James R Payne
ReviewIOWAC’s Studio in the Woods 2010
This year’s Studio in the Woods upheld its yearly outdoor tradition of enacting intellectual debate with chainsaws
Building StudyHaworth Tompkins’ London Library
Haworth Tompkins’ ongoing expansion of the London Library has clarified and enhanced its internal spaces while retaining the unique character of this historic literary institution
Building StudyNorwegian architect Beate Hølmebakk of Oslo-based Manthey Kula
After creating a series of self-initiated ‘paper’ projects, Norwegian architect Beate Hølmebakk’s first built works are emerging
ReviewBack to the land
A talk at the Architecture Foundation by three of Norway’s top young practices brought together the country’s mystical landscape and urban culture
ReviewReturning hero
David Chipperfield brings his triumphal procession of international work to the UK for the first time at the Design Museum
Building StudyTurning yellow at AHMM's new Monsoon headquarters
Its bright cladding gives Allford Hall Monaghan Morris’s Yellow Building a distinctive exterior, but as a working environment the interior of this headquarters for clothing retailer Monsoon is a missed opportunity
ReviewHands off this architectural masterpiece!
This conference on James Stirling’s red university buildings saw feelings running high about proposals to alter one of them, the Engineering Department at Leicester
Building StudyDow Jones Architects has designs on London’s waste line
Dow Jones Architects is proposing a radical series of waste-crunching towers across London to help meet recycling targets and generate low-cost energy for local communities, says James R Payne
FeaturesStockholm reflects on real life practice
Ten international architects presented their work at last month’s Stockholm Seminar, which sought to examine the gap between architectural practice and theory. James R Payne reports
Building StudyLong live Lubetkin’s republic
Tecton’s Spa Green Estate, a legacy of 1930s radical housing policy in north London, has been sensitively restored to pay homage to its original ambitions, reports James R Payne
Building StudyMunkenbeck & Partners finds room at the top for the Jerwood Space
Southwark’s Jerwood Space has expanded further with London’s largest dedicated rehearsal space housed in a Corten shed — on its roof. James R Payne appreciates its poetic simplicity
Building StudyMole Architects' Cambridge University department of architecture
Mole Architects, working with Freeland Rees Roberts, has designed a sustainable extension to Cambridge’s architecture faculty
Building StudyBrunswick Centre refurbishment by Patrick Hodgkinson
Now that the Brunswick Centre’s winter gardens, concrete walkways and shops have been remodelled by the original architect, Patrick Hodgkinson, with Levitt Bernstein, this modernist icon is ready to face a new era.