Buildings – Page 35
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TechnicalLinlithgow Burgh Halls in West Lothian, Scotland, by Malcolm Fraser Architects
Architect completes refurbishment and extension of community halls in West Lothian
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Building StudyRedbridge Welcome Centre by Peter Barber Architects
The open-plan layout of Peter Barber’s centre for the homeless in Ilford, east London, creates a lively atmosphere conducive to getting things done
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TechnicalWatergate Farm, North Oxfordshire by James Gorst Architects
James Gorst Architects has completed the first phase of a project set around a courtyard on a farm in north Oxfordshire.
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Building StudyFirst look: Adjaye Associates’ African American History & Culture museum
The Smithsonian Institution’s new building has broken ground this week
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Building StudyDrawing Board: Blythe House, London, by Haworth Tompkins
Architects Jim Reed and Beatie Blakemore of Haworth Tompkins talk about their restoration of a former Post Office building to create a textiles and fashion study centre for the V and A
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Building StudyFestival House, Blackpool, by dRMM
De Rijke Marsh Morgan Architects’ seafront wedding chapel is the most successful of Blackpool’s efforts to reinvent itself architecturally
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Building StudyFirst look: Aberrant Architecture
Oriel Myrddin Gallery Extension, Carmarthen, south Wales
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TechnicalDay centre, Noordwijk
Onix Architects has built a care centre in the Netherlands out of bricks that were rejected for their irregular form
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TechnicalDe Korhoenders sheltered housing
Wingender Hovenier Architecten’s brick residential building for disabled youth in the Netherlands provides a careful balance between communal and private space
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Building StudyCity Making: Antwerp
In the first of a new series looking at exemplary city planning projects, Ellis Woodman investigates the ‘slow urbanism’ being engineered at Antwerp’s former docks
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TechnicalSBEC sustainability centre finds ways to push the envelope
The Sustainable Building Envelope Centre has been established to harness the building fabric to generate energy. Here is a look at its ambitions and some of the key technologies under development
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Building StudyFirst Look: Mae scores with improvements to east London sports facilities
Architect unveils plans for public realm improvements and new sports facilities across a series of sites on north-eastern fringe of Olympic site
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TechnicalCare centre’s fearless symmetry
The unconventional geometry of CZWG’s Maggie’s Nottingham is made up of simple steel elements
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TechnicalThe Shard: pointers on reaching the top
The team working on Renzo Piano’s Shard at London Bridge used modular techniques to rise to the challenges of building Europe’s tallest tower
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Building StudyExhibition Road, London, by Dixon Jones
Dixon Jones’s shared-space scheme for Exhibition Road paves the way for many more creative London streetscapes
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Building StudyFirst look: Duggan Morris uses cubic forms to create Richmond arts wing
New elements are intended to contrast against the imposing original Edwardian Richmond Adult Community College
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TechnicalBIG unveils 'driverless city' plan
BIG Architects’ futuristic proposal uses a carpet of LEDs to create a public space shared by people and cars
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Building StudyLondon 2012 Athletes’ Village
London 2012’s Athletes’ Village far outstrips the makeshift facilities of the last century, but the need to beat the clock has taken its toll
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TechnicalVauxhall Spring Gardens light poles by DSDHA
Dramatic LED lighting changes colour to mark the entrance to a historic London site