Latest Building Studies – Page 38
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Building StudyFoster & Partner’s Willis Group building stays ahead of the curve
The smooth glazed surfaces of this City newcomer not only reflect its near neighbour, the Lloyd’s building, but also show off some ingenious technical innovations
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Building StudyAOC’s mobile performance space, the Lift, goes public
Lift’s demountable theatre brings the world to a local community. Ellis Woodman celebrates the AOC-designed space’s engagement with the public
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Building StudyArchitect Paul Notley's Roots & Shoots, South London
Paul Notley’s sustainable design for Roots & Shoots, a south London horticulture charity, expresses handsome architectural values
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Building Study5th Studio’s transformation of the River Lea Valley goes with the flow
Industrial infrastructure and open spaces along east London’s River Lea will form the spine of a design framework devised by architect 5th Studio for the area’s transformation into dynamic parkland
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Building StudyThe public liability of West Bromwich’s The Public
Will Alsop has called The Public his best-ever building, but after a visit to the £54m Midlands arts centre, Ellis Woodman has other ideas
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Building StudyZaha Hadid’s Zaragoza bridge over muddied waters
Zaha Hadid’s bridge over the River Ebro for the Zaragoza Expo is another creative triumph, but will it achieve its legacy role once the expo is over, wonders Ellis Woodman
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Building StudyCurve your enthusiasm at Page & Park’s Loch Lomond National Park HQ
Dry stone walls and timber have been combined to stunning effect in a sustainable structure. Photos by Renzo Mazzolini
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Building StudyTaking Terminal 5 to another level
HOK and Rogers’ lifts from the Tube station to the departures hall have passengers soaring long before their flight is called — if they can find them. Three months after its troubled opening, BD Magazine sees how Heathrow’s Terminal 5 is faring.
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Building StudyFoster’s urban tusk force at Copenhagen Zoo
Foster & Partners’ elephant house for Copenhagen Zoo shows the practice at its best — designing buildings for a narrowly defined purpose. Photos by Richard Davies
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Building StudyPerrault brings café society to Reigate
David Owen admires Dominique Perrault’s British debut: a café in deepest stockbroker belt at Reigate. Pictures by Morley von Sternberg
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Building StudyPerrault demonstrates model behaviour at the Pompidou
Sublime models are the highlight of this retrospective
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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
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Building StudyDesign for London picks its framework architects
An exhibition of architects’ ideas to improve London will go on public display this month, but will it change attitudes toward Design for London? Amanda Baillieu introduces a selection of the original 42 entries that took part in the DfL framework competition
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Building StudyForm an orderly Kew at Marks Barfield’s Xstrata Treetop Walkway
The historic urge to view Kew Gardens from a great height has found its ultimate expression in a new Treetop Walkway
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Building StudyStanton Williams Architects’ Cranfield University student accommodation blocks, Bedfordshire
Stanton Williams Architects’ student accommodation blocks for Cranfield University are the first step to realising its campus masterplan. Photos by Peter Cook/View
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Building StudyJames Gowan on designing Leicester’s engineering department
In this exclusive extract from Ellis Woodman’s survey of the life and work of James Gowan, Gowan discusses the development of the pinacle of his partnership with James Stirling, the University of Leicester Engineering Department
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Building StudyPeter Barber reinvents hostel for the homeless
Peter Barber Architects’ redesign of a St Mungo’s hostel in central London is part of a radical reinvention of its culture to prepare residents for independent life
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Building StudyDramatic overheads at Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands’ refit of La Rinascente, Milan
The dramatic honeycomb ceiling for top Milan retailer Vittorio Radice inspires a sweet response. Photographs by Chris Gascoigne
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Building StudyAdjaye plays a strong suit with flagship store for Ozwald Boateng
When bespoke tailor Ozwald Boateng had the chance to move his retail outlet to Savile Row, he approached David Adjaye to devise a contemporary yet sophisticated store. Photographs by Lyndon Douglas
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Building StudyWright & Wright's Cambridge University Corpus Christi College Campus
When Cambridge University’s Corpus Christi College ran out of undergraduate library space, it engaged Wright & Wright to remodel a former bank it owns on one of the city’s main streets as the Taylor Library, reports Ellis Woodman. Photos by Peter Cook and Dennis Gilbert