All articles by Will Hunter – Page 7

  • Features

    Harvey Nichols', Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands

    2006-09-29T00:00:00Z

    Three years after it first opened, Germano Di Chello of Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands returns to Harvey Nichols’ Manchester restaurant

  • Features

    ‘My advice is keep it small and tight’

    2006-09-29T00:00:00Z

    In the first of a BD Magazine series, an experienced interiors architect shares tips and tactics with a young firm

  • Technical

    An eye for 100% Detail

    2006-09-29T00:00:00Z

    Dozens of innovations were exhibited at 100% Detail last week. Marguerite Lazell and Elaine Knutt sift through the catalogue

  • Technical

    Naples goes with the flow

    2006-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Rogers’ swirling, whirling roof to the Capodichino underground station is a bold statement.

  • Technical

    Eco-aims under strain

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    A Southwark library conversion tested Architype’s sustainability principles to the full.

  • Technical

    Is there life after Part L?

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    In March, our panel of experts answered your Part L questions. Four months after implementation, Elaine Knutt asks architects how Part L is affecting their work

  • Inflate worked on Miniatora, the inflatable stage and set designed by Studio Egret West for dance company CandoCo.
    Technical

    The rise and rise of inflation

    2006-08-04T00:00:00Z

    With inflatable architecture becoming ever more widespread, Elaine Knutt talks to Nick Crosbie of Inflate

  • The architect wanted the walkway to look like a “delicate glass box” with generous proportions and solid steel supports  for a crisp profile.
    Technical

    Swinging London

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    For twin bridges in London’s Docklands Patel Taylor opted for the technically challenging option of pivoting from one column

  • Jorge Beroiz (left) and Ken Christian of RTKL, and Mike Hall of FaulknerBrowns. Both firms were winners in last year’s BD Architect of the Year Awards.
    Competitions

    Designers for life

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    Three BD Architect of the Year award winners kick back in Covent Garden to muse on the satisfying business of leisure. Elaine Knutt spoke to them

  • News

    Fire hits timber-frame industry

    2006-07-21T00:00:00Z

    Questions raised over eco-friendly material as Broadway Malyan apartment block burns for five hours

  • This tin Pan-Metal surface has been polished to mirror-like reflectance.
    Technical

    Soldier of fortune

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    An ancient warrior’s ingenuity paved the way for a coating innovation

  • Mueller Keener Associates and Sabine Gollner’s Skelter features coloured polycarbonate strips inset into the steel panels for colour and luminosity.
    Technical

    Gimme shelters

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    A West Midlands scheme shows how building youth shelters can benefit both young people and architects.

  • The two listed mills face each other across a courtyard, joined by the new linking building.
    Building Study

    Something old something new

    2006-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Cartwright Pickard’s Fearn Island Mills scheme in Leeds shows there’s still life in industrial conversions

  • The bridge over the Rio Aguarico, Ecuador.
    Technical

    Hands across the divide

    2006-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Two community-led approaches to helping the developing world show how architectural skills - often overlooked by aid organisations - are rebuilding lives from Kosovo to Cambodia.

  • Student Jesse Randzio pre-assembling the pavilion components.
    Technical

    On the cutting room floor

    2006-06-23T00:00:00Z

    The AA student summer pavilion is a work of fractal geometry in wood. Elaine Knutt tells us how they did it

  • As the steel door frames were cast directly into the walls, each door’s properties had to be decided earlier than usual.
    Technical

    French lessons

    2006-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Elaine Knutt reports on a new school where door frames were cast directly into concrete walls

  • A three light Dwell-Vent window installed at a demonstration project in Norwich.
    Technical

    Nothing wrong with a breath of fresh air

    2006-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Supply air windows are an established idea, but Part L's air-tightness requirements could mean their time has come.

  • Left to right: The Duke of Gloucester, Spencer de Grey and Norman Foster
    Review

    Building a future

    2006-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Is architectural imagination the driving force behind new technologies, or do technologies inspire architects? Elaine Knutt reports on the Building Centre's new show that says we need both approaches

  • Pilkington shows the strength of toughened glass for the Daily Express Building, 1931.
    Review

    The materials of innovation

    2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Elaine Knutt on an exhibition of trailblazing materials

  • Technical

    A feast of light

    2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Elaine Knutt reports on the lighting design for Tadao Ando's new Morimoto restaurant in New York