Buildings – Page 88
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Building StudyReturn of the saint
It has taken half a century and much compromise but Le Corbusier’s St Pierre church is a triumph.
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TechnicalRefurbishment: Glenn Howells converts a Victorian warehouse into an art gallery
Glenn Howells Architects’ conversion of a 19th century listed warehouse in Portsmouth into a modern and flexible art gallery nurtures both old and new.
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Building StudySint Lucas Art Academy, Netherlands by Fat
Kester Rattenbury enjoys Fat’s reworking of a Dutch art school, but wonders whether the practice’s quirkiness is a cover for something more serious.
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TechnicalFixing a concrete floor in Orford, Suffolk
The challenge To remedy a crucial concrete pour that had gone wrong
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Zero carbon should mean zero carbon
In the past 12 months we’ve come a long way in our understanding of sustainable design, and in 2007 we’re likely to cover just as much ground.
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Building StudyChance Street houses by Stephen Taylor Architects
Cheap studio space made Bethnal Green a favourite with artists. But now others are moving into this part of east London. Ellis Woodman looks at how Stephen Taylor Architects’ new residential project copes with a tight street layout that is a legacy of the area’s less affluent past. Photos by ...
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TechnicalCladding: Faulkner Brown's glazed entrance for Sunderland University
FaulknerBrowns’ dynamic reglazing project has given Sunderland’s 1960s campus a new lease of life.
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Cladding: Revision of stone cladding standards explained
A revised British standard meets modern demand
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Building StudyInstitute of Contemporary Art, Boston by Diller Scofidio & Renfro
Despite a challenging site, Diller Scofidio & Renfro has created an ambitious new arts centre in Boston. But is it good enough to be the catalyst for the US port’s revitalisation.
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TechnicalA column-free basement for the White Cube Gallery
The challenge: To create a column-free contemporary basement gallery in the heart of London
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TechnicalHow to design a zero carbon home
Elaine Knutt looks at the stiff challenges in meeting the target of all carbon-neutral new housing by 2016
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TechnicalA screen on a windswept roof for a priest
The challenge: To enable a windswept roof terrace to be used for writing sermons and entertaining
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TechnicalRoofing: Feilden Clegg Bradley's twisted roof for the RAF Museum
A distinctive hyperbolic paraboloid roof tops Feilden Clegg Bradley’s RAF museum of cold-war militaria.