Buildings – Page 77
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TechnicalThe rules that stop us going for the burn
The London Plan’s drive for on-site renewables is laudable, but limiting
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Building StudyGym’ll fix it
A limited site, bound by listed buildings, meant that when St Marylebone School wanted to expand, the only way was down.
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Building StudyPlastik Archictects enjoy first flush of success with Gravesend toilet
Take an adventurous local authority, an uninspiring site and a practice just starting out, and what do you get? A tiny but essential public building
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TechnicalEmperor’s new court: transforming the British Museum to house the terracotta army
An innovative space has been devised to display the Chinese Terracotta Army at the British Museum’s new blockbuster exhibition
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TechnicalBurble ballooning spectacular marks London Fashion week
Haque Design & Research’s colourful interactive lighting project made its UK debut at this month’s London Fashion Week
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TechnicalLearning from the readers’ views
A Cambridge University project is exploring the impact of the quality of daylight in libraries. Mary Anne Steane and Koen Steemers explain
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Building StudyZumthor’s Cologne modern art museum is beyond time
Peter Zumthor’s remarkable museum of modern art in Cologne meshes ancient and modern to create a timeless and evocative building.
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Building StudyIn Detail: Civil Justice Centre, Manchester
Architect Denton Corker MarshallStructural, mechanical & electrical engineer Mott MacDonaldManchester’s Civil Justice Centre contains 47 court rooms, 75 consultation rooms and is the headquarters for the Ministry of Justice in the North-west. The 16-storey steel-framed building is naturally ventilated, with air taken in through wind scoops in the side of ...
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TechnicalSearching for a design star
The judges for this year’s award are a starry bunch, but they will have their work cut out
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Building StudyBang to rights: Denton Corker Marshall’s Manchester Civil Justice Centre
Manchester’s new Civil Justice Centre has all the makings of an icon, but is its studied informality at odds with its serious purpose.
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Building StudyWhat girls really, really want
With 70% of the staff women — and with Marie Claire and Chat among its titles — IPC Media’s fit-out of its new headquarters inevitably involved a bias towards female tastes
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Building StudyBox of delights
Jamie Fobert Architects has taken the Gherkin’s Konditor & Cook café to new heights with a hanging mezzanine ceiling
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TechnicalSt Pancras Station roof is sky blue heaven
Pascall & Watson Architects took the lead in restoring the spectacular roof at St Pancras International, the new Eurostar terminus for London, writes Will Jones
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TechnicalThe ups and downs of Zaha Hadid’s Glasgow Riverside Museum roof
As Zaha Hadid Architects’ Riverside Museum in Glasgow prepares to go on site, Rory Olcayto hears how the roof design evolved over three years
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Building StudyAdjaye’s new building at Rivington Place is an answer to his critics
With an OBE and a place on last year’s Stirling shortlist David Adjaye has a level of fame that could be seen as disproportionate to his achievements. But his latest building, a base for two cultural organisations in east London, should help redress this imbalance.
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Building StudyFoster reveals Spaceport design - images
These futuristic images are Foster and Partners’ designs for the world’s first passenger “spaceport”.
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Building StudySchool in Rudrapur, Bangladesh
German and Austrian architects Anna Heringer and Eike Roswag share the award for this hand-built school with Bangladeshi NGO Dipshikha