Buildings – Page 76
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Building StudyPlatform soul
In the new HQ for BBC Scotland, David Chipperfield Architects has blended a simple idea and complex programme to stunning effect
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Building StudyMoved up to club class
When planning consultant DP9 wanted to transform a tired building in London’s Pall Mall it turned to architect de Metz Forbes Knight for something a little different
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Building StudyMacGabhann Architects' cultural centre in County Donegal turns up the volume
Local practice MacGabhann's second building in the little town of Letterkenny is a metal-clad tour de force in gold and silver, reports Charles Rattray
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TechnicalT5 lounge at the thin end of the prefab wedge
Barker MCT has built karaoke pods and capsule hotels. Now its modular Express Wedges are part of Heathrow’s Terminal 5.
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TechnicalThe secret behind Newhall’s closed doors
Proctor & Matthews has applied modular construction methods to low-rise family homes in Harlow, not only designing them but acting as developer as well
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Building StudyMoneo’s Prado extension hedges its bets
In the week the Madrid Prado gallery’s long-awaited extension opens, Ellis Woodman speaks to its architect Rafael Moneo about the project
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TechnicalElephant & Castle turbines are blowing in the wind
Could wind really power our urban environments? With today’s emphasis on sustainability, Southwark Council is blazing a trail, testing turbines on an Elephant & Castle tower block.
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Building StudySimon Conder's phoenix rising
The accidental demolition of a 1960s John Winter home in St Albans paved the way for a rather special replacement by Simon Conder Associates, reports Ellis Woodman.
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TechnicalWorking to tight targets
Air leakage tests are now compulsory for many new non-residential buildings, but a huge number are failing. Amanda Birch looked at how four buildings fared
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TechnicalLiving up to carbon claims
Verifying a building’s performance under Part L brings new challenges
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Building StudyIn detail: Courtyard House, St Albans
Architect Simon Conder AssociatesStructural Engineer Built EngineersGlazing sub-contractor Firman GlassA restricted budget has encouraged expedient use of inexpensive materials to make a new house in a suburban street in St Albans. A covenant restricts the building height to a single storey so light is brought in through courtyards and high-level ...
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Building StudyAdding a human touch
The old industrial swath of Dagenham Dock will soon be home to 16,500 dwellings. Before they arrive, the area is being transformed into a people-friendly, riverside location with a human scale
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Building StudyIn detail: Sanger Building Bryanston School, Dorset
Architect Hopkins ArchitectsStructural Engineer Buro HappoldThe Sanger Building contains classrooms, laboratories and a 120-seat lecture theatre for science and maths teaching at Bryanston, a school for 13 to 18 year olds in Dorset. Red handmade bricks with precast concrete details relate the horseshoe-shaped block to the vast Richard Norman Shaw ...
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TechnicalChannel 4’s tricky number
When Channel 4 picked a characteristically bold gesture to celebrate 25 years of broadcasting, it didn’t foresee how complex it would be, discovers Amanda Birch
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Building StudyHopkins’ Bryanston school, Dorset
Bryanston’s new maths and science wing develops the school’s tentative courtyard with a crescent that meets its overbearing context with a human scale.
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Building StudyOff the beaten path
For its first UK project, Belgian architect Robbrecht & Daem has given cyclists, walkers, rowers and birdwatchers a pair of towers in Lincolnshire linked by a riverside path. Ellis Woodman takes in the views as he talks to the team that built them