Buildings – Page 59
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Building StudyDavid Chipperfield Architects' Neues Museum, Berlin
David Chipperfield Architects has undertaken a stunningly courageous transformation of Berlin’s ruined Neues Museum
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TechnicalAngus Pond Architects' high-end Paris shop for Stella McCartney
Stella McCartney’s Parisian store dazzles with surfaces designed by Angus Pond
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Building StudyAlison Brooks' folk art for Folkestone
Quarterhouse, a performing arts venue and studio space in Folkestone, Kent, by Alison Brooks Architects’ is the advance guard of the town’s rebirth
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TechnicalThe Prince's Foundation's experimental Natural House at the BRE
The Prince’s Foundation’s Natural House is an attempt at cutting domestic carbon and energy inputs by 70% while retaining construction quality
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Building StudyDiller Scofidio & Renfro's refit of Alice Tully Hall at New York's Lincoln Center
I don’t think I’ve ever seen an ovation for a wall, but I did on Sunday night.
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Building StudyBelgian practice Office emerges as one of Europe’s most provocative voices
On the eve of an exhibition showcasing the work of Office Kersten Geers David van Severen, BD looks at the practice’s preoccupation with an architecture uninhibited by function, context and ideology
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TechnicalBenson & Forsyth’s Nottingham Pod finds its place in past and present
Aluminium proved the versatile solution when it came to integrating this a mixed-use hotel and retail scheme with the city’s medieval layout
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TechnicalHudson Architects' Salvation Army HQ at Chelmsford, Essex
Amanda Birch discovers the secrets of cross-laminated panels in timber construction at the Salvation Army’s new building at Chelmsford
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TechnicalRoyal College of Art’s Studio 3 designs outdoor camp shower in Vermont (video)
The Faerie Camp Destiny project gave RCA students first-hand experience at building a real project for a real client on a difficult site in tough conditions
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Building StudyDSDHA’s Pond Meadow School is a singular piece of education architecture
Pond Meadow special needs school near Guildford is the first phase of DSDHA’s biggest commission yet. The external aspect makes free with the sense of scale while its attentive internal detailing is as much therapeutic as architectural
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Building StudyPenoyre & Prasad’s Minster School in Southwell
The practice’s Minster School in Southwell consolidated two sites on one, with open and versatile spaces. Happy staff and proud, well-behaved pupils are testament to its success
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Building StudySouthampton: What's next for this major port turned mega-retail park?
Southampton’s reliance on retail and leisure to counter a declining shipping industry has given it a new architectural identity
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Building StudyNiall McLaughlin is Deal’s choice
As British seaside towns scramble to secure much needed regeneration cash, Niall McLaughlin Architects’ refit of the pier at Deal sets down a marker
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Building StudyArchitects Maccreanor Lavington and KCAP are driving regeneration at Barking Riverside
Maccreanor Lavington and KCAP are the architects behind the massive Barking Riverside regeneration project which will see thousands of new homes built in east London
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Building StudyAsh Sakula’s Adnams’ shop and café at Southwold
The first phase of a mixed-use development at Southwold in Suffolk, a shop and café for local brewer Adnams, adds significantly to the debate about the place of modern architecture in the rural environment
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TechnicalBurd Haward Architects’ bold refurbishment of north London eaterie Osteria Emilia
Amanda Birch discovers how Burd Haward Architects transformed a dark, low-ceiled restaurant interior into a welcoming, light-filled space
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TechnicalGlenn Howells wins applause for the refurbishment of Barber Institute's concert hall
Amanda Birch explores Glenn Howells Architects’ renovation of a 1930s concert hall in the grade II listed Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham
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Building StudyWright & Wright’s RCA sculpture department refurb
Wright & Wright has imaginatively reorganised the Royal College of Art’s sculpture resource at its south London campus
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TechnicalEldridge Smerin’s stunning glass house at Highgate Cemetery
Eldridge Smerin’s new house in Highgate is the subject of the first in a new BD series on materials in application. Here, Michael Stacey explores the way glass is used inside and out at the house
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TechnicalSupport structure for glass balustrades
When describing the design of the house, the architect highlights the visual simplicity and clarity of composition, while the engineer focuses on the complexity of detailing.