Buildings – Page 113
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Technicalities: The sheltering
Engineers have always had to adapt to the contemporary architectural zeitgeist. A few contribute to the direction things take while most receive and respond to the market forces. The way I think about roofs has changed. I’m unsure if this is insight or if the issues have altered.I used to ...
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Building StudyThe strongest link
It may be understated, but the new subterranean link between two major art galleries in Edinburgh is a quiet triumph on all levels
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TechnicalIn detail 19: St Paul Old Ford Church, Bow, London
An unused church in Bow has been saved from demolition by the vision of its vicar.
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Building StudyHive of industry
Berlin-based practice Barkow Leibinger is making its name with a series of startling industrial buildings. As David Hills reports, the firm is now competing at the highest level
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TechnicalIn detail 18: 2 Plantation Place, London
An 11-storey office building for British Land is the first in the City of London to be approved by building-control officers and insurers using Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to determine the extent of fire protection.
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Fire watch
The design of buildings, the materials used, the construction and eventual use have always been of prime importance to the fire service. The role of the fire service through statutory consultation and enforcement of primary fire-safety legislation is well documented.
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Building StudyFirst Look: Islingtons high-rise water feature
Squire & Partners this week released new images of its 35-storey “Shard-like” tower at one of the last undeveloped waterside sites in central London. A detailed planning application for the tower, at City Road Basin near Angel, has just been submitted to Islington council.
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Building StudyToying with Uncle Sam
Rem Koolhaas designs a public library in Seattle and an exclusive Prada shop in Beverly Hills. Both play with ideas of public space, he says. Can he be serious? Kester Rattenbury finds out
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TechnicalGreen-fingered guardians
Landscape architect BBUK’s partners explain how they are nurturing the broader area beyond the architects’ realm.
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Building StudyFirst look: New for Old Street
Designs by Tonkin Liu to upgrade public spaces on London’s Old Street have won a competition run by the Architecture Foundation. The practice’s “Promenade of Light” scheme beat designs by Alison Brooks Architects, ASC + AWP, Milk Architecture & Design and WaG Architecture to design the £1 million first phase ...
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TechnicalIn detail 17: Metropolitan Cathedral campus, Liverpool
A flight of ceremonial steps has been created on the south side of the Metropolitan Cathedral, addressing the Anglican Cathedral at the other end of Hope Street. The public space will be flanked on one side by new offices for hi-tech businesses and by a visitor centre for the cathedral ...
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TechnicalStairway to heaven
Sweeping new steps give Liverpool’s Metropolitan Cathedral its long-awaited public space and the entrance architect Frederick Gibberd always intended.
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Technicalities: Poison privet
The obsession with risk avoidance has now spread to the subject of plant selection. No longer are we safe to specify a plant that is perceived to be a potential health risk, even if the plant is so common to be found in virtually every public garden. On ...
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Building StudyThe big idea
A retail-style library in east London gives David Adjaye the chance to really prove himself.
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Building StudyFirst Look: Zaha talks the walk in Manhattan
Zaha Hadid has unveiled designs to bring a disused viaduct in Manhattan back into public use.
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TechnicalIn detail 16: A13 Artscape Project Pump Control House
The A13 Artscape project aims to improve conditions for residents, workers, pedestrians and drivers along a 6km stretch of the A13 trunk road in east London. Various artworks have been incorporated into road improvements which include two pedestrian subways, two roundabouts and an underpass. The pump control house contains electrical ...
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TechnicalTwisting by the pool
Paddington Basin’s new footbridge is a sculptural beauty, says Amanda Birch. Let’s just hope it works
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Building StudyFirst Look: Northern exposure
David Chipperfield Architects has unveiled new images of its $75 million (£40 million) extension for the Anchorage Museum of History and Art in Alaska.