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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
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
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
Delvendahl Martin’s inspiration: Katsura Imperial Villa, Kyoto
Nikolai Delvendahl and Eric Martin explain how the modernist view of the imperial palace misses all the emotion
Angela Brady’s inspiration: Aarhus town hall, Denmark
The former RIBA president first went to Denmark as a student to study co-housing but fell in love with this gesamtkunstwerk
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
Building Study: Dancy House, Marlborough, by Allies and Morrison
This block for Marlborough College is a perfect compromise between the school’s rarefied idyll and the practice’s trademark contemporary aesthetic
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?
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
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
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
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
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: 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
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: 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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