Buildings – Page 54
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Building StudyNord’s Olympic substation is first to the finishing line
Former Yaya winner Nord’s electricity substation at the London Olympics site forges a language to which its neighbours can respond
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TechnicalLearning by example at the Wise sustainability centre in Wales
The Wales Institute for Sustainable Education not only teaches sustainable building, but will itself be a practical demonstration of techniques.
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TechnicalGerard Maccreanor revisits the Piraeus building in Amsterdam
Maccreanor Lavington had relocated to the Netherlands when Hans Kollhoff and Christian Rapp’s Piraeus Building was being built in the 1990s. Gerard Maccreanor observes its influence on the practice
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Building StudyPawson’s Visual Centre is a temple for the senses
The new George Bernard Shaw Theatre & Visual Centre for Contemporary Art by Terry Pawson in Carlow, Ireland, is a spiritual monument for a post-religious age
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Building StudyWest Riding: Northern exposure
The stolid Victorian charms of Leeds and Bradford remain intact despite some horrendous redevelopment
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TechnicalMany hands make light work
With inventor and magician Adrian Westaway’s Magic Light, you just grab a beam and go
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TechnicalBeacon lights Swansea from dusk till dawn
Lighting artist Peter Freeman has created a 10m tall LED-studded beacon for Swansea Docks
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Building StudyToh Shimazaki’s eye surgery is sight specific
A brief to rethink a new eye surgery scheme has resulted in a non-invasive design that grows out of the contours of its secluded West Sussex site
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TechnicalSend in the clouds
Speirs & Major has created a theatre of moving clouds across Abu Dhabi’s Grand Mosque
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TechnicalTo let: serviced desk spaces in shared office in Borough
Open plan office includes meeting space, kitchenette (with cooking facilities), WC (with shower); and use of photocopier, printer, scanner, franking machine
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TechnicalSupporting character
Brickwork plays a starring role in articulating the exterior and interior spaces of Lundgaard & Tranberg’s Royal Danish Playhouse in Copenhagen
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Building StudyDesign Council: Design of the times
A robust and raw refurbishment of the Design Council’s offices gives the organisation a fresh purpose
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Building StudyMaccreanor Lavington's De Klare Bron primary, Belgium
The flexibility of the Flemish system enabled Maccreanor Lavington to branch out into a new sector with its generous yet understated nursery and primary school in Heverlee village
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Technical100% SPANISH
Leading brands Onix, Land Porcelanico and Apavisa represent Tile of Spain at 100% Design
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Building StudyBody building in South Korea with ARU
The latest of three buildings that Florian Beigel and Philip Christou’s Architecture Research Unit has designed for South Korea’s Paju Book City is complete
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TechnicalMUMA raises a glass to the past at the V&A
The transformation of an existing lightwell is at the heart of MUMA’s restoration of the V&A’s Medieval & Renaissance galleries
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TechnicalRestoring the Derby Roundhouse
Maber Architects has retained many original features in its refurbishment of Derby College’s Roundhouse and other railway buildings
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TechnicalTile of Spain - 2OO9 PRESS BOOK
Spain can trace its ceramic tile making skills back to the 11th century
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TechnicalTiles of the times
Spain has been known for its expertise in tile production since Moorish times
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