All articles by Oliver Wainwright – Page 6
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Building StudyFirst Look: RCKA’s Lewisham youth centre unites aspiration and innovation
RCKA has won planning permission for a new youth and community centre in Lewisham, named The New Generation.
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Building StudyColchester slips up on Viñoly’s golden banana
There are many reasons not to like Rafael Viñoly’s Colchester Firstsite, which finally opens this week, four years late and, at £28 million, costing almost twice its original budget.
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Building StudyStratford High Street
Stratford’s Olympic legacy is already taking shape, but it is a bleak vision that is unlikely to benefit locals.
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ReviewBD's guide to the London Design Festival
London’s annual fete of fancy furniture, playful products and intriguing installations is back – and bigger than ever before.
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FeaturesTop 10 unbuilt towers: Competition Project for Atlanpole, by Hans Kollhoff
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: St. Mark's-in-the-Bouwerie Towers, by Frank Lloyd Wright
As plans for the mile-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: Mole’s luxury complex takes its cue from Taiwan’s vernacular
Mole Architects, working with Gianni Botsford and landscape architect Todd Longstaffe-Gowan, has unveiled plans for a 71,000sq m development on the edge of Hsinchu City, the “Silicon Valley” of Taiwan.
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Building StudyBrockholes Wetland Nature Reserve, by Adam Khan Architects
Moored in a flooded gravel pit off the M6, Adam Khan Architects’ Brockholes Wetland Nature Reserve visitor centre forms a gateway to nature
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FeaturesTop 10 unbuilt towers: Millennium Tower, by Norman Foster
As plans for the mile-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: Hotel Attraction, by Antoni Gaudí
As plans for the mile high Kingdom Tower in Saudi Arabia are unveiled, London’s Shard is nearly sheathed, and the Walkie-Talkie, Cheesegrater and Pinnacle are all beginning to emerge from the ground, we look back to 10 projects that weren’t quite so fortunate in their bid to make it off ...
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FeaturesTop 10 unbuilt towers: Chicago Tribune Tower, by Adolf Loos
As plans for the mile high Kingdom Tower in Saudi Arabia are unveiled, London’s Shard is nearly sheathed, and the Walkie-Talkie, Cheesegrater and Pinnacle are all beginning to emerge from the ground, we look back to 10 projects that weren’t quite so fortunate in their bid to make it off ...
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Building StudyLondon 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?
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BlogsWin a trip to Japan! (sort of)
Now you can explore Junya Ishigami’s Kait workshop from the comfort of your chair, thanks to the miracle of Google street view.
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Building StudyMuseum of Liverpool, by 3XN and AEW
After seven years of legal battles, cost-cutting and a change of architects, the £72 million Museum of Liverpool proves a spectacular botch-up completely divorced from its context
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BlogsBeauty queen or manta ray with arm bands?
Hailed as “the beauty queen” of the Olympic Park, the Aquatics Centre has finally been unveiled. But will it serve the Games as well as the Legacy?
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Building StudyWardroper House by Sarah Wigglesworth Architects and Arch Street by S333, Elephant & Castle, south London
Financial constraints and local politics have created an uphill struggle for S333 and Sarah Wigglesworth Architects to build decent homes for former tenants of Elephant & Castle’s Heygate Estate.
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FeaturesClass of 2011
Energy production was one of the recurring themes in this year’s BD awards for the UK’s best diploma students.
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Building StudySerie Architects’ Chinese calligraphy museum rewrites the traditional garden
Serie Architects has unveiled designs for a new calligraphy museum in Linyi, in China’s north-eastern Shandong province.
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OpinionBloated icons and dreary sheds go head to head in the race for the Carbuncle Cup
Clunky slabs and botched “landmarks” battle it out to win the coveted title of worst building of the year.
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Archive TitlesIf you’re in a hole
In 1991 BD reported on student Jonathan Moseley’s practical Land Art study, which involved 16 students digging into Dungeness beach.