Cultural – Page 5

Building Study

Four of the best architect-designed synagogues

2013-09-25T15:49:00Z

BD’s guide to the best synagogues in America and Europe for fans of modern and contemporary architecture

Building Study

Employment Academy, Camberwell, by Peter Barber Architects

2013-09-18T06:30:00Z

Barber’s extension to ET Hall’s Arts and Crafts offices echoes the original and positions the practice firmly within an English brickwork tradition

Technical

Sorø Art Museum by Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects

2013-09-13T06:30:00Z

Brick shingle cladding gives a rich materiality to the walls and roofs of a new extension

Building Study

Porthmeor Studios, St Ives, by Long & Kentish

2013-09-11T06:30:00Z

The restoration and expansion of Porthmeor Studios in St Ives continues the 200-year story of a building that grew organically out of the Cornish sand

Building Study

High House Artists’ Studios by HAT Projects

2013-09-04T06:30:00Z

Artists make neighbourhoods trendy, but in doing so push property prices up to unaffordable levels. A development of custom-designed studios in the Thames estuary aims to break the cycle

Technical

Perot Museum of Nature and Science by Morphosis

2013-08-07T12:30:00Z

With its hulking, geological facade and giant test-tube-like elevator, Thom Mayne’s science and nature museum has made a startling impact on the Dallas cityscape

Technical

Reader’s House arts centre, Madrid by Ensamble Studio

2013-06-27T06:30:00Z

Internal concrete bridges open up space in a converted warehouse

Technical

Leme Gallery, Brazil by Paulo Mendes da Rocha with Metro Architects

2013-06-10T06:30:00Z

The new incarnation of this Sao Paulo arts space is built entirely from concrete

Inspirations

Craig Hamilton's inspiration: Thorvaldsens Museum by MG Bindesbøll

2013-06-06T06:30:00Z

Craig Hamilton stands in awe of the mighty Thorvaldsens Museum by MG Bindesbøll, who took elements of Greek, Roman and Egyptian design to create a Nordic neoclassicism

Building Study

Linz Musiktheater by Terry Pawson Architects

2013-06-05T06:30:00Z

Designing and building Linz’s new Musiktheater turned into a Wagnerian epic but the opera house has transformed the dynamics of the Austrian city

Technical

Le Lignon apartment complex by Jean-Paul Jaccaud Architectes

2013-04-22T06:30:00Z

The architect is improving the thermal performance of a large development outside Geneva

Technical

Royal Society of Arts refurbishment by Matthew Lloyd Architects

2013-04-16T06:35:00Z

Matthew Lloyd Architects has remodelled the Adam brothers’ Great Room for modern use

Building Study

Rijksmuseum by Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos

2013-04-10T06:30:00Z

After a decade of construction the two halves of Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum are finally reunited

Technical

Het Huis pavilion, Middelheim Museum by Robbrecht en Daem

2013-04-09T06:30:00Z

A technical lesson in displaying art in an intimate environment

Technical

V&A furniture gallery by Nord

2013-01-24T06:40:00Z

A technical look at lighting the V A’s furniture gallery

Building Study

Williamstrip Bath house, Gloucestershire by Craig Hamilton Architects

2013-01-23T06:40:00Z

In the grounds of a 17th century house remodelled by Sir John Soane, Craig Hamilton has created a swimming pool indebted to early 20th century classicism.

Building Study

Louvre Lens by Sanaa

2012-12-12T07:29:00Z

Built on a former mine in the industrial town of Lens, Sanaa’s new outpost of the Louvre brings some of France’s greatest treasures to one of the country’s poorest areas

Technical

Landscape Laboratory, Portugal by Cannata & Fernandes Architects

2012-11-22T06:40:00Z

A rich language of materials transforms a derelict textile factory

Technical

Carroll Fletcher Gallery by Allsop Gollings Architects

2012-11-20T06:35:00Z

This recently established practice has created a simple and flexible concrete construction

Building Study

6 Burlington Gardens by David Chipperfield

2012-10-05T06:10:00Z

David Chipperfield will at last link the Royal Academy with 6 Burlington Gardens