All Buildings, design and specification articles – Page 95
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NewsBig names vie for inaugural Neave Brown Award
Mikhail Riches’ Goldsmith Street also a Stirling Prize hopeful
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Building StudyBuilding Study: James Simon Galerie, Berlin, by David Chipperfield
The architect’s new gallery is a magnificent gateway to Berlin’s Museum Island, writes Ike Ijeh
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Building StudyBuilding Study: Churchill College housing, Cambridge, by Cottrell & Vermeulen
The postgraduate block is a deft study in how to do contextual architecture when the context happens to be your own work, writes Ike Ijeh
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Building StudyIke Ijeh’s verdict: Junya Ishigami’s Serpentine Pavilion
This year’s pavilion has its flaws and yet contains enough joy to convince BD’s critic that the series should continue into its third decade
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OpinionLessons from a loose researcher
Never trust other people’s statistics, says Julia Park. There’s always a risk someone put a decimal point in the wrong place
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Building StudyBuilding Study: Drayton Green Church, by Piercy & Company
This west London church replaces medieval mystery with digital geometry in a thrilling reinterpretation of the gothic tradition
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FeaturesCPD 7 2019: Specifying suspended ceilings for health and wellbeing
This CPD, sponsored by Armstrong, focuses on how a working environment can promote health and wellbeing through suspended ceiling solutions
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Building StudyBuilding Study: Bracken House, London, by John Robertson Architects
In its time it has embodied more than one archetype of the City office block, from 1950s solid sandstone to 1980s high-tech glass and steel
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OpinionIt's not just Labour that's getting behind a land value tax
It’s been talked about for over a century but all attempts to introduce it have been short-lived. That could be about to change, says Julia Park
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NewsGort Scott showcases London starter homes
Pocket Living project was ‘inspired’ by William Morris School and local Warner homes
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Building StudyBuilding Study: The Ray, Farringdon, by AHMM
Paying close attention to its 19th-century context has created an office with character, says Ike Ijeh
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OpinionTwo cheers for the housebuilders
The big firms have been shamed into making some progress but there’s much more they could do, says Julia Park
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FeaturesCPD 5 2019: The benefits of value engineering
This CPD, sponsored by Eurocell, will look at the scope of VE, its application and how its utilisation can benefit a production process
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FeaturesCPD 4 2019: Performance characteristics of glazing in rooflights
This CPD, sponsored by Glazing Vision, will look at the installation of non-fragile glass in rooflights, including safety testing and assembly specs
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OpinionDoes the Spring Statement mean pennies are dropping in government?
The government finally seems to be taking notice of the profession’s outcry about permitted development
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Building StudyBuilding Study: Windermere Jetty Museum, Cumbria, by Carmody Groarke
Carmody Groarke’s museum joyfully embodies and integrates with the romantic landscape and local vernacular of the Lakes
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NewsBalfron Tower makeover slammed by campaigners
First glimpse of grade II* brutalist block’s new look ‘confirms worst fears’
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Building StudyBuilding Study: Royal College of Pathologists, London, by Bennetts Associates
The architect had the rare opportunity to tackle a venerable typology - and has produced a virtuoso building, says Ike Ijeh
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OpinionGrappling with the London Plan examination requires stamina
Julia Park explains how to engage - so you can influence the shape of London without giving up your day job