Jan Carlos Kucharek

  • KPF's Heron Tower will be completed in February 2011.
    Features

    KPF’s Heron Tower

    2010-10-22T00:00:00

    When complete, KPF’s 230m-high Heron Tower will be the tallest in the City of London, epitomising the spectacular turn of fortune for Gerald Ronson’s property company.

  • Visualisation of the new Lansdowne Road Stadium.
    Technical

    HOK Sports elegant tackling

    2008-09-12T00:00:00

    HOK Sport, with Scott Tallon Walker, is transforming Dublin’s Landsdowne Road stadium while responding to local constraints

  • A sculptural roof and layers of glazing create a subtle facade
    Building Study

    Wilkinson Eyre’s Liverpool Arena challenges conventions

    2008-07-25T00:00:00

    Lying low in its dockside setting, the sculptural form and transparency of Wilkinson Eyre’s Liverpool Arena and Convention Centre are a clever riposte to its bulky, boxy rivals, says Jan Carlos Kucharek

  • Visitors are met with an airy double-height reception with a Italian travertine tile floor.
    Building Study

    Moved up to club class

    2007-11-09T00:00:00

    When planning consultant DP9 wanted to transform a tired building in London’s Pall Mall it turned to architect de Metz Forbes Knight for something a little different

  • A European oak ceiling in the restaurant draws the eye to the amazing view.
    Building Study

    What girls really, really want

    2007-09-12T00:00:00

    With 70% of the staff women — and with Marie Claire and Chat among its titles — IPC Media’s fit-out of its new headquarters inevitably involved a bias towards female tastes

  • Technical

    Batting ideas around

    2007-07-06T00:00:00

    The Bat Conservation Trust, artist Jeremy Dellar and the RIBA have joined forces in a design competition so bats can live in comfort

  • Sigma Home
    Technical

    The shape of homes to come

    2007-06-15T00:00:00

    BRE’s Offsite 2007 show reveals the strides carbon-efficient housing has made.

  • Blue MDF laminate for the cupboards, right, and the solid laminate glasses display, left.
    Features

    Vision in electric blue

    2007-04-13T00:00:00

    An optical illusion of sea and sky was the design concept at Michel Guillon’s Chelsea Eye Boutique & Vision Clinic. Ab Rogers returns to see if it’s still refreshing after four years

  • A wall of coloured ceramic tiles is set back from the building line at ground floor level.
    Building Study

    Lift and celebrate

    2007-03-09T00:00:00

    In a south-west London suburb, Penoyre & Prasad has negotiated its way through a complex contract and NHS regulations to deliver a striking uplift in design standards