Buildings – Page 53
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TechnicalSpan house comes out of woodwork
Using a modular typology of timber and glass, Friend & Company has reinvented an Eric Lyons Span house in south-east London
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Building StudyCaruso St John's Nottingham curtain raiser
The dramatic green and gold facades of the Nottingham Contemporary art gallery are an outward expression of its relationship with the city
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TechnicalOutdoor concerts get a helping hand
A newly developed modular acoustic performance shell could vastly improve outdoor classical concerts
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TechnicalNottingham students let the sunshine in
The university team’s solar-powered house will be the UK’s only entry for 2010’s Solar Decathlon in Madrid
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Building StudyCardiff: Baudrillard at the Eisteddfod
With two districts competing for Cardiff’s administrative crown, the result is a city confused by its architectural patchwork
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TechnicalThin metal cladding is the shape of things to come
Unveiled recently at the Building Centre, John Gould’s Formtexx has developed a revolutionary process that will enable double curvature metal panels for facades to be produced at a fraction of the cost
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Building StudyCultures successfully crossed at Oxford’s Ashmolean
Rick Mather’s reinvention of Oxford’s Ashmolean has written a dynamic new chapter in the history of museums
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Building StudyPanter Hudspith steps up to new heights at Bear Lane
Developed as a specific response to Southwark, Panter Hudspith’s Bear Lane development could transcend its context to become a wider model for apartment living in London
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TechnicalComing round the mountain with Sutherland Hussey’s Chinese ski stations
Sutherland Hussey’s cable car stations are taking shape in the Chinese mountains
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TechnicalAberdeen’s winning formula
A vast steel structure and ethereal polycarbonate cladding make Reiach & Hall’s new athletics and fitness complex a sporting contender
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Building StudyFirst review: Tony Fretton's Warsaw British Embassy
Tony Fretton’s new British Embassy in Warsaw, revised to take into account increased security concerns, is a declaration of what an early 21st century embassy can be, reports Ellis Woodman
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Building StudyKCAP’s towers are on the edge
KCAP’s Red Apple and White Emperor towers bring a subversive slant to the Rotterdam waterfront
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TechnicalBennetts Associates’ Edinburgh rock
Edinburgh University’s Potterrow development draws on the city’s traditional stone building form to provide an airy home for its philosophy, psychology and language science departments
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TechnicalBig entrances, grand views
Our round-up of doors and windows projects includes Rick Mather’s entrance to Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum and more
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Building StudyNord’s Olympic substation is first to the finishing line
Former Yaya winner Nord’s electricity substation at the London Olympics site forges a language to which its neighbours can respond
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TechnicalLearning by example at the Wise sustainability centre in Wales
The Wales Institute for Sustainable Education not only teaches sustainable building, but will itself be a practical demonstration of techniques.
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TechnicalGerard Maccreanor revisits the Piraeus building in Amsterdam
Maccreanor Lavington had relocated to the Netherlands when Hans Kollhoff and Christian Rapp’s Piraeus Building was being built in the 1990s. Gerard Maccreanor observes its influence on the practice
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Building StudyPawson’s Visual Centre is a temple for the senses
The new George Bernard Shaw Theatre & Visual Centre for Contemporary Art by Terry Pawson in Carlow, Ireland, is a spiritual monument for a post-religious age
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Building StudyWest Riding: Northern exposure
The stolid Victorian charms of Leeds and Bradford remain intact despite some horrendous redevelopment