All articles by Ike Ijeh – Page 7
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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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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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FeaturesFive trends reshaping design
The rapid advance of digital tools and performance analysis systems is certainly helping the design process - but how much of an architect’s work are they set to take over? Ike Ijeh reports
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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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TechnicalCarrowbreck Meadows, Norwich, by Hamson Barron Smith
Hamson Barron Smith has planted 14 Passivhaus homes in a woodland in Norfolk. Ike Ijeh explains why it could blossom into a scheme of nationwide significance
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Building StudyThe Loom, London by Duggan Morris
Duggan Morris has respun a former east London wool warehouse as a 21st-century office through an elegant balance of intervention and restoration. Ike Ijeh reports
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Building StudyLive Works, Newcastle by Flanagan Lawrence
Live Theatre has ventured into the high-stakes world of property development to enable it to plough the profits back into making plays. Ike Ijeh takes a look around Live Works, the theatre’s £10m office project, to see how the building fits into Newcastle’s historic Quayside
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FeaturesBrain Archtivity
A new scientific study tries to guage the brain’s psychological reaction to architecture and has some surprising results
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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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FeaturesTrumpitecture
Donald Trump’s architecture talks louder than the man himself, with its gaudy interiors and unashamed excess. But what do his developments reveal about the man who promises to transform America?
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Building StudyElbphilharmonie, Hamburg by Herzog & de Meuron
Hamburg wanted the Elbphilharmonie to be an instantly discernible architectural symbol to lift the city’s prestige but got a faceless glass block sitting on top of a brick one. Yet in its theatrically wavy rooftop, Herzog de Meuron has brilliantly conjured up an emblematic national icon - just ...
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Building StudyHoly Trinity Primary School, London by Rock Townsend
A lack of space means that many new schools in London are built within residential schemes and lack a visual expression of their own
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OpinionLondon Shafted
Planning permission for 1 Undershaft is yet another attack on London’s skyline and character, argues Ike Ijeh
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FeaturesHelen Hayes MP: The politics of planning
Helen Hayes is the Labour MP for Dulwich and West Norwood in south London and she is also the only planner sitting in Parliament. Switching to politics in 2010 she shares her views on communities, Brexit and Trump.
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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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TechnicalVoorlinden museum by Kraaijvanger Architects
The Voorlinden museum in Holland wanted naturally lit gallery spaces full of light. But how to do that while protecting the superlative art collection on display? Arup came up with a highly imaginative solution. Ike Ijeh reports
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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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FeaturesHeathrow or Gatwick; an architectural perspective
The decision may have been made, but it had little to do with the architectural merits or the impact on the built environment. And, of course, it’s not really a final decision anyway… Ike Ijeh reconsiders the long-running case of Heathrow vs Gatwick
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Building StudyVictoria Gate by Acme
A modern city centre retail project in Leeds harks back to the city’s grand Victorian shopping arcades