Buildings – Page 94
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Building StudyHis dark materials
Tom de Paor’s first standalone house brings a hint of aggression to a hillside in the Irish town of Dalkey. Pity about the garden, though
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Tokyo’s jewel box
Whether you see it as a box of mysteries or a lump of nougat, RIBA Gold Medallist Toyo Ito’s jewellery store in Tokyo’s Ginza district is nine storeys of surprises.
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The magic numbers
It’s not just the golden section — architects often use complex mathematical sequences as inspiration for their designs. David Littlefield reports on the latest schemes to find their forms from numbers
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‘L’ stands for leakage
Airtightness could be a much more effective solution to energy efficiency and reducing CO2 than insulation, according to overdue research on meeting Part L.
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Up, up and away
The Serpentine Pavilion, always a chance to show off, is this year an ethereal balloon — light enough to float yet structurally robust. Will Jones explains how Rem Koolhaas and Cecil Balmond did it
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Taking the strain
Load-bearing facades have never quite gone away, but they may now be giving curtain walls a run for their money. Jes Fernie looks at buildings that bear their structure on their sleeves
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Building StudyGold standard
In London’s Hatton Garden, almost unknown territory for large office developments, AHMM’s Johnson Building mixes radicalism with sophistication.
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TechnicalGimme shelters
A West Midlands scheme shows how building youth shelters can benefit both young people and architects.
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TechnicalDesign an international oasis for a desert
Of all the potentially disastrous effects of climate change, “water wars” would be the most bloody and brutal.
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Building StudyThe cost of living
John Prescott’s Design for Manufacture competition sparked a serious debate about the economics of housing provision
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TechnicalHands across the divide
Two community-led approaches to helping the developing world show how architectural skills - often overlooked by aid organisations - are rebuilding lives from Kosovo to Cambodia.
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TechnicalLondon Met's disaster MA fits the new world order
Toni Ruttimann's story was about breaking the rules on international aid, rules which recent events have shown to be in any case changing.
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Building StudyHeart of darkness
President Jacques Chirac's legacy is an ambitious and controversial museum devoted to France's ethnic art works. But Jean Nouvel's heavy-handed approach and the Disney-esque displays fail to put the new Musée du Quai Branly on a par with the the French capital's other cultural high points
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Building StudyMix and match
Proctor & Matthews’ Abode housing in Essex was noted for its density and vernacular references. Three years on, director Andrew Matthews returns
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Building StudyPump house gang
Maccreanor Lavington’s four new terraced houses on an awkward site in north London prove surprisingly peaceful
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Building StudySomething old something new
Cartwright Pickard’s Fearn Island Mills scheme in Leeds shows there’s still life in industrial conversions
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Luna landscape
While its design is very much of the moment, Glenn Howells’ Luna Building fits in perfectly with its older riverside neighbours.
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I wish I'd done that...House
James Soane on the ‘architecture of modesty’ in Jim Ede’s conversion of Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge
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TechnicalOn the cutting room floor
The AA student summer pavilion is a work of fractal geometry in wood. Elaine Knutt tells us how they did it
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I wish I'd done that... Timber structure
Matthew Wells on the equestrian centre, Flyinge Kungsgarden, Sweden