Structures – Page 8
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TechnicalThe Mac arts centre by Hackett Hall McKnight
A new in-situ concrete structure for the Metropolitan Arts Centre is emerging within Belfast’s dense and historic Cathedral Quarter.
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TechnicalSpun concrete columns
Technology once used for drains is now producing concrete columns with the smallest footprint ever.
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TechnicalNunawading station, Melbourne
Grimshaw used prefabricated steel units to provide high-speed construction without disrupting services from a suburban Melbourne station
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TechnicalMeads Reach footbridge, Bristol
Niall McLaughlin Architects worked with Price & Myers and Martin Richman to create an integrated design that lights up the landscape
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TechnicalPrice & Myers’ Hy-Pavilion
Designed for the London Festival of Architecture, Price & Myers’ Hy-Pavilion is a clever folding timber structure that can be easily transported and erected.
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TechnicalTwilly Springs house by Diamond Architects
A new-build green oak frame joins an original 17th century elm timber rafters to create a contemporary house with historic roots
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TechnicalConstantijn Huygensstraat by Tony Fretton Architects
The robust brick facade of Tony Fretton’s Amsterdam block is designed to last the building’s planned 200-year lifespan
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TechnicalAllies & Morrison’s St Andrew’s masterplan
Bricks take centre stage at the £130 million St Andrew’s scheme in east London
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TechnicalMark Wallinger’s White Horse project, Ebbsfleet
Despite its size and concrete skin, artist Mark Wallinger says his giant White Horse for Ebbsfleet, Kent, must be ‘absolutely accurate’
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TechnicalJarmund Vignaes Architects creates In-Between House in Suffolk
A holiday house for Alain de Botton’s Living Architecture project uses a concrete core to give the impression of a floating building
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TechnicalMJP Architects’ Kendrew Quadrange at St John’s College, Oxford
MJP Architects’ building uses precast concrete to particular effect in its two spiral staircases
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TechnicalComing round the mountain with Sutherland Hussey’s Chinese ski stations
Sutherland Hussey’s cable car stations are taking shape in the Chinese mountains
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TechnicalAberdeen’s winning formula
A vast steel structure and ethereal polycarbonate cladding make Reiach & Hall’s new athletics and fitness complex a sporting contender
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TechnicalAAIS pumps up the drama
An inflatable extension to a German theatre, designed by a team from the AA’s new Interprofessional Studio, had to overcome the attentions of a concerned local authority
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TechnicalZaha Hadid’s new museum brings Glasgow into the fold
Zaha Hadid Architects’ Glasgow Museum of Transport Riverside project creates a vast internal space thanks to the rigidity of its distinctive pleated steel roof
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TechnicalHeatherwick’s Paperhouse kiosks open for business in Kensington
Heatherwick Studios’ bronze and steel kiosks for the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea are sturdy, flexible and sculptural
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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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TechnicalHudson Architects' Salvation Army HQ at Chelmsford, Essex
Amanda Birch discovers the secrets of cross-laminated panels in timber construction at the Salvation Army’s new building at Chelmsford
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TechnicalRoyal College of Art’s Studio 3 designs outdoor camp shower in Vermont (video)
The Faerie Camp Destiny project gave RCA students first-hand experience at building a real project for a real client on a difficult site in tough conditions
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TechnicalCartwright Pickard’s modular housing for east Africa
Cartwright Pickard is creating modular homes for east Africa that can be rapidly assembled offsite