Structures – Page 2
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TechnicalTechnical 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.
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Technical
Technical Study: The Crow's Nest, Dorset
AR Design Studio had an unusual brief - replace a holiday home destroyed by a landslip with a new building on the same high-risk site. Amanda Birch discovers how involving an engineer early on led to an innovative solution
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News
Firm appointed to progress £100m Rotherhithe Bridge
Thames crossing between Canada Water and Isle of Dogs moves forward but original architect faces uncertainty
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Technical
Behind the scenes at the V&A Dundee
Realising Kengo Kuma’s extraordinarily complex design for the V A’s outpost in Dundee would not have been possible without sophisticated modelling tools and precision construction techniques.
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Technical
Technical study: Tate St Ives extension, St Ives, Cornwall
Jamie Fobert’s discreet subterranean gallery extension has calmed locals’ concerns about the impact on the town’s skyline and reflects in its design all the elements that make St Ives special
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Building Study
La Seine Musicale, Paris, by Shigeru Ban
The second concert hall to be completed in the French capital within three years is a showcase to innovation and style. Ike Ijeh admires the distinctive features of this venue, which was designed by award-winning Japanese architect Shigeru Ban
