Buildings – Page 38

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Henrietta Barnett School, Hampstead Garden Suburb by Hopkins Architects

2011-10-26T09:03:00Z

Hopkins’ greatest skill is in creating contextual rather than iconic architecture, and its new school buildings next to Lutyens’ Hampstead Garden Suburb Institute put this to the test

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The structural challenge behind Tacita Dean's Film installation

2011-10-25T09:29:00Z

Tacita Dean’s latest visual artwork on show at the Tate Modern uses a vast screen engineered by Ramboll that uses polystyrene in an innovative way.

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Drawing board: L'AND Vineyards villas, Portugal, by Sergison Bates Architects

2011-10-21T10:22:00Z

Sergison Bates partner Mark Tuff on the challenges of designing vineyard-led holiday homes in Portugal

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Belfast: a city riven with divisions

2011-10-20T08:37:00Z

The physical barriers built to quell sectarian violence in Belfast feel disturbingly close to home

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Central St Martins, King’s Cross, London, by Stanton Williams

2011-10-19T08:36:00Z

Stanton Williams’s conversion of a listed granary building in King’s Cross reimagines the industrial landscape for a new creative generation, writes local artist Richard Wentworth

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Neo Bankside by Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners

2011-10-17T09:20:00Z

The diagonal steel bracing is a core part of this residential development’s identity — and because of its prominence, it had to look exactly right

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Philip Richards Building by Mitchell Taylor Workshop

2011-10-17T09:16:00Z

A mix of projecting and flush windows pierce the brickwork of a sensitive school building project in Somerset

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A guide to fire protection for architects

2011-10-17T08:11:00Z

Even where specialist advice is available, a working knowledge of regulations and performance is crucial when you want to make the right design decisions

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First Look: Duggan Morris brings a flexible approach to Denmark Hill centre

2011-10-14T08:56:00Z

Duggan Morris Architects has submitted a planning application for a New Learning Centre on the Maudsley Hospital Campus in Denmark Hill, south London.

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Bramall Music Building by Glenn Howells Architects

2011-10-14T08:30:00Z

When designing a new music department for Birmingham University, Glenn Howells Architects faced the double challenge of creating a new brick-clad building that would live in harmony with its Edwardian neighbours, and introducing a complex steel-framed dome to the design.

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Arnulfpark, Munich by Petra & Paul Kahlfeldt Architekten

2011-10-12T08:37:00Z

The formal consistency of Petra & Paul Kahlfeldt Architekten’s facades for a mixed-use development in Munich pays tribute to the city’s tradition of very large buildings

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Maggie’s Centre Gartnavel by OMA

2011-10-05T08:38:00Z

OMA wilfully subverts expectations at its Glasgow Maggie’s Centre, which melts unassumingly into the background.

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Rothschild Foundation/Windmill Hill by Stephen Marshall Architects

2011-10-04T08:48:00Z

The new charity office and archive buildings use oak extensively for doors, window shutters, screens and vertical cladding.

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Solid, Amsterdam, Netherlands, by Tony Fretton Architects

2011-09-28T10:24:00Z

Tony Fretton’s mixed-use building for an Amsterdam housing association combines a 200-year lifespan with a sustainable social function

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A day out to Rocksalt Restaurant, by Guy Hollaway Architects

2011-09-23T12:27:00Z

The BD team went to Folkestone to discover the future of seaside dining

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First Look: RCKA’s Lewisham youth centre unites aspiration and innovation

2011-09-23T09:04:00Z

RCKA has won planning permission for a new youth and community centre in Lewisham, named The New Generation.

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Ricard Viñes Square by Enric Miralles Benedetta Tagliabue Architects

2011-09-23T08:48:00Z

The lighting scheme was crucial in unifying all the elements of this redesigned public square in Spain

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Colchester slips up on Viñoly’s golden banana

2011-09-22T12:00:00Z

There are many reasons not to like Rafael Viñoly’s Colchester Firstsite, which finally opens this week, four years late and, at £28 million, costing almost twice its original budget.

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Stratford High Street

2011-09-21T08:41:00Z

Stratford’s Olympic legacy is already taking shape, but it is a bleak vision that is unlikely to benefit locals.

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Digital Waterfall at Westfield Stratford City by Jason Bruges Studio

2011-09-21T00:00:00Z

Jason Bruges Studio’s £1 million installation uses an array of liquid crystal screens to create the impression of a waterfall and streams.