Buildings – Page 80
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Building StudyWind catcher for the Windies
Everyone had a view on rebuilding Barbados’s legendary Kensington Oval cricket ground, but for Arup Associates keeping its village style and party character was vital
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Building StudyIn detail: Maryland Early Years Centre, Stratford, London
Architect FluidStructural Engineer ConisbeePrefabricated panels Framework CDMA single-storey early years centre in east London was built in an incredibly short five-months using a prefabricated timber superstructure. The centre houses a daycare room for two to five year olds, a staff training room and a classroom shared with the next-door primary ...
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Building StudyMore London office development by Foster and Partners
Edwin Heathcote, architecture critic on the Financial Times, has nominated Foster's More London for our Carbuncle Cup
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Building StudyOh, to be in Miami!
The new sports and entertainment complex inside the former Millennium Dome looks to Florida’s sun-baked art deco for a feel-good playground all under one roof
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Building StudyRichard Hywel Evans's luxury villas in the Seychelles
Richard Hywel Evans has designed twenty five Bond-style villas on the island of Felicite in the Seychelles
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TechnicalUltimate architecture: Cern's partical detector
To celebrate today's success of the 'Big Bang' experiment at Cern, read again Charles Jencks' look at the the world’s most powerful particle detector.
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TechnicalArad shows his mettle
Using bronze and mirror-polished steel, Ron Arad’s reworking of Rimini’s Duomo Hotel is a dazzling experience that few guests will forget.
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Building StudyFretton redesigns Warsaw embassy
Fretton’s second design for the British Embassy in Warsaw has such an authoritative presence it needs little fanfare.
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Building StudyThe Treasure House in Beverley, East Yorkshire by East Riding Council Architects and Atkins
A heritage lottery building that's no treasure, nominated by RIBA Journal editor Hugh Pearman
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TechnicalYouth club finds itself in a fix
The challenge To cantilever a sleek, thin canopy off an existing building
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Building StudyDavid Mikhail's Richmond house: Minimal quibbles
The remodelling and extension of a small terraced house has created a beautiful building displaying intelligent use of space. It's a shame it slips up on some of the details, says Tony McIntyre
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Batting ideas around
The Bat Conservation Trust, artist Jeremy Dellar and the RIBA have joined forces in a design competition so bats can live in comfort
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Building StudyRestoring a crown jewel
Dixon Jones is set to refurbish the Regent Palace Hotel at the Crown Estate-owned southern end of London’s Regent Street, the central element of the Allies & Morrison masterplan for the area
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TechnicalShampoo and set
Inspired by the tedious business of drying her hair, AA student Margaret Dewhurst’s winning pavilion for the school’s summer show is now being built
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Building StudyMVRDV’s Amsterdam housing block: a bridge over troubled water
Can MVRDV’s “see-through” housing transform Amsterdam West?
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TechnicalGridshell glazes over the past
Peter Hulbert Architects’ billowing timber roof structure at Chiddingstone Orangery may recall the Weald & Downland Museum, but it takes the gridshell one step further by creating a system that structurally supports the frameless glazing.
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Building StudyPatel Taylor transform Nottingham's Portland College
Patel Taylor's IT wing is the first element in a masterplan for Portland College that is already transforming its architecturally unremarkable campus.