All International articles – Page 172
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TechnicalDORMA specified for major installation at Evelina Children’s Hospital
Evelina Children’s Hospital at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust was the first children’s hospital to be built in London in more than 100 years, opening its doors to patients in October 2005.
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TechnicalDORMA aids DDA compliance at Everton Football Club
All entrance and exit points, together with hospitality suites and corporate facilities at Everton FC meet the requirements of the DDA (Disability Discrimination Act).
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TechnicalExtensive use of DORMA automatics and MANET system at new St Pancras
Product specifications are of the most demanding standard throughout the new landmark St Pancras International Station, not least for those items that relate directly to public safety and convenience.
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ReviewVenice Biennale: The Australian Pavilion
'Abundance' will be the theme of this year's Australian Pavilion, with the exhibition focused on broadening views of Australian architecture.
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NewsAdam hails start of a classical revolution (video)
Traditional architecture prospers as New Palladians exhibition launches
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TechnicalDORMA product chosen for major refurbishment at St George’s Hall, Liverpool
DORMA door controls, automatic door systems, door furniture and floor springs have been installed throughout St George’s Hall in Liverpool, as part of a major 10-year, £23m refurbishment programme.
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NewsTwin-leaf bascule bridge wins Auckland competition
This dramatic twin-leaf bascule bridge is the winning design for the international competition for the Te Wero Bridge in Auckland, New Zealand.
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ReviewVenice Biennale: Towards Paradise landscape installation
Gustafson Porter and Gustafson Guthrie Nichol have designed the first major landscape installation to feature at a Venice Biennale.
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OpinionManhattan receives a special delivery
Five suburban houses in a New York parking lot can show us the future of prefabrication
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OpinionShould Saarinen’s American Embassy building be listed?
Yes, says Docomomo’s Dennis Sharp, it’s well scaled and well weathered; no, says Westminster’s Robert Davis, it’s a mess inside, mediocre on the outside, and not historically important
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NewsErick van Egeraat's Grave city hall on show
Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat's city hall in the fortified town of Grave, Holland has opened.
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News3P Urban Process to refurbish Spanish cultural centre
London-based architect 3P Urban Process has beaten 52 firms in a competition to refurbish a cultural centre for the residents of Pontevedra in north-west Spain.
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ReviewVenice Biennale: The Scottish structure
The Gareth Hoskins Architects-designed Scottish structure takes the form of a flight of stairs rising above the canopy of the adjacent railway station.
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NewsElves influence winning design for Reykjavik opera house
Danish architect Arkitema and Icelandic firm Arkthing have won an international competition to design a major new opera house in Reykjavik, Iceland.
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NewsReach for the stars
New York-based Evolo Architecture, an international collective of architects, has published a book on the future of the skyscraper, presenting the best projects arising from an ideas competition the firm has been running annually since 2006.
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TechnicalTechniker gets to grips with Jean Prouvé’s historic prefab house
The solution for protecting Prouvé’s antique prefab on its travels to the hurricane-prone southern US involves stripping it to its structural core
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Building StudyRapp & Rapp’s cutting-edge normality
The solid massiveness of Rapp & Rapp’s mixed-use development for Ypenburg, a new district located on a former Nato airfield near The Hague, sits easily with the area’s suburban life, reports Biq Architects’ Hans van der Heijden
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NewsScottish firm designs China memorial
Scottish architect Sutherland Hussey is designing a 10ha memorial park for the 20,000 people killed in the earthquake which devastated China’s Sichuan province in May.
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Building StudyBeijing: the architecture of the Games
As the Beijing Olympic Games opens this Friday, Claire Dodd takes a look at the venues that are to house the event – from Herzog & de Meuron's headline National Stadium to the Water Cube and lesser known venues.