All Civic articles – Page 18
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NewsStirling Prize shortlist shows 'profession at top of its game'
6a, Amin Taha and Baynes and Mitchell join Stirling veterans RSHP, dRMM, Reiach Hall and Michael Laird
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Building StudyV&A Exhibition Road Quarter, London by AL_A
Amanda Levete’s £48m expansion of London’s V A connects the museum with the public realm through a superb porcelain-paved courtyard. But it’s the sheer immersive power of its vast subterranean exhibition hall that will make visitors stand and gawp
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TechnicalTechnical study: Maggie’s Oldham
dRMM’s centre for the cancer care charity hovers above its landscaped garden like a giant treehouse – and represents the practice’s most ambitious use yet of cross-laminated timber.
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NewsFive shortlisted for Merseyside regen project
RIBA-run competition eyes redesign of Prescot Market Place
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NewsRIBA unveils 2017 national awards winners
Herzog de Meuron, Caruso St John and Haworth Tompkins among top names on 49-building Stirling Prize long-list
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NewsPicture special: Seeing red inside RIBA North
Look around Broadway Malyan’s new Liverpool Waterfront exhibition space and offices
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TechnicalBehind the scenes at the V&A Dundee
Realising Kengo Kuma’s extraordinarily complex design for the V&A’s outpost in Dundee would not have been possible without sophisticated modelling tools and precision construction techniques.
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Building StudyWarwick Hall, Burford by Acanthus Clews Architects
Building anything new in a Cotswold village is hard enough, but when it’s next door to one of the nation’s best-loved churches, you know you’ve got your work cut out. Ike Ijeh admires a deft piece of architectural reinterpretation by Acanthus Clews Architects
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NewsMake Architects signs up for Hornsey Town Hall redevelopment
Ken Shuttleworth’s practice becomes latest firm to take on Modernist landmark in north London
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FeaturesConservation areas at 50: is their time up?
As conservation areas turn 50, they are coming under increasing pressure in major cities. Ike Ijeh looks at the battle between heritage enthusiasts and developers, and asks experts if they think the areas have reached a tipping point
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FeaturesGreenwich Peninsula: does it stack up?
Knight Dragon’s £8.4bn redevelopment of Greenwich Peninsula will be one of the biggest regeneration projects by one developer that the capital has ever seen and has attracted some top architectural talent. But will the result stand the test of time? Ike Ijeh reports
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NewsDesign Engine showcases Winchester chapel project
£800k extension commissioned as ‘jewel in heart’ of university campus
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NewsListing bid for Oldham church mosaic
Twentieth Century Society calls for 1950s artwork to get protection
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Building StudyBush Theatre, London by Haworth Tompkins
In its renovation of west London’s Bush Theatre, Haworth Tompkins was asked to make the building and the theatre it contains accessible and approachable to all the local community. The result, says Ike Ijeh, is full of twists and turns
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NewsRIBA sets opening date for new Liverpool architecture centre
City Gallery set to stage first show in June after sign-off issues delay opening by 10 months
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Building StudyCity Campus, Glasgow by Reiach and Hall and Michael Laird Architects
Reiach and Hall and Michael Laird Architects’ last project for City of Glasgow College nearly ran off with the Stirling Prize. Would the same team be able to repeat the trick at the college’s massive new campus? Ike Ijeh finds out
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TechnicalSt Peter’s Seminary, Cardross by Avanti Architects & McGinlay Bell
St Peter’s Seminary near Glasgow is a brutalist ruin that is being given new life as an arts venue. What makes the refurb unusual is that the crumbling decay, instead of being covered, will be used as a central feature. Ike Ijeh reports
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NewsZaha, Make and Squires vie for Westminster gong
City council shortlists 12 for inaugural “People’s Choice” building of the decade award