Oliver Wainwright
Building StudiesLondon 2012 Aquatics Centre by Zaha Hadid Architects
The smoothly undulating surface of Zaha Hadid’s stingray-like Aquatics Centre belies its structural complexity. But does the last Olympic Venue to arrive at the party live up to its promise? BD’s then architecture critic Oliver Wainwright went along to have a look.
Building StudiesEvelyn Grace Academy, Brixton, by Zaha Hadid Architects
The aggressive swagger of Zaha Hadid’s Evelyn Grace Academy reflects the hard-edged dynamism found within the school itself
Building StudiesVenice Biennale 2012: The British Pavilion
Is the British Council’s Venice Takeaway junkfood or haute cuisine?
Building StudiesVenice Biennale 2012: The Giardini pavilions
Hard bitten by recession, this year’s national pavilions have seen even the most inventive employ a minimal approach
Tablet onlyVenice video: Folk in a Box
David Knight and Cristina Monteiro on bringing flat-pack gothic architecture to the Biennale
Building StudiesGiant's Causeway visitor centre by Heneghan Peng Architects
Heneghan Peng Architects’ visitor centre for the Giant’s Causeway combines a raw simplicity with a generative grid to create a powerful sense of place
Building StudiesMaking the most of London’s landmarks
Outside the Olympic Park, London’s existing buildings are taking centre stage in creating a visual spectacle
Tablet onlyLondon 2012 Olympic Park
The Olympic Park is a tour de force of ecological landscaping, but it has little to do with its East End context
OpinionThe flaming dandelion
By reinventing the question, Thomas Heatherwick has shown that the Olympic cauldron can be more than a bowl of fire on a stick
TechnicalUp at the O2 walkway
Rogers Stirk Harbour, Buro Happold and Base Structures have created another reason visit the dome in North Greenwich
BlogsCannes on Lea
Forman's Fish Island Riviera in Hackney Wick is the most surreal by-product of the Olympics so far
ReviewFilm review: Eames: The Architect & The Painter
Misty-eyed anecdotes and creative anarchy go hand in hand in a film bursting with the energy of the Eames office
BlogsThe Hospitality Olympics
From pleasure yachts to gigantic tents, the Olympic hospitality houses reveal how the nations like to party
MultimediaVenice video: Folk in a Box
David Knight and Cristina Monteiro on bringing flat-pack gothic architecture to the Biennale
Building StudiesThe Photographers' Gallery by O'Donnell & Tuomey
O’Donnell & Tuomey’s warehouse conversion for the Photographers’ Gallery opens up a series of complex spaces and multiple skins, against a dramatic inner London streetscape
OpinionThe heart of Argent's King's Cross development is missing its beat
The new Granary Square is a barren expanse in desperate need of occupation - if the private security guards allow it
OpinionBoyle’s bucolic Olympic vision channels ghosts of the former site
This Lord of the Rings version of Englishness is strangely similar to what lay there before
Building StudiesBlankenberge Public Library by Sergison Bates Architects
Sergison Bates’ scheme for a new public library in Blankenberge, Belgium, is a lesson in how bring redundant buildings back to life
Building StudiesPoundbury houses at St John’s Way by Francis Roberts Architects
Francis Roberts’ Poundbury houses demonstrate a sturdy arts and crafts individualism but are undermined by the duchy’s lack of attention to material detail
FeaturesClass of 2012: Emma Flynn Bartlett, UCL
Trash Can Utopia integrates waste and its technologies into its fabric