All articles by Pamela Buxton – Page 10
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InspirationsPaul Monaghan’s inspiration: Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool
Paul Monaghan of AHMM tells how the boldness of Frederick Gibberd’s Catholic cathedral made a far-reaching impression
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Building StudyDrawing board: Sita UK energy-from-waste facility by Grimshaw
Great Blakenham in Suffolk will be the location for one of the many new energy from waste (EfW) facilities. Grimshaw partner Chris Nash and project architect Chris Fletcher discuss their design for the plant.
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FeaturesKBB London opens May 15 at the Excel Centre
KBB London will bring the best of kitchen, bedroom and bathroom design to the Excel Centre May 15-17. BD previews the debut event and selects 10 new products from the show.
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Building StudyDrawing board: Long & Kentish Porthmeor Studios
MJ Long and Rolfe Kentish discuss their refurbishment of Porthmeor artists’ studios in St Ives, Corwall
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ReviewRobin and Lucienne Day: Design and the Modern Interior
The Days’ post-war work may have lost its original shock value but is still influential 60 years on
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ReviewAram Gallery: The Then-Now Show
An exhibition comparing leading designers’ work with their degree show designs is illuminating.
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TechnicalNew research will help architects maximise low-carbon design
Target Zero guidance on achieving low-carbon buildings has been launched by the BCSA and Tata Steel. Here are three steel-framed projects featured in the research.
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ReviewMaccreanor Lavington’s Waterside Park in the Royal Docks
Maccreanor Lavington is creating urban character in London’s Docklands. Here Gerard Maccreanor explains the firm’s housing block.
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ReviewBrit Insurance Designs of the Year
Despite the economic gloom, the Design Museum’s show is an uplifting experience
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Building StudyAHMM: Dagenham Park School, Barking
Paul Monaghan and Andrew O’Donnell of Allford Hall Monaghan Morris discuss the use of prefabrication at the practice’s £16.9m Dagenham Park School.
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ReviewIs anybody out there?
Photographers explore the eeriness of emptiness at Pitzhanger Manor gallery, writes Pamela Buxton
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ReviewDark Days and Substrait
The Barbican cinema offers a rare chance to catch two films on New York’s tunnel dwellers, by Marc Singer and Gordon Matta-Clark
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TechnicalGarsington Opera pavilion by Snell Associates
Sliding fabric screens were chosen to clad this temporary venue for the Garsington Opera Company in Buckinghamshire.
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Building StudyHawkins Brown's school of the arts for the University of Kent
Hawkins Brown took a film studio lot as the inspiration for its new Jarman Building in Canterbury for the University of Kent.
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Review5th Studio’s reworking of family accommodation at Churchill College
Troublesome and outdated family graduate accommodation at Cambridge’s Churchill College has been given a careful reworking by 5th Studio.
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ReviewSimon Henley on the 15-year masterplan for Roehampton University
Henley Halebrown Rorrison has drawn up a 2025 masterplan for Roehampton University’s expansion. Simon Henley explains how this was informed by references as diverse as a cemetery and a lamp-post.
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InspirationsStephen Witherford and William Mann’s inspiration: Utrecht City Hall
The eclectic collision of old and new in Miralles Tagliabue Architects’ Utrecht City Hall creates a unique spirit that has made a strong impression on Witherford Watson Mann
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Building StudyJamie Fobert’s Shoe Galleries for Selfridges
Despite having no desire to become a specialist retail architect, Jamie Fobert is showing decided flair in the field as his Shoe Galleries at Selfridges demonstrate
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FeaturesClaudio Silvestrin on plans for an Italian fashion mall
Retail architecture should be tranquil and beautiful according to Claudio Silvestrin, who is designing a 700m-long Fashion Mall in northern Italy.
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FeaturesDSDHA’s bijou Belgravia cosmetics store
Reconfiguring the Belgravia boutique of bespoke make-up company, Cosmetics a la Carte, required DSDHA to engage in urban planning on a miniature scale.