All Buildings, design and specification articles – Page 54
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NewsBIG unveils 155m Vancouver skyscraper
Vancouver House appears to rise ‘like genie out of the bottle’
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FeaturesWhat made this project… Floating Church by Denizen Works
Denizen Works’ body of work impressed the judges at this year’s Architect of the Year Awards, as the practice took home three awards, including Small Project Architect of the Year. In this series, we take a look at one of the team’s award-winning projects and ask the firm’s director, Andrew ...
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NewsFosters wins job to design massive expansion to Saudi airport
King Salman International Airport to become fourth biggest in the world following scale-up of existing HOK-designed site
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NewsSelldorf’s Sainsbury Wing overhaul unanimously approved
Controversial plans to remodel grade I-listed landmark given go ahead yesterday evening
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FeaturesNet Zero Live 2022: A roundup on specifying for Part L
In this Net Zero Live session, we tackled energy efficiency, the link to Part O on overheating, as well as cost implications and energy shortages from specifying to meet the new regulations
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NewsNew laws on developments needed to stem flooding risk, NIC says
Government’s infrastructure advisors said £12bn of drainage network upgrades needed over next 30 years to tackle extreme weather caused by climate change
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NewsThree Stirling Prize winners to design first phase of Earls Court redevelopment
Haworth Tompkins, dRMM and Maccreanor Lavington among practices appointed to draw up plans for 1,300-home scheme
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50 Wonders50 Wonders | Fiona Scott: Teatro Teresa Carreno and Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas
The Gort Scott founding director explores the fluctuating meaning of two neighbouring institutions in Venezuela’s capital city
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NewsDenise Scott Brown rips into Selldorf’s National Gallery plans
Proposals make Sainsbury Wing look like “a circus clown wearing a tutu” says architect
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NewsLibeskind to add modern extension to Art Deco Antwerp tower
Art Deco building set to become a major cultural centre
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OpinionRunning water (and money) down the drain
As gas and electricity prices soar and the country moves closer to Net Zero, Stuart Williams contemplates the embodied energy we are wasting down the drain
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FeaturesEdge repurposes interior at 80 Cheapside, London
The vacant office space was refurbished to allow for a hybrid organisation in need of a flexible design
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FeaturesThe Keep: A new roof for a coastal home in Kent
BMI Redland works on a roof refurbishment that can withstand extreme winds, while blending with the coastal landscape
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NewsLina Ghotmeh commissioned to design 2023 Serpentine Pavilion
Paris-based architect was nominated for a Mies Van Der Rohe award in 2017
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron’s £1.5bn Liverpool Street station makeover to be submitted by next March
New pictures of scheme unveiled by Shard developer Sellar
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OpinionWhy clean air is vital for a healthy home
We spend 90% of our time indoors, yet without proper ventilation systems in place, pollutants could be making their way into our homes. Paul Williams takes a look at the impact
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FeaturesKirrin Cottages: Designing for the Outer Hebrides
Proctor & Matthews’ design for Kirrin Cottages, a set of two-holiday cottages located on the remote Isle of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides, is inspired by the surrounding coastal landscape and the island’s early Blackhouse forms. The design builds on the practices’ research undertaken for the Outer Hebrides Design Guide ...
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FeaturesHydrogen-powered generator trialled on the Preston Western Distributor Road
The first of its kind for Lancashire County Council, the trial shows how moving from diesel to green hydrogen could save up to 11 tonnes of CO2e per month
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NewsSelldorf’s highly contested National Gallery plans set to be approved next week
Recommendation follows searing criticism from eight former RIBA presidents calling the revised scheme “even more ill-judged” than the former proposals
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NewsApt given go ahead for plans to convert grade II-listed vaults into cycle storage
Early 19th century labyrinth of tunnels in Islington was part of the adjacent Whitbread Brewery building