Cultural – Page 4
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TechnicalPicture Palace, Galway, Ireland by dePaor Architects
In the heart of Galway, architect Tom dePaor has transformed a once-Georgian merchant’s house into a monolithic, concrete-clad, 276-seater independent cinema. But one that still hints at the city’s roots, writes Hugh Strange
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Building StudyNational Theatre redevelopment by Haworth Tompkins
Haworth Tompkins’ £80m redevelopment of the National Theatre - a traditionally uncompromising building - is its biggest reworking since Denys Lasdun’s original design
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Building StudyBodleian library: The new edition
As custodian of millions of precious books and manuscripts, Oxford’s Bodleian library needed a much bigger - and safer - building to house its collection. With the new Weston Library, Ike Ijeh discovers Wilkinson Eyre provided this and much more
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TechnicalStormen Concert Hall, Bodø, Norway by DRDH Architects
A three-auditorium concert hall was tasked not only with complementing the character of this Norwegian town, but navigating the acoustic challenges that come with a multi-purpose space
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TechnicalLight at the museum
Exposure to natural light can be damaging to the rare and valuable pieces on display at museums. Amanda Birch investigates how three galleries have employed innovative lighting set-ups to keep their displays illuminated, while remaining protected from harmful ultraviolet rays
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Building StudyLVMH Foundation for Creation by Frank Gehry
Bringing his futuristic flourishes to suburban Paris, Frank Gehry’s privately funded art gallery shoots for the spectacular. But does it thrive or flounder amid the sedate streets of the French capital? Ike Ijeh reports.
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Building StudyChichester Festival Theatre
Haworth Tompkins has subtly remodelled Chichester Festival Theatre, a 1960s classic that has regained its original vision while also achieving modern performance and efficiency standards
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Building StudyBuilding Study: British Museum World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners doesn’t quite get the British Museum right, says Ike Ijeh
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Building StudyEveryman Theatre, Liverpool, by Haworth Tompkins Architects
Haworth Tompkins’ new venue retains the essence of the much-loved Liverpool landmark
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Building StudyBattle of Bannockburn visitor centre by Reiach & Hall Architects
Opening in the run-up to the 700th anniversary of the battle, Reiach Hall’s Bannockburn visitor centre finds itself at the heart of a new era of conflict
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InspirationsDavid Archer's inspiration: Steinhof church, Vienna
David Archer finds modernity and tradition meet in Otto Wagner’s creation of a complete artistic environment for the Steinhof church in Vienna
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TechnicalSam Wanamaker Playhouse by Allies & Morrison and Jon Greenfield
This architectural team designed an archetypal indoor Jacobean theatre at Shakespeare’s Globe on London’s South Bank
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Building StudyArchive at Shatwell Farm by Hugh Strange Architects
Housing an architectural archive on a working farm requires a sensibility both rural and urban
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Building StudyKenwood restoration by English Heritage
Robert Adam’s Kenwood has been restored to its original gilt-free glory at a cost of nearly £6 million, in a renovation that marks a new departure for English Heritage
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Building StudyFrac Nord-Pas de Calais, Dunkirk, by Lacaton & Vassal
Asked to convert a cavernous boat-shed into a public art space, the Paris practice opted instead to give it a twin
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Building StudyTate Britain refurbishment by Caruso St John Architects
Caruso St John’s reworking of Tate Britain has involved a sensitive interplay of blendings and reconnections that encourage the gallery’s identity to shine through the visual jumble of past interventions
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Building StudyNational Youth Theatre and housing by Lynch Architects
Lynch Architects’ mixed-use scheme creates new connections in its north London neighbourhood
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Building StudyElizabethan Theatre, Chateau d’Hardelot by Studio Andrew Todd
Paris-based Studio Andrew Todd has been asked to design France’s first new circular theatre in over 200 years
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Building StudySpratley Studios' Ruskin School of Art
New facilities at the Oxford art school’s Bullingdon Road site
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Building StudyBelvedere Zollikon by Studio Tom Emerson
A belvedere with views over Lake Zurich is the latest in a series of full-scale wooden structures collectively designed and built by students at ETH