All articles by Oliver Wainwright – Page 5
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Building StudyThe Spa School, Southwark, by AOC
AOC’s BSF Spa School for children with autistic spectrum disorder makes a virtue of its suburban setting
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FeaturesDog buildings
From dog-shaped cafes to crocodile-shaped hotels, BD presents a survey of animal-shaped buildings from around the world.
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Building StudyQuadrant 3 by Dixon Jones
Dixon Jones’s reinvention of the 1915 Regent Palace Hotel as offices and retail presents its past glories to their best advantage
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FeaturesElephant buildings
From dog-shaped cafes to crocodile-shaped hotels, BD presents a survey of animal-shaped buildings from around the world.
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AnalysisYoung Architect of the Year 2011: Jonathan Hendry
The 2011 Young Architect of the Year impressed the judges with his range of work and consistency of approach
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FeaturesThe Big Duck
From dog-shaped cafes to crocodile-shaped hotels, BD presents a survey of animal-shaped buildings from around the world.
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BlogsMecca's Mega-projects
The Islamic world’s holiest site will see $100 billion of development over the next ten years, but what are these mega-projects doing to the authenticity of the place?
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Building StudyWohnWerk, Basel, by Christ & Gantenbein
A scheme that combines live and work space for a community of adults with learning difficulties invests archetypal building types with a high level of specificity
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Building StudyGwangju follies
The South Korean city has commissioned the first of a series of 100 pavilions with which it plans to reassert its historic urban form
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Building StudyArcellorMittal Orbit by Anish Kapoor, Cecil Balmond and Kathryn Findlay
Kapoor’s tower revels in its ugliness, mocking the reserved spirit of the rest of the Olympic site
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Building StudyFirst Look: Feilden Fowles’ school centre puts focus on all-round learning
Feilden Fowles has revealed images of its Applied Learning Centre for the Ralph Allen School in Bath.
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FeaturesTop 10 unbuilt towers: Imperial Monumental Halls, by J P Seddon & E B Lamb
As plans for the kilometre-high Kingdom Tower in Saudi Arabia are unveiled, London’s Shard is nearly sheathed, and the Walkie-Talkie, Cheesegrater and Pinnacle all begin to emerge from the ground, we look back at 10 projects that weren’t quite so fortunate in their bids to make it off the drawing ...
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FeaturesTop 10 unbuilt towers: Narkomtiazhprom, by Ivan Leonidov
As plans for the kilometre-high Kingdom Tower in Saudi Arabia are unveiled, London’s Shard is nearly sheathed, and the Walkie-Talkie, Cheesegrater and Pinnacle all begin to emerge from the ground, we look back at 10 projects that weren’t quite so fortunate in their bids to make it off the drawing ...
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Building StudyFirst Look: Duggan Morris brings a flexible approach to Denmark Hill centre
Duggan Morris Architects has submitted a planning application for a New Learning Centre on the Maudsley Hospital Campus in Denmark Hill, south London.
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FeaturesTop 10 unbuilt towers: Friedrichstrasse tower, by Mies van der Rohe
As plans for the kilometre-high Kingdom Tower in Saudi Arabia are unveiled, London’s Shard is nearly sheathed, and the Walkie-Talkie, Cheesegrater and Pinnacle all begin to emerge from the ground, we look back at 10 projects that weren’t quite so fortunate in their bids to make it off the drawing ...
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Building StudyMaggie’s Centre Gartnavel by OMA
OMA wilfully subverts expectations at its Glasgow Maggie’s Centre, which melts unassumingly into the background.
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FeaturesTop 10 unbuilt towers: Bangkok Hyperbuilding, by OMA
As plans for the kilometre-high Kingdom Tower in Saudi Arabia are unveiled, London’s Shard is nearly sheathed, and the Walkie-Talkie, Cheesegrater and Pinnacle all begin to emerge from the ground, we look back at 10 projects that weren’t quite so fortunate in their bids to make it off the drawing ...
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FeaturesTop 10 unbuilt towers: Palace of the Soviets by Boris Iofan
As plans for the kilometre-high Kingdom Tower in Saudi Arabia are unveiled, London’s Shard is nearly sheathed, and the Walkie-Talkie, Cheesegrater and Pinnacle all begin to emerge from the ground, we look back at 10 projects that weren’t quite so fortunate in their bids to make it off the drawing ...
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ReviewThe 1951 Festival of Britain: A Brave New World
A 60th anniversary documentary brings a timely reminder of an age of optimism and opportunity.
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Building StudyA day out to Rocksalt Restaurant, by Guy Hollaway Architects
The BD team went to Folkestone to discover the future of seaside dining