Buildings – Page 20
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Building StudyAllies & Morrison offices by Allies & Morrison
The architect is steadily colonising its own corner of central London — and that includes its newly extended headquarters
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Building StudyKarakusevic Carson to regenerate first phase of Hackney estate
Scheme on Kings Crescent Estate will feature 273 new and 103 refurbished homes
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TechnicalTree-crown research tower, Kaiserslautern by Kirchspitz Architects
The timber tower allows access to dense habitat with as little disturbance as possible
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Building Study'Aggressive and banal' - Zaha Hadid's Serpentine Sackler Gallery
“For an institution whose programme of summer pavilions has done so much to promote new architectural talent, it seems neither a wise or ambitious piece of commissioning.”
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Building StudyFour of the best architect-designed synagogues
BD’s guide to the best synagogues in America and Europe for fans of modern and contemporary architecture
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Building StudyJW3 Jewish Community Centre by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands’ new Jewish Community Centre in north London carefully avoids clunking symbolism, but does it take neutrality a step too far?
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TechnicalProduct spotlight: Brick bird and bat boxes
Bird Brick Houses provide a discreet solution for enhancing a building’s biodiversity
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TechnicalHotel at Djurgården, Stockholm by Johan Celsing
The pine facade of this elegant 48-room hotel references the old boat workshops of the Swedish capital
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Building StudyHenley Halebrown wins permission for affordable homes in Victoria
Scheme is part of £2.2 billion Land Securities London development
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Building StudyEmployment Academy, Camberwell, by Peter Barber Architects
Barber’s extension to ET Hall’s Arts and Crafts offices echoes the original and positions the practice firmly within an English brickwork tradition
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Building StudyJames Gorst Architects' family home in the countryside
Hannington Farm is faced in pale Cotswold limestone, and was previously used by a deer and venison business
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TechnicalSorø Art Museum by Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects
Brick shingle cladding gives a rich materiality to the walls and roofs of a new extension
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Building StudyPorthmeor Studios, St Ives, by Long & Kentish
The restoration and expansion of Porthmeor Studios in St Ives continues the 200-year story of a building that grew organically out of the Cornish sand
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TechnicalProduct spotlight: Architectural Mesh
Two examples of metallic mesh used in a Munich church and Chipperfield’s Hamburg cocktail bar
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TechnicalCooking school in ancient slaughterhouse by Sol89
A distinctive ceramic tiled roof links this refurbished building into its historic hill-town surroundings
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Building StudyThe National Centre for Writing, Norwich, by Ash Sakula
An 18th century house is to be renovated and extended to provide flexible spaces
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Building StudyHigh House Artists’ Studios by HAT Projects
Artists make neighbourhoods trendy, but in doing so push property prices up to unaffordable levels. A development of custom-designed studios in the Thames estuary aims to break the cycle
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Building StudyLibrary of Birmingham by Mecanoo
The flashy exterior of Birmingham’s new library overshadows an interior that is rich in ingenuity and style
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TechnicalSt Luke’s Mews house, London by Jonathan Tuckey Design
Central timber and concrete staircase transforms home for submariner
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Building StudyPicket Mead Housing by Hyde + Hyde Architects
Architect has won planning consent for four luxury homes in the Cambridgeshire countryside