Structures – Page 2
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NewsGrimshaw designs floating modular homes
Stirling Prize finalist teams up with Dutch concrete specialist
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Features
Ted Cullinan: Architect, builder, educator, storyteller
Peter Clegg pays tribute to the visionary architect who eschewed labels and did things his own way
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News
Chipperfield wins contest to design Berlin tower
Architect ‘was unanimous choice’ in 12-strong contest
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Features
Architects should embrace a modular future
The profession ought to be cheering the government’s support for modern methods of construction, not knocking it, argues HTA’s Simon Bayliss
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News
Architects criticise government’s faith in modular future
‘Most modular housing is crude, overscaled and a complete blight’ – Paul Karakusevic
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Technical
Technical Study: Stratford Pavilion by Acme
This substantial structure at the Olympic Park had to be built over a DLR tunnel, setting the team major challenges. Ike Ijeh reports
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News
‘Don’t demonise timber-framed buildings’ - architects react to Worcester Park fire
RIBA’s Jane Duncan says south London blaze exposes inadequacy of government’s building reg reforms
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Technical
Technical Study: Beaconsfield Mews cohousing, London, by Stolon Studio
Architect-developers Robert and Jessica Barker tell Elizabeth Hopkirk how they are turning community-building on backland sites into a business model
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Analysis
Analysis: When will we see wooden skyscrapers?
Timber frames have begun to break into commercial and higher-rise uses thanks to technological breakthroughs. Ike Ijeh speaks to the pioneers
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Technical
Technical Study: The Gantry, Here East, London
Hawkins Brown has created a colourful new hub for artists using the open source WikiHouse construction system
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Technical
Technical Study: Royal Opera House, London
Stanton Williams’ revamp of the Royal Opera House opens up the building to make it more accessible as a public space
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Building Study
Building Study: V&A Dundee, by Kengo Kuma & Associates
The V A Dundee is the museum’s first venue outside London and could have the potential to rejuvenate the city
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Building Study
Building Study: Arhus harbour baths, Denmark, by Bjarke Ingels
BIG repeats its trick of bringing swimming to the heart of the city. Could it work in London?
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Building Study
Building Study: Centre Point, London, by Conran and Partners
Richard Seifert’s landmark has been transformed from rejected 1960’s pariah to chic luxury flats
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Building Study
Building Study: Gasholders King's Cross, London, by Wilkinson Eyre
Can shoe-horning luxury homes into three Victorian gasholders successfully combine industrial history with contemporary design, asks Ike Ijeh
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Technical
Technical Study: Melle Psychiatric Clinic, Belgium
Architecten de vylder vinck taillieu has given new life to a partially demolished historic hospital building
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Technical
Technical Study: the Cambridge Mosque
One of David Marks’ last projects is a contemplative Cambridge mosque with complex timber geometry
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Technical
Technical Study: Vitsoe factory, Leamington Spa
The firm behind Dieter Rams’ 606 shelving system has created a temple to craftsmanship with its new HQ
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Building Study
Building Study: R7, King's Cross, by Duggan Morris Architects
The latest part of the King’s Cross regeneration scheme is a new kind of office block that aims to be unconventional, combining desk space and public areas. And it’s pink. Ike Ijeh is suitably impressed.
