All articles by Will Hunter
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Opinion
What is the point of architecture schools?
Architectural education needs a proper shake-up which needs to begin by putting more money into teaching, argues Will Hunter
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Features
Ashen & Allen's Royal Manchester Children's Hospital
The Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital is the human-scale jewel in the crown of the complex Central Manchester University Hospitals masterplan
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Features
Primary lessons
This issue of the magazine — now rebranded as BD Reviews — is focusing on primary education for the first time.
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Building Study
Walters & Cohen's Wembley Primary School, London
Walters & Cohen overcame considerable site constraints to create Wembley Primary School with large courtyards at its heart to bring the community together
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Features
Cowley St Laurence school by What Architecture
Anthony Hoete, director of What Architecture, on how children, staff and Lego were involved in the design of a Church of England school in Hillingdon
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Features
Sky's the limit for cloud computing
The advent of cloud computing has profound implications for the way we live and work in cities — with the added benefit of being able to reduce costs and carbon emissions
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Building Study
RSHP's park ages
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners may have transplanted its Chiswick Park formula to Seville, but ‘out-of-town’ is already starting to feel out of time
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Features
Preservation not reconstruction
Julian Harrap’s traditional restoration of a listed timber-framed building on St Aldates, Oxford, is in stark contrast to the contemporary expression of Jamie Fobert’s proposed dwellings to the rear — and yet to both architects it represents a continuation of approach
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Building Study
Tony Fretton shows the art of merger
Tony Fretton’s bringing together of two buildings into a home and studio was just the beginning of a work in progress for artist Brad Lochore
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Building Study
Panter Hudspith steps up to new heights at Bear Lane
Developed as a specific response to Southwark, Panter Hudspith’s Bear Lane development could transcend its context to become a wider model for apartment living in London
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Features
Housing connections
Different housing projectscan create similar strategies that work for urban and rural contexts
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Features
London Design Festival: Capital ideas for interiors
The London Design Festival takes over the city from September 19–27, with a host of exhibitions, talks and other events
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Features
Interior motives
There is a lot of design talent in this country, but we need to do more to keep it here
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Building Study
Design Council: Design of the times
A robust and raw refurbishment of the Design Council’s offices gives the organisation a fresh purpose
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Features
Interiority complex
There is now a huge range of techniques for introducing complex geometries into interiors. Three projects – by Glowacka Rennie, Zaha Hadid Architects and ILEK – offer solutions for all levels of proficiency
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Features
Big plans for Birmingham
In this special issue we focus entirely on the changes Birmingham is now making with public sector investment
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Features
Q&A with Glenn Howells on reinterpreting Aston Webb’s designs for Birmingham University
Birmingham-based Glenn Howells discusses two very different projects in his home city — an addition to the grade II* listed university and new housing in an area blighted by crime
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Review
Student shows: Royal College of Art
The work of this year’s students is cogent, daring and refreshingly resolved
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Features
Q&A with Project Orange on the interior design of a hotel project India
Director James Soane reveals Project Orange’s most ambitious project to date: the interior of a 235-bedroom hotel in central Pune, India, which it started designing at the end of last year