Graham Bizley
TechnicalSteel structure of the London 2012 Olympic stadium
Here is a technical look at the structure of architect Populous’s Olympic stadium.
TechnicalSteel cable technology gets Salford in the swing
The Media City footbridge designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects over the Manchester Ship Canal at Salford uses steel to create a structure that is both functional and visually appealing.
ReviewEngineers: A History of Engineering & Structural Design
Matthew Wells’ new study conveys the heroism of engineers through the ages.
TechnicalEric Parry Architects’ Holburne Museum in Bath
The blue-green glaze of Eric Parry’s Holburne Museum extension brings new depths to its Bath surroundings.
Building StudyH10 Hotel on Waterloo Road, London, by Maccreanor Lavington
Maccreanor Lavington’s H10 hotel is its largest UK building to date, but the practice originally signed up to create a housing scheme for the site.
ReviewAldington Craig & Collinge by Alan Powers
This practice’s meticulous approach avoided the formulaic and set them apart from the modernist mainstream
Building StudyHighwood Court housing in Harlesden by SUSD
SUSD’s nine-house development on an enclosed site in north-east London disregards conventional spatial arrangements to create housing of joyful intricacy
Building StudyAnd the V&A said, let there be light
MUMA’s Medieval & Renaissance Galleries have unlocked hitherto unused spaces at the Victoria &Albert Museum, while making the exhibits integral to the design, using them to define the different zones
TechnicalGateway to education
Irish practice Grafton Architects has created an impressive new faculty building that also acts as a front door to Milan’s Bocconi University
NewsThe envelope gets political
Alejandro Zaera-Polo argues that the building’s skin exemplifies the evolution of political ideologies
FeaturesFOA’s peninsula patterns for Ravensbourne College
Foreign Office Architects’ tessellated facade design for Ravensbourne College’s new home on the Greenwich Peninsula pays homage to its arts and crafts heritage
ReviewSuper Contemporary seems stuck in the past
The Design Museum’s Super Contemporary exhibition offers 15 new design ideas for London, but lacks coherency
TechnicalO'Donnell & Tuomey's Sean O'Casey Community Centre
Quirky detailing and a clever use of poured concrete give this new community centre a dramatic impact
ReviewFruits of the Vinex
In this meticulous and beautifully designed book, Jelte Boeijenga and Jeroen Mensink have set the field for a crucial debate on the future of housing policy, as applicable to Britain as to their native Netherlands
Building StudyWright & Wright’s RCA sculpture department refurb
Wright & Wright has imaginatively reorganised the Royal College of Art’s sculpture resource at its south London campus
Building StudyStudio Idealyc’s pyramid scheme
The refurbishment of London’s Spa Fields includes a distinctive community building by a recent architecture graduate, writes Graham Bizley
Building StudyIn detail: Riches Hawley Mikhail’s Clay Fields housing scheme, Elmswell, Suffolk
An affordable housing development in the Suffolk village of Elmswell incorporates sustainable construction technologies to achieve exemplary low levels of embodied energy and carbon emissions.
TechnicalRichard Griffiths Architects restores the Elizabethan garden at Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire
Richard Griffiths Architects’ £2m restoration of Robert Dudley’s ‘sensual paradise’ at Kenilworth is an exercise in authenticity
Building StudyIn detail: El Ray, Dungeness
El Ray, Dungeness - Architect: Simon Conder Architects, Structural engineer: Fluid
Building StudyEnd of the line
Blending with the Dungeness environment and being protected from it were major considerations for Simon Conder as he wrapped an 1890s rail carriage with a new skin. Graham Bizley takes a look