Buildings – Page 98

  • The front elevation to Gordon Street. The metal brise soleil creates a moire pattern that reflects the research being carried on inside.
    Building Study

    Shrink wrapped

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    Designing a centre for scientists working in nanotechnology, Feilden Clegg Bradley faced a rigid technical brief. Despite this, its new research centre is both delicate and confident, giving UCL's Bloomsbury campus a new front door.. Photos by Tim Soar

  • The double-skinned metal facade.
    Building Study

    In detail: London Centre for Nanotechnology

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    The Nanotechnology building has eight floors of laboratories and offices dedicated to interdisciplinary research in atomic scale devices and materials.

  • Peter Zumthor’s gneiss stone Thermal Baths in Vals, Switzerland
    Technical

    I wish I'd done that...

    2006-02-24T00:00:00Z

    Surface: Helen Berresford on Peter Zumthor's gneiss stone Thermal Baths in Vals, Switzerland

  • Architects Graeme Williamson (left) and Alex Mowat exploring London’s new Material Lab.
    Technical

    A day on the tiles

    2006-02-24T00:00:00Z

    Elaine Knutt invites two architects to try out a sample laboratory

  • Tulip wood was used to create a curvy curtain at the heart of this office block for Lex Vehicle Leasing in Stockport. Fluorescent lights radiate out from the curved walls and are fitted flush with the stainless-steel mesh of the ceiling panels.
    Technical

    Tulip goes straight to the heart

    2006-02-24T00:00:00Z

    Wood panels and creative lighting put warmth and energy at the ‘heart' of office life.

  • John McRae
    Technical

    Time Test: Loxley House, Nottingham

    2006-02-24T00:00:00Z

    John McRae, a director of ORMS Architecture Design, revists the interior surfaces in the atrium of Loxley House in Nottingham, the UK headquarters of Capital One

  • Looking south-west across the development. Donnybrook has been scaled in response to the height and grain of the surrounding streets.
    Building Study

    Donnybrook housing by Peter Barber

    2006-02-24T00:00:00Z

    Peter Barber Architects' low-rise, high-density dwellings for Donnybrook in London's East End have redrawn the template for urban terraced housing.

  • Invotek’s Strawboard, an eco-friendly alternative to plasterboard
    Technical

    Techbrief

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    This week, flooring...

  • Technical

    What's new in sustainability

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Will the mayor's energy targets work? and what can we learn from chilled wine?

  • A fire-rated door separates the escape route from the open-plan living space on the ground floor.
    Technical

    How we cracked it 23: Victorian conversion by Sanya Polescuk Architects

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    We wanted to bring a sense of space and light to a very narrow Victorian terraced house by opening up the spaces, rationalising the circulation and improving the connection to the garden.

  • The deep beams on the first floor limit overlooking from the neighbouring properties.
    Building Study

    Gloom with a view

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Gianni Botsford's St John's Mews house is crafted on a tricky inner-city site. But while the clients are happy, Graham Bizley finds it lacks the soul and intimacy of a family home. Photos by Hélène Binet

  • Stonebridge, London
    Technical

    A new era for Europan

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    The chance of a winning Europan scheme being built in the UK has traditionally been poor. Until now. This year, the government wants to see all three projects to completion, and it just might happen.

  • Leicester University Engineering building.
    Building Study

    In celebration of Jim and James

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    The Stirling & Gowan partnership (1956-1963) was roughly coincident with my own architectural education (1958-1965). In this short period they exerted a profound influence on my generation as both educators and architects.

  • Interior of Chiesa dell’Autostrada: like being inside a human body, with skeletal fingers of concrete holding up a giant concrete belly of a roof.
    Technical

    I wish I'd done that...

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Penny Richards on Giovanni Michelucci's Chiesa dell'Autostrada, Italy

  • BubbleDeck in action at Le Coie social housing scheme in
    Technical

    Pack up your bubbles

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Elaine Knutt reports on a technique of adding hollow plastic balls to concrete to make it lighter and more versatile

  • Cross-section showing new arts and dance block, staircase and underground gym.
    Technical

    Underground movement

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Space constraints mean a school gym is being built in a subterranean concrete box.

  • Toby Lewis
    Technical

    Time Test

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Toby Lewis, an architect at Feilden Clegg Bradley, reviews five years of weathering to the in-situ concrete at Persistence Works arts complex in Sheffield

  • Jim Stirling (left) and James Gowan outside York Terrace,
    Building Study

    Style of the century

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Stirling & Gowan set a template for the future course of British architecture. On the partnership's 50th anniversary, James Gowan gives a rare interview as Ellis Woodman assesses the legacy of one of the 20th century's greatest creative duos

  • Satirical illustration
    Technical

    Click ‘print' for your building

    2006-02-03T00:00:00Z

    Is the next step on from rapid prototyping, machines that can make actual buildings?

  • Bluecoat Arts Centre’s new wing, which is on the right side of the model image, will complete in spring 2007.
    Technical

    How we cracked it 22: Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool

    2006-02-03T00:00:00Z

    Bluecoat Arts Centre is a part of Liverpool's historic architectural legacy, dating back nearly 300 years. Throughout its history the building has been continually altered and extended.