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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 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
Ike Ijeh’s verdict: Junya Ishigami’s Serpentine Pavilion
This year’s pavilion has its flaws and yet contains enough joy to convince BD’s critic that the series should continue into its third decade
Technical Study: Hill House, Helensburgh, by Carmody Groarke
Ike Ijeh explains how a chainmail shed is protecting a Charles Rennie Mackintosh mansion from water ingress
Technical Study: Boulevard Theatre, Soho
Thomas Lane finds out how Soda Studio turned tricks with a tiny space to create a supremely flexible theatre
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
Building Study: Drayton Green Church, by Piercy & Company
This west London church replaces medieval mystery with digital geometry in a thrilling reinterpretation of the gothic tradition
Technical Study: Floating church, London
Denizen Works explains how VW Campervans and an organ bellows inspired a highly unusual place of worship
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
Technical Study: Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre, Cambridge
Haworth Tompkins’ new theatre is a virtuoso performance, with an inspired and highly innovative glulam diagrid ceiling
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: Barts Maggie's by Steven Holl
Ike Ijeh is less than impressed
Technical Study: Melle Psychiatric Clinic, Belgium
Architecten de vylder vinck taillieu has given new life to a partially demolished historic hospital building
Building Study: Marmalade Lane, Cambridge, by Mole Architects
How does this housing development that was instigated and managed by residents work in practice?
Technical Study: Beaconsfield Mews cohousing, London, by Stolon Studio
Architect-developers Robert and Jessica Barker tell Elizabeth Hopkirk how they are turning community-building on backland sites into a business model
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
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
The 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
Technical Study: IOC Headquarters, Lausanne, by 3XN
The International Olympic Committee has raised the bar for office buildings. Ike Ijeh finds out how architect 3XN created a world-beater
Building Study: Bracken House, London, by John Robertson Architects
In its time it has embodied more than one archetype of the City office block, from 1950s solid sandstone to 1980s high-tech glass and steel
Building Study: The Ray, Farringdon, by AHMM
Paying close attention to its 19th-century context has created an office with character, says Ike Ijeh
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
Technical Study: Hill House, Helensburgh, by Carmody Groarke
Ike Ijeh explains how a chainmail shed is protecting a Charles Rennie Mackintosh mansion from water ingress
Technical Study: Pitzhanger Manor, London
How Julian Harrap Architects and Jestico & Whiles recreated a bit of Soane bling at his grade I-listed country house
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
Technical Study: Boulevard Theatre, Soho
Thomas Lane finds out how Soda Studio turned tricks with a tiny space to create a supremely flexible theatre
Building Study: Coal Drops Yard, London, by Heatherwick Studio
The retail hub revels in the idiosyncrasies of its original Victorian warehouse architecture, says Ike Ijeh
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
Building Study: BBC TV Centre, London, by AHMM
The iconic home of television has been given a new lease of life as housing, offices - and studios. Ike Ijeh tunes in
The rebirth of Lochgelly and lessons for Brexit Britain
The EU referendum brought home the political divisions between various parts of the UK. The inspired regeneration of a once deprived ex-mining town in Fife shows how architecture can help resolve them.
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