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Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, London
Carl Turner tells Elizabeth Hopkirk how he won the biggest project of his career – and then had to design it a nerve-wracking three times
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Technical Study: Boulevard Theatre, Soho
Thomas Lane finds out how Soda Studio turned tricks with a tiny space to create a supremely flexible theatre
Technical Study: Pitzhanger Manor, London
How Julian Harrap Architects and Jestico & Whiles recreated a bit of Soane bling at his grade I-listed country house
Technical Study: Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre, Cambridge
Haworth Tompkins’ new theatre is a virtuoso performance, with an inspired and highly innovative glulam diagrid ceiling
Technical Study: Floating church, London
Denizen Works explains how VW Campervans and an organ bellows inspired a highly unusual place of worship
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.
St Peter’s Seminary, Cardross by Avanti Architects & McGinlay Bell
St Peter’s Seminary near Glasgow is a brutalist ruin that is being given new life as an arts venue. What makes the refurb unusual is that the crumbling decay, instead of being covered, will be used as a central feature. Ike Ijeh reports
Senate House north block by Mace and Rock Townsend
A Mace-led team has turned the north end of Senate House into a light-filled learning space and glazed courtyard for the School of Oriental and African Studies
Holy Cross School by Cullinan Studio
Cullinan Studio’s prefabricated school in Swindon extracts spatial and architectural delight from a lean, compact template and answers today’s challenge of how we can build more schools for less money, while maintaining design quality. Ike Ijeh takes a look
Victorian tower extension, Brighton College by Richard Griffiths Architects
Landmark ‘stump’ reaches its intended height - more than a century after it was completed
Day centre, Noordwijk
Onix Architects has built a care centre in the Netherlands out of bricks that were rejected for their irregular form
Care centre’s fearless symmetry
The unconventional geometry of CZWG’s Maggie’s Nottingham is made up of simple steel elements
Healthcare
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Technical Study: House in Torhout, Belgium
Marie-José Van Hee has created a refined concrete and timber fronted house above a Flemish dentist using a clever structural solution
Technical Study: The world's first 3D-printed house, by CLS Architetti
3D printing is fast breaking down conventional barriers in engineering and architecture and changing the way the industry operates
Technical Study: 110 rooms, Barcelona, Spain
MAIO creates flexibility and a Gaudíesque sense of playfulness within the rigid grid of a traditional Barcelona apartment block
Enjoy the silence
Hounslow’s £150m school rebuilding programme aims to give children under Heathrow’s flight path quieter classrooms and better ventilation
Stoke-on-Trent Bus Station by Grimshaw Architects
Grimshaw has created a graceful, curving bus station in Stoke-on-Trent that might just become a flagship for the city centre’s regeneration
Heathrow Terminal 2 by Luis Vidal
Luis Vidal’s £2.5bn Heathrow Terminal 2 is set to transform the passenger experience — thanks in part to its majestic undulating roof
Technical Study: The Gantry, Here East, London
Hawkins Brown has created a colourful new hub for artists using the open source WikiHouse construction system
Technical Study: Vitsoe factory, Leamington Spa
The firm behind Dieter Rams’ 606 shelving system has created a temple to craftsmanship with its new HQ
Goede Doelen Loterijen by Benthem Crouwel Architects
Once completed, the new home of the biggest lottery charity in the Netherlands will be the first refurbished office building in Amsterdam to achieve a BREEAM Outstanding
Technical Study: Bristol Old Vic
Haworth Tompkins has woven a natural ventilation system through the 250-year-old fabric of this grade I theatre
St Peter’s Seminary, Cardross by Avanti Architects & McGinlay Bell
St Peter’s Seminary near Glasgow is a brutalist ruin that is being given new life as an arts venue. What makes the refurb unusual is that the crumbling decay, instead of being covered, will be used as a central feature. Ike Ijeh reports
Institution of Structural Engineering by Hugh Broughton Architects
Hugh Broughton and Expedition Engineering have turned an awkwardly shaped existing office building in Clerkenwell into a showcase of structural innovation
Deruyte children's shoe shop, Belsele
ONO Architectuur has combined sophisticated detailing and inexpensive materials to create a shop and apartment building with a difference in Belgium
Paul Smith shopfront by 6a Architects
A retail project cleverly blends the Mayfair streetscape with the client’s own brand identity
Womens Designer Galleries, Selfridges by Jamie Fobert Architects
Jamie Fobert Architects layer of marble is the complete antithesis of the classic department store floor
Nuno Graca Moura Rural House Refurbishment, Portugal
Turning former farm buildings into a hotel manages to retain their original identity, says Hugh Strange
What Singapore's national stadium can teach the Qatar World Cup
The vast steel dome on Arup Associates’ Singapore National Stadium is impressive. But Ike Ijeh discovers that its pioneering cooling system might just come to the rescue of the 2022 Qatar World Cup
Merrion Cricket Club, Dublin
TAKA Architects has ensured the members of this flood-hit cricket club face many more innings thanks to the waterfproofing armoury of their club house’s latest incarnation, says Hugh Strange
