All Building Study articles – Page 29
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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 StudyFirst look: DRDH Architects raises the roof for Baptist church in Oklahoma
DRDH Architects has unveiled plans for a Baptist church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The £1.2 million project, which will house a congregation of around 300, sits in a rolling 40ha site on the edge of the city
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Building StudyRevisiting the Shopping Building, Milton Keynes
More than 30 years after completion, Derek Walker, Stuart Mosscrop and Christopher Woodward’s recently listed Shopping Building in Milton Keynes still holds an austere charm.
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Building StudyRainham: Design for London’s projects near fruition
This east London outpost is home to a projects by architects including Alison Brooks, East and Maccreanor Lavington
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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
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Building StudyFirst look: River Styx inspires Western Design’s Dorset burial chapel
Western Design Architects has won planning approval for a woodland burial chapel in the heart of the green belt of Lytchett Minster, near Poole in Dorset
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Building StudyFaustino Winery, Spain, by Foster & Partners
Winemakers in northern Spain hope this futuristic new bodega will put the Ribera del Duero region on the world stage.
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Building StudyMiddlesbrough: exploring the ‘least resilient’ place in the UK
Patchy attempts to revive post-industrial towns are producing unsettling results in Teeside, one of Britain’s most blighted regions
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Building StudyOne New Change, London, by Jean Nouvel
While the form of Jean Nouvel’s One New Change is designed to respect views of St Paul’s Cathedral, the mixed-use scheme has an exotic geometry that contrasts with its ’polite’ neighbours
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Building StudyVoltaMitte housing in Basel, by Christ & Gantenbein
Basel’s VoltaMitte housing scheme demonstrates the young Swiss practice’s interest in employing highly particular floor plans
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Building StudyFirst look: Stable yards provide inspiration for ARU’s Lambourn housing
The Architectural Research Unit (ARU) has unveiled plans for 43 houses on the edge of Lambourn, west Berkshire, for Crispin Kelly’s Baylight Properties, with associate Matt Barton
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Building StudyEvelyn Grace Academy, Brixton, by Zaha Hadid Architects
The aggressive swagger of Zaha Hadid’s Evelyn Grace Academy reflects the hard-edged dynamism found within the school itself
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Building StudyFirst look: McDowell & Benedetti brings new wooden heart to Shoreditch
McDowell & Benedetti has secured planning permission for its largest project to date, a £17.2 million mixed-use development in Shoreditch, east London
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Building StudyRevisiting Broadgate
In the 1980s Broadgate changed the physical and economic landscape – how is it faring now?
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Building StudyStable Acre house by David Kohn Architects
David Kohn’s Norfolk home for gallery owner Stuart Shave represents a perfect marriage of architectural and human concerns
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Building StudyFirst look: History underpins Sergison Bates’s Swiss piazza plan for Mendrisio
Sergison Bates has won the competition to redesign Piazza del Ponte in Mendrisio, Switzerland, where Jonathan Sergison also holds a professorship at the Accademia della Architettura
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Building StudyMoscow School of Management by Adjaye Associates
David Adjaye has cross-fertilised 1920s Russian Suprematism with his own African heritage to create the gargantuan Moscow School of Managment in Skolkovo