All Building Study articles – Page 37
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Building StudySeeing the whole picture
Stuart Shave’s latest art gallery, designed with exceptional attention to detail by David Kohn Architects, revitalises a former London fashion quarter
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Building StudyCocoon phase
The second phase of the Natural History Museum’s Darwin Centre takes a startling approach to the storage of the insect specimen collection, writes Tony McIntyre
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Building StudyThrice-recycled dome will host visitors to science first
Globe will be host to 'world's greatest physics experiment'
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Building StudyIn Detail: Resource Centre, Grizedale, Cumbria
Architect: Sutherland Hussey Architects Structural Engineer: Burgess Roughton
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Building StudySutherland Hussey’s forest fruit
The first phase of Sutherland Hussey’s masterplan for a Forestry Commission-owned site in the Lake District has produced the Yan, a handsome community and education centre, writes Ellis WoodmanPhotos by Morley von Sternberg
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Building StudyRapp & Rapp’s cutting-edge normality
The solid massiveness of Rapp & Rapp’s mixed-use development for Ypenburg, a new district located on a former Nato airfield near The Hague, sits easily with the area’s suburban life, reports Biq Architects’ Hans van der Heijden
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Building StudyBeijing: the architecture of the Games
As the Beijing Olympic Games opens this Friday, Claire Dodd takes a look at the venues that are to house the event – from Herzog & de Meuron's headline National Stadium to the Water Cube and lesser known venues.
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Building StudyDixon Jones Architects’ perfect pitch at King’s Place
Two new major concert venues live in harmony with The Guardian’s new headquarters at Dixon Jones’ Kings Place building in King’s Cross
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Building StudyRHWL’s Brighton Myhotel is the hippy on the square
RHWL’s Myhotel in Brighton’s luxurious interior by New York superstar design Karim Rashid is a riot of funky colour and organic forms, reports Pamela Buxton
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Building StudyWilkinson Eyre’s Liverpool Arena challenges conventions
Lying low in its dockside setting, the sculptural form and transparency of Wilkinson Eyre’s Liverpool Arena and Convention Centre are a clever riposte to its bulky, boxy rivals, says Jan Carlos Kucharek
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Building StudyLong live Lubetkin’s republic
Tecton’s Spa Green Estate, a legacy of 1930s radical housing policy in north London, has been sensitively restored to pay homage to its original ambitions, reports James R Payne
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Building StudyGrey days are over in Clerkenwell
Wilkinson Eyre's London Festival of Architecture installation aims to be the start of a more permanent arts legacy in Benjamin Street Gardens, Clerkenwell.
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Building StudyGehry's Serpentine Pavilion raises deeper questions
Frank Gehry’s Serpentine Pavilion combines grandeur with history, but Tony McIntyre has issues with its structural honesty
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Building StudyJestico & Whiles’ nanotechnology centre shows that small can be beautiful
A dramatic exterior pattern based on the atomic structure of a butterfly wing sets Southampton University’s Mountbatten Building apart from its neighbours
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Building StudyFuture Systems’ Metropolis apartment building is breaking the waves in Copenhagen
The undulating blue facade of the practice’s latest design echoes the sea and sky of its Copenhagen harbourside development
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Building StudyFoster & Partner’s Willis Group building stays ahead of the curve
The smooth glazed surfaces of this City newcomer not only reflect its near neighbour, the Lloyd’s building, but also show off some ingenious technical innovations
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Building StudyAOC’s mobile performance space, the Lift, goes public
Lift’s demountable theatre brings the world to a local community. Ellis Woodman celebrates the AOC-designed space’s engagement with the public
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Building StudyArchitect Paul Notley's Roots & Shoots, South London
Paul Notley’s sustainable design for Roots & Shoots, a south London horticulture charity, expresses handsome architectural values
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Building Study5th Studio’s transformation of the River Lea Valley goes with the flow
Industrial infrastructure and open spaces along east London’s River Lea will form the spine of a design framework devised by architect 5th Studio for the area’s transformation into dynamic parkland
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Building StudyThe public liability of West Bromwich’s The Public
Will Alsop has called The Public his best-ever building, but after a visit to the £54m Midlands arts centre, Ellis Woodman has other ideas