Buildings – Page 45
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Building StudyCranfield Centre for Competitive Creative Design, by Niall McLaughlin Architects
With its distinctive wing-like roof, Niall McLaughlin’s building for Cranfield University in Bedfordshire fits well with the ambition of the only campus to have its own airfield.
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Building StudyFirst look: Union North’s Lancaster student block
The architect’s design for a 96-bedroom housing block that reveals the building’s original “fossilised” history has been given the green light.
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TechnicalGarsington Opera pavilion by Snell Associates
Sliding fabric screens were chosen to clad this temporary venue for the Garsington Opera Company in Buckinghamshire.
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TechnicalSomerville College student buildings by Niall McLaughlin Architects
Niall McLaughlin’s new student accommodation in Oxford makes use of prefabrication in its mainly brick and timber facade.
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Building StudyFirst look: Caruso St John’s Swiss chancel meditates on baroque geometry
Caruso St John has won the competition to redesign the chancel of the Cathedral of St Gallen in Switzerland, beating entries from an invited international group of architects and artists, including Aires Mateus and Pipilotti Rist.
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Building StudyBarrow-in-Furness: kept on life support by perpetual warfare
Once dubbed ’the English Chicago’, Barrow-in-Furness has been kept alive by the nuclear arms industry
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Building StudyTy-Hedfan, Brecon Beacons, by Featherstone Young
The irregular geometries of Sarah Featherstone and Jeremy Young’s floating house never overwhelm its role as a family home.
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Building StudySt Joseph’s Primary School, Highgate, by Pie Architecture
Pie Architecture’s individual reworking of a 1970s primary school is notable for its careful attention to the needs of the classroom
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Building StudyFirst look: Jamie Fobert plans gentle growth for Cambridge’s modest gallery
Jamie Fobert Architects has won planning permission for its extension to Kettle’s Yard Gallery in Cambridge, a project originally won in competition in 2004.
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Building StudyEvelyn Street, London, by Hugh Strange Architects
Hugh Strange’s Deptford family house creates a multi-layered drama out of its enclosed site
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Building StudyEllis Woodman on the Wales Institute for Sustainable Education by Pat Borer and David Lea
My favourite building of the past year was also the one that exceeded my expectations of it most dramatically.
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Building StudyOliver Wainwright on Muf's Eastern Curve project in Dalston
When asked to think of my favourite buildings this year, there was an awkward silence.
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Building StudyFirst look: IBLA wins green light for homes
Inglis Badrashi Loddo Architects (IBLA), working with Churchman Landscape, has won planning permission for a £4.4 million affordable housing scheme in Brixton, south London, for the Kitewood Group
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Building StudyHawkins Brown's school of the arts for the University of Kent
Hawkins Brown took a film studio lot as the inspiration for its new Jarman Building in Canterbury for the University of Kent.
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TechnicalThe cost of Part L
The demands of compliance with the new Part L regulations could result in additional costs in the short term creating a challenge for architects with demanding clients.
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TechnicalRoyal Opera House production workshop
Thanks to Nicholas Hare Architects, Covent Garden now has a facility fit for producing world-class sets.
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TechnicalKing’s Cross station, western concourse
John McAslan & Partners’ refurbishment of King’s Cross station reveals its full Victorian glory once more
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Building StudyChandos East Community Centre, Newham, by Adams and Sutherland
A community centre in Newham is the first Olympic regeneration project to be completed and its influence will be felt far beyond its locality, says Andrew Houlton
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Building StudyGrote Koppel, Amersfoort, by Fat
Fat’s new building in the Dutch town of Amersfoort is good enough to eat writes Ellis Woodman.
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TechnicalModelling software for Part L
Ahead of the Part L Conference, BRE’s Paul Davidson explains how dedicated software can help tackle the stricter targets set by the new Part L.