Buildings – Page 49
-
Building StudyManor Farm Barns conversion by Jonathan Hendry Architects
Planning consent for a conversion of Lincolnshire farm buildings into a live/work development was given on condition that it was fully carbon neutral
-
Building StudyPenoyre & Prasad’s Wren Academy
Penoyre & Prasad’s Wren Academy in north London specialises in the built environment, meaning that the building itself is a teaching aid
-
Building StudyRevisiting Alison and Peter Smithson’s Hunstanton school
Alison and Peter Smithson’s Hunstanton school was one of the first secondary moderns. Nearly 60 years after it was built, it is still going strong
-
Building StudyDEGW’s personalised learning research project
DEGW is leading a research project on the spatial implications of personalised learning principles, and how architects can embody them in their school designs.
-
TechnicalA round-up of the latest education products
Products used in education projects include solar shading and aluminium/timber windows.
-
TechnicalCladding Renzo Piano’s Shard
The facade of Piano’s glass tower at London Bridge station is designed to be as transparent and flush as possible
-
Building StudyEast London Line railway extension
Despite being largely built during the boom, London’s newest transport link is depressingly unambitious
-
TechnicalWarwick Clinical Trials Unit by MJP Architects
This building for Warwick University uses composite timber curtain walling to improve energy performance and create an elegant facade
-
Building StudyInternational Space Station
A few weeks ago, the final building block was delivered to the International Space Station, thus completing the first building beyond Earth. Here, one of the architects involved in its construction, charts the saga of the most technically advanced environment ever built
-
TechnicalConstantijn Huygensstraat by Tony Fretton Architects
The robust brick facade of Tony Fretton’s Amsterdam block is designed to last the building’s planned 200-year lifespan
-
Building StudyCentral St Giles by Renzo Piano
In this archive Building Study from 2010, Ellis Woodman pulls no punches in his assessment of Google’s $1bn trophy
-
TechnicalAllies & Morrison’s St Andrew’s masterplan
Bricks take centre stage at the £130 million St Andrew’s scheme in east London
-
Building StudyH10 Hotel on Waterloo Road, London, by Maccreanor Lavington
Maccreanor Lavington’s H10 hotel is its largest UK building to date, but the practice originally signed up to create a housing scheme for the site.
-
TechnicalInsulation solutions for Flimwell workshops by The Architecture Ensemble
Wood fibre and sheep’s wool insulation have been specified for a set of eight sustainable timber workshops that are being constructed in 20ha of ancient woodland in East Sussex.
-
Building StudyBateman’s Row House by Theis Khan Architects
Combining homes, an office and a gallery, this east London building near Shoreditch High Street revels in setting up rules and then breaking them
-
Building StudyRevisiting Dorset new town Poundbury
The Prince Charles-led ’new town’ of Poundbury which was masterplanned by Leon Krier, has taken a hammering from critics but has succeeded at something more important than architectural brilliance – its role as a community
-
TechnicalBRE’s Victorian Terrace Retrofit project
PRP Architects’ refurbished stable block will be used to demonstrate how sustainable building and insulation products can be used for upgrading the UK’s existing housing stock
-
Building StudyPeter Barber’s Baden Powell Close terrace in Dagenham
Peter Barber Architects’ terrace of 14 courtyard houses in Dagenham provides attractive living space whzich also encourages community interaction. Tim Abrahams reports
-
TechnicalA round-up of the latest housing products
Products used in housing projects including CHP boilers and underfloor heating systems
-
Building StudyHawkins Brown's Royal Veterinary College at Potters Bar
Hawkins Brown has won planning permission for its student accommodation complex at the Royal Veterinary College at Potters Bar