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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
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
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 Study: Science Museum supporters’ centre, by Hat Projects
The conversion of a former Royal Mail sorting office into the £3.5m Smith Centre required instinct and guts, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk
Building Study: The Twist, Norway, by BIG
Bjarke Ingels’ new art gallery over a river might have the whiff of gimmickry but Ike Ijeh finds himself beguiled
Building Study: James Simon Galerie, Berlin, by David Chipperfield
The architect’s new gallery is a magnificent gateway to Berlin’s Museum Island, writes Ike Ijeh
Amin Taha’s inspiration: Pergamon Altar, Museum Island, Berlin
The architect returns to a glorious Greek altar from his childhood and reflects on the questions its long history raises
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
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
How No1 Poultry almost lost its stripes
The project architect on Stirling’s masterpiece recounts the extraordinary story behind his luckiest break
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
Building Study: Churchill College housing, Cambridge, by Cottrell & Vermeulen
The postgraduate block is a deft study in how to do contextual architecture when the context happens to be your own work, writes Ike Ijeh
Technical Study: Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, London
Carl Turner tells Elizabeth Hopkirk how he won the biggest project of his career – and then had to design it a nerve-wracking three times
‘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
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
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
The world’s hottest projects in 2020
Ike Ijeh tours the planet to report on this year’s most anticipated completions
Building Study: Marmalade Lane, Cambridge, by Mole Architects
How does this housing development that was instigated and managed by residents work in practice?
Alan Stanton’s inspiration: Lovell Beach House, Newport Beach, California
The architect recalls his first visit to Rudolph Schindler’s inventive ocean house that has remained in his imagination ever since
The world’s hottest projects in 2020
Ike Ijeh tours the planet to report on this year’s most anticipated completions
Building Study: The Twist, Norway, by BIG
Bjarke Ingels’ new art gallery over a river might have the whiff of gimmickry but Ike Ijeh finds himself beguiled
Building Study: Tintagel Bridge, Cornwall, by William Matthews Associates
The two halves of the severed castle have been reconnected by thrusting cantilevers that don’t quite meet. Ike Ijeh asks if Merlin was involved
How No1 Poultry almost lost its stripes
The project architect on Stirling’s masterpiece recounts the extraordinary story behind his luckiest break
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
The world’s hottest projects in 2020
Ike Ijeh tours the planet to report on this year’s most anticipated completions
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
Richard Griffiths’ first project: The Old Dispensary, Stratford
The architect recalls putting quality over cost, winning over hostile workmen and an electric shock
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
The world’s hottest projects in 2020
Ike Ijeh tours the planet to report on this year’s most anticipated completions
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
Sadie Morgan's inspiration: Plymouth Lido
The art deco pool has a place in the heart of the dRMM co-founder and BD Female Architectural Leader for many reasons, including a rather personal one
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
Building Study: Charlie Bigham’s, Somerset, by Feilden Fowles
Ike Ijeh on a winning recipe for that most functional of building types: the food production plant
Technical Study: Vitsoe factory, Leamington Spa
The firm behind Dieter Rams’ 606 shelving system has created a temple to craftsmanship with its new HQ
Technical Study: North West Cambridge housing by Stanton Williams
The architect’s first affordable housing creates a sense of intimacy while complying with tough daylight regulations, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk
Technical Study: Bushey Cemetery, London
The rammed earth walls of Waugh Thistleton’s Stirling-shortlisted Jewish cemetery roots it in the timelessness of religious ritual
Building Study: Bellenden Primary School, London, by Cottrell and Vermuelen
A compact island site in south-east London has been turned into a spacious, playful primary school that’s cleverly knitted into the urban fabric
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