All articles by Pamela Buxton – Page 12
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TechnicalHow Trinity College’s Berkeley Library launched Niall McLaughlin’s career
Ahrends Burton Koralek’s Berkeley Library in Dublin was the inspiration McLaughlin needed to to spark his interest in architecture
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TechnicalGerard Maccreanor revisits the Piraeus building in Amsterdam
Maccreanor Lavington had relocated to the Netherlands when Hans Kollhoff and Christian Rapp’s Piraeus Building was being built in the 1990s. Gerard Maccreanor observes its influence on the practice
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TechnicalDow Jones recalls the lessons of Powell & Moya’s Cripps Building at St John’s College
Alun Jones and Biba Dow were first inspired by Powell & Moya’s Cripps Building when they were students in Cambridge.
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TechnicalPrefabricated flooring takes off
With its adoption in two Heathrow terminal buildings, the Technik flooring system is getting a chance to prove itself
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ReviewNew HQ, old foundation
Does a new home mark the end of a period of instability for the Architecture Foundation
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TechnicalRecycled paper makes riches from rags
A structure made from old copies of the Guardian is the latest achievement of engineer James Thomson’s Paper Project
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TechnicalClassic dining at the Whitechapel Gallery
Project Orange’s Whitechapel Dining Room makes the newly refurbished gallery’s gastronomic experience as satisfying as its cultural one
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ReviewBristol's architectural brave new world?
Two Belgian artists undertake an architectural reworking of Bristol’s waterfront for this show at the Arnolfini gallery
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ReviewWhen new towns go bad
Indie maestro Darren Hayman has produced a folk opera based on Frederick Gibberd’s 1947 vision for Harlow
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ReviewLe Corbusier’s Le Cabanon at the RIBA
Le Cabanon, the French Riviera beach home Le Corbusier built for his wife in the 1950s, arrives at the RIBA in a 1:1 reconstruction
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FeaturesAdam Kalkin’s contained approach to architecture
US artist and architect Adam Kalkin has devised a novel building type using shipping containers — if only the practicalities weren’t so tiresome.
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FeaturesNakazawa’s practical magic
US architect Paul Nakazawa found his forte was coaching others to make the most of their talents. With a client list including Morphosis and OMA, here he talks to Pamela Buxton about how to survive the downturn
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TechnicalGetting in the swim at Lucknam Park
Holder Mathias Architects has delivered a five-star swim solution for the Lucknam Park luxury hotel at Colerne near Bath.
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ReviewTatlin’s tower still has the power to inspire
Art collective Henry VIII’s Wives is creating a portion of Soviet architect Vladimir Tatlin’s famous design in east London
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FeaturesArchitect Freestate’s hall of mirrors
Architect Freestate created a vast hall of mirrors for Sony Europe in Berlin this September
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TechnicalIwamoto Scott Architecture’s Voussoir Cloud
Iwamoto Scott’s Voussoir Cloud at the Southern California Institute of Architecture is a temporary installation showcasing the power of building offsite with paper
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TechnicalTonkin Liu’s Promenade of Light at Old Street
Tonkin Liu has completed the first part of a three-phase project to upgrade the area around Old Street roundabout in central London
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FeaturesCottrell & Vermeulen sees the light at All Souls
Cottrell & Vermeulen’s refurbishment of All Souls church, Harlesden, was greeted with polite horror by parishoners. Richard Cottrell sees how it is working a year onPhotos by Ed Tyler
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Building StudyA-EM’s steep learning curve at Imperial College
A-EM’s transformation of Imperial College’s sixties library has introduced flexibility to studying, reports Pamela Buxton Photographs Alan Williams
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TechnicalJohn McAslan & Partners’ £17m refurb of Goldfinger’s Trellick Tower
How did John McAslan & Partners arrive at the difficult decision to replace the original windows at Trellick Tower as part of the £17 million restoration of Erno Goldfinger’s west London landmark?