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Building StudyFirst review: Tony Fretton's Warsaw British Embassy
Tony Fretton’s new British Embassy in Warsaw, revised to take into account increased security concerns, is a declaration of what an early 21st century embassy can be, reports Ellis Woodman
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Building StudyKCAP’s towers are on the edge
KCAP’s Red Apple and White Emperor towers bring a subversive slant to the Rotterdam waterfront
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Building StudyNord’s Olympic substation is first to the finishing line
Former Yaya winner Nord’s electricity substation at the London Olympics site forges a language to which its neighbours can respond
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Building StudyPawson’s Visual Centre is a temple for the senses
The new George Bernard Shaw Theatre & Visual Centre for Contemporary Art by Terry Pawson in Carlow, Ireland, is a spiritual monument for a post-religious age
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Building StudyWest Riding: Northern exposure
The stolid Victorian charms of Leeds and Bradford remain intact despite some horrendous redevelopment
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Building StudyToh Shimazaki’s eye surgery is sight specific
A brief to rethink a new eye surgery scheme has resulted in a non-invasive design that grows out of the contours of its secluded West Sussex site
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Building StudyDesign Council: Design of the times
A robust and raw refurbishment of the Design Council’s offices gives the organisation a fresh purpose
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Building StudyMaccreanor Lavington's De Klare Bron primary, Belgium
The flexibility of the Flemish system enabled Maccreanor Lavington to branch out into a new sector with its generous yet understated nursery and primary school in Heverlee village
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Building StudyBody building in South Korea with ARU
The latest of three buildings that Florian Beigel and Philip Christou’s Architecture Research Unit has designed for South Korea’s Paju Book City is complete
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Building StudyCambridge blues
Beyond its historic centre, Cambridge’s modern architectural landscape speaks of dislocation and secrecy
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Building StudyOut of the woods: Hopkins’ green learning machine
Hopkins Architects’ new building for Yale University’s forestry school matches sustainability credentials with a sensitive response to its Connecticut context