All Doors & windows articles – Page 3
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Building StudyLa Seine Musicale, Paris, by Shigeru Ban
The second concert hall to be completed in the French capital within three years is a showcase to innovation and style. Ike Ijeh admires the distinctive features of this venue, which was designed by award-winning Japanese architect Shigeru Ban
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TechnicalTechnical study: Garden Halls, London
TP Bennett and Maccreanor Lavington’s elegant stepped facades in the heart of Bloomsbury show how off-site methods can help student accommodation to raise its game. Amanda Birch reports
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Building StudyBibliothèque Alexis de Tocqueville, Caen by OMA
With its regular glazed facades and cruciform shape, the northern French city’s new library is surprisingly understated for an OMA project. But as you would expect from the Dutch practice, there are some clever architectural manoeuvres at play – as Ike Ijeh finds out
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Building StudyDesign Museum, London, by John Pawson, OMA and Allies and Morrison
The former Commonwealth Institute has been resurrected as London’s new Design Museum. But how do the new interventions match up to the original 1960s architecture and that memorable roof? Ike Ijeh finds out
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Building StudyLock Keepers, London by Allies and Morrison
Allies and Morrison has updated the Victorian warehouse typology with an ingenious apartment block on an awkward canalside site in east London, writes Ike Ijeh
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Building StudyNew Science Building by Sheppard Robson
Laboratories are most often architecturally dull affairs but not Sheppard Robson’s New Science Building
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Building StudyAntwerp Port House, by Zaha Hadid Architects
Zaha Hadid Architects’ spaceship-like extension over the Belgian port’s old fire station is, the practice claims, a response to the site’s context and history. Ike Ijeh is unconvinced
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Building StudyArk Putney Academy, London, by Hawkins Brown
Elliott School was one of LCC’s finest post-war comprehensives, but had its fair share of problems. When an ambitious redevelopment was announced, former pupils led a mutiny to save the buildings they loved. Five years later Chloe McCulloch returns to assess the results
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TechnicalThe i360 tower by Marks Barfield Architects
The £46 milllion i360 tower in Brighton may claim accolades of being the tallest moving observation tower, the first vertical cable car and the world’s most slender tower, but the execution of its design and build is the real talking point
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Building StudyRuskin School of Fine Art, by Spratley Studios
Contrasting with its cool, minimalist interiors, this Oxford university arts space relies on an innovative smart glass window to connect with its residential surroundings. Ike Ijeh takes a look
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Technical3D-printed glass: Print me off another Shard
Glass has resisted the technological advancements in 3D printing, but now a team from MIT has invented a technique for printing fully transparent glass. The breakthrough, says Ike Ijeh, could revolutionise the way we make windows, cladding and even full facade systems
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TechnicalApartment building, Binningen, Switzerland by Lütjens Padmanabhan Architekten
In parallel with a delicate ordering of its interiors, the exterior focus of this two-storey apartment building on the outskirts of Basel, Switzerland is its complex and playful render facade, writes Hugh Strange
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TechnicalCladding SOM's JTI Building in Geneva
SOM’s JTI building in Geneva uses a revolutionary facade that optimises daylight and transparency while meeting tight Swiss regulatory requirements. Ike Ijeh finds out more
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TechnicalHow to be cool: Tackling overheating in UK homes
Overheating in homes is set to become an increasingly urgent issue, especially in the capital, as global temperatures rise. With energy legislation demanding that buildings become ever more airtight, what is the best way for designers to respond?
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TechnicalConcrete House in Stange, Norway, by Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk
A technical look at Norwegian architect Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk’s Concrete House
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TechnicalDeptford artist’s studio by dRMM Architects
A south London painter’s studio by De Rijke Marsh Morgan Architects brings in north light with a large openable ETFE skylight
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TechnicalPaul Smith shopfront by 6a Architects
A retail project cleverly blends the Mayfair streetscape with the client’s own brand identity
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TechnicalMerkem community centre by Rapp & Rapp
Dutch architect gives Belgian village a new focal point
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FeaturesCPD 18 2012: Polycarbonate window & wall systems
Polycarbonate panels offer the advantages of thermal performance, strength and aesthetic appeal, making them suitable for use in glazing, cladding and roofing. This CPD module is sponsored by Rodeca
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TechnicalBallyedmond House by Steve Larkin Architects
Steve Larkin Architects makes innovative use of sash windows to open up a house in rural Ireland