Barony Campus by Sheppard Robson: Scotland’s new super school
Building Study: 22 Handyside Street, King’s Cross, by Coffey Architects
Building Study: Barts Square, London, by Sheppard Robson
Floating church, Olympic Park, by Denizen Works
Brixton Windmill Centre, London, by Squire & Partners
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Technical: Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, restored by David Chipperfield Architects
Technical Study: Park Crescent, Regent’s Park, by PDP London
Technical Study: Old Admiralty Building, London by BDP
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Technical: Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, restored by David Chipperfield Architects
‘Surgical’ €100m, decade-long project had to tackle flaws in Mies’ original design
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Technical Study: Park Crescent, Regent’s Park, by PDP London
Amanda Birch talks to the architects who demolished and rebuilt a grade I-listed Nash crescent – for a second time
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Barony Campus by Sheppard Robson: Scotland’s new super school
It has been described as the most innovative, ambitious and inclusive learning facility in the country. Thomas Lane hears how the client ditched framework procurement for a bespoke design
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Building Study: 22 Handyside Street, King’s Cross, by Coffey Architects
The YAYA winner’s shimmering King’s Cross office more than justifies the developer’s decision to put its faith in emerging talent, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk
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Building Study: Barts Square, London, by Sheppard Robson
The architect worked with other practices to bring a richness to this new development which is surrounded by some of London’s oldest fabric
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Technical Study: Old Admiralty Building, London by BDP
After a £60m refurb, the top-secret former haunt of Churchill and Ian Fleming is back in Her Majesty’s Service, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk
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Floating church, Olympic Park, by Denizen Works
In pictures: The congregation will literally be able to raise the roof thanks to a bellows-like innovation
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Brixton Windmill Centre, London, by Squire & Partners
Gallery: Architect completes education and community centre to support grade II* landmark
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‘You don’t get involved in a project like this for the glory or the money’
Keppie was working on an extension at Glasgow’s SEC events centre when the brief changed dramatically. Elizabeth Hopkirk hears from the architects
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Building Study: Plumstead Centre, London, by Hawkins Brown
The architect reckons it has found the solution to saving libraries from extinction. Ike Ijeh assesses the end result
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NHS Nightingale: How we built a hospital in 10 days
As the first patients arrive at London’s coronavirus surge hospital, BDP’s James Hepburn tells Elizabeth Hopkirk how they designed it
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Coming soon – 3D printed components for the masses
3D printing has the potential to produce complex structural components quickly and cheaply if the technology were commercially available. Now Fosters has done just that.
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Maggie’s Centre at the Royal Marsden, Sutton, by Ab Rogers Design
For his first building the designer has gone head-to-head with his father – but he was more intimidated by Rem Koolhaas, he tells Elizabeth Hopkirk
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Technical Study: UK Hydrographic Office in Somerset by AHR
Bringing everything under one roof was a central aim – so the architect made it the defining feature, writes Helena Russell
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Building Study: Town House, Kingston University, by Grafton Architects
Grafton’s first UK building is a thrilling reinterpretation of the university library, writes Ike Ijeh
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The world’s hottest projects in 2020
Ike Ijeh tours the planet to report on this year’s most anticipated completions
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Building Study: Auckland Tower, County Durham, by Niall McLaughlin
The architect has given Auckland Castle a timber tower resembling a siege engine – but while it’s a permanent fixture there’s nothing static about it
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Building Study: Walker’s Court, Soho, by Soda Studio
The Walker’s Court development, on the site of the famous Raymond Revuebar, could help Soho rediscover some heart
Technical
Technical Study: Stratford Pavilion by Acme
This substantial structure at the Olympic Park had to be built over a DLR tunnel, setting the team major challenges. Ike Ijeh reports
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Building Study: Zayed Centre, Great Ormond Street, by Stanton Williams
The £90m research centre for rare diseases gives the world-famous children’s hospital civic presence for the first time, writes Ike Ijeh
Inspirations
Sam Jacob’s inspiration: Avebury stone circle
Wiltshire’s other mysterious Neolithic circle is architecture in its purest form and would give Mies a run for his money, says the FAT co-founder
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Edmund Fowles’ inspiration: Roosenberg Abbey, Flanders
The Feilden Fowles director on a remote Belgian monastery designed by a monk who devised his own version of the golden ratio
Richard Griffiths’ first project: The Old Dispensary, Stratford
The architect recalls putting quality over cost, winning over hostile workmen and an electric shock
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How No1 Poultry almost lost its stripes
The project architect on Stirling’s masterpiece recounts the extraordinary story behind his luckiest break
Jane Kennedy’s inspiration: Manchester Town Hall
The Purcell partner on a building that had a guiding influence at the start of her career and has continued to delight ever since
Murray Kerr’s inspiration: SESC Pompéia, São Paulo
The Denizen Works director recalls his first visit to the social and cultural centre in a Brazilian barrel factory
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