Buildings – Page 38
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TechnicalNeo Bankside by Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners
The diagonal steel bracing is a core part of this residential development’s identity — and because of its prominence, it had to look exactly right
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TechnicalPhilip Richards Building by Mitchell Taylor Workshop
A mix of projecting and flush windows pierce the brickwork of a sensitive school building project in Somerset
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TechnicalA guide to fire protection for architects
Even where specialist advice is available, a working knowledge of regulations and performance is crucial when you want to make the right design decisions
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Building StudyFirst Look: Duggan Morris brings a flexible approach to Denmark Hill centre
Duggan Morris Architects has submitted a planning application for a New Learning Centre on the Maudsley Hospital Campus in Denmark Hill, south London.
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TechnicalBramall Music Building by Glenn Howells Architects
When designing a new music department for Birmingham University, Glenn Howells Architects faced the double challenge of creating a new brick-clad building that would live in harmony with its Edwardian neighbours, and introducing a complex steel-framed dome to the design.
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Building StudyArnulfpark, Munich by Petra & Paul Kahlfeldt Architekten
The formal consistency of Petra & Paul Kahlfeldt Architekten’s facades for a mixed-use development in Munich pays tribute to the city’s tradition of very large buildings
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Building StudyMaggie’s Centre Gartnavel by OMA
OMA wilfully subverts expectations at its Glasgow Maggie’s Centre, which melts unassumingly into the background.
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TechnicalRothschild Foundation/Windmill Hill by Stephen Marshall Architects
The new charity office and archive buildings use oak extensively for doors, window shutters, screens and vertical cladding.
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Building StudySolid, Amsterdam, Netherlands, by Tony Fretton Architects
Tony Fretton’s mixed-use building for an Amsterdam housing association combines a 200-year lifespan with a sustainable social function
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Building StudyA day out to Rocksalt Restaurant, by Guy Hollaway Architects
The BD team went to Folkestone to discover the future of seaside dining
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Building StudyFirst Look: RCKA’s Lewisham youth centre unites aspiration and innovation
RCKA has won planning permission for a new youth and community centre in Lewisham, named The New Generation.
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TechnicalRicard Viñes Square by Enric Miralles Benedetta Tagliabue Architects
The lighting scheme was crucial in unifying all the elements of this redesigned public square in Spain
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Building StudyColchester slips up on Viñoly’s golden banana
There are many reasons not to like Rafael Viñoly’s Colchester Firstsite, which finally opens this week, four years late and, at £28 million, costing almost twice its original budget.
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Building StudyStratford High Street
Stratford’s Olympic legacy is already taking shape, but it is a bleak vision that is unlikely to benefit locals.
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TechnicalDigital Waterfall at Westfield Stratford City by Jason Bruges Studio
Jason Bruges Studio’s £1 million installation uses an array of liquid crystal screens to create the impression of a waterfall and streams.
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Building StudyFirst look: Fraser’s Stromness Pierhead follows local maritime tradition
Malcolm Fraser Architects has submitted a planning application for its proposed redevelopment of the Pierhead of Orkney’s second largest town, Stromness.
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Building StudyMediocrity has been wealth’s bequest to Aberdeen
Since Aberdeen became the UK’s oil capital, its city centre has not seen a single worthwhile building
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Building StudyPark Hill estate, Sheffield, by Hawkins Brown with Studio Egret West
The apartments of the regenerated Park Hill are a world away from 1961’s socially conscious streets in the sky. Here, BD looks at how Sheffield’s iconic housing block has echoed 50 years of Britain shifting political moods
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Building StudyDrawing board: Ironmonger Row Baths by Tim Ronalds Architects
Tim Ronalds discusses his updating of the interior of Islington’s Ironmonger Row Baths, a listed thirties community bathhouse and laundry still popular for its swimming pools and Turkish baths
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Building StudyFirst look: Mole’s luxury complex takes its cue from Taiwan’s vernacular
Mole Architects, working with Gianni Botsford and landscape architect Todd Longstaffe-Gowan, has unveiled plans for a 71,000sq m development on the edge of Hsinchu City, the “Silicon Valley” of Taiwan.