All Building Study articles – Page 43
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Building StudyDRMM's MK anniversary tower
De Rijke Marsh Morgan is building this 19m tall wooden tower as part of the celebrations of Milton Keynes at 40
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Building StudyHaworth Tompkins’ school theatre is a scene stealer
An innovative performance complex for St Edward’s School, Oxford, is designed to serve both the school and surrounding community.
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Building StudyIn Detail: North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford
Architect Haworth TompkinsStructural engineer Price & MyersGlazing subcontractor Fineline AluminiumA Victorian swimming pool has been converted for use as a theatre in the grounds of a school in Oxford. A foyer, gallery, drama studio and dance studio are housed in an adjacent new two-storey building.The new building sits on concrete ...
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Building StudyNorman Foster's Beanhill
As part of our week-long special celebrating Milton Keynes at 40, Zoë Blackler and photographer Ed Tyler take a tour of the city. Here they visit Norman Foster's run-down Beanhill housing scheme
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Building StudyNetherfield by Jeremy Dixon, Edward Jones, Michael Gold and Chris Cross
As part of our week-long special celebrating Milton Keynes at 40, Zoë Blackler and photographer Ed Tyler take a tour of the city. Here they visit Netherfield designed by Jeremy Dixon, Edward Jones, Michael Gold and Chris Cross
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Building StudyBeyond Babel: the work of Swiss architect Peter Märkli
After two decades spent designing houses, Peter Märkli is at last building at a substantial scale. Ellis Woodman reports on why the Swiss architect is currently one of the most vital voices in Europe
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Building StudySkydec apartments, London by Edward Potter Associates
Alan Riley has nominated Edward Potter Associates’ Skydec apartments in south west London, a development of 14 flats in a conservation area of two storey Victorian housing.
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Building StudyHoliday Inn Express, Westhill Aberdeen by Peter Redhead Architects
“It is the most hideous building, totally out of scale and massing with it’s location, with scant heed to local architecture or materials,” writes nominator Marie-Louise Dunk. Dunk names another Aberdeen shocker: a new housing estate by Betts on the A944 into the city. “We’ve watched with horror ...
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Building StudyIn detail: Maryland Early Years Centre, Stratford, London
Architect FluidStructural Engineer ConisbeePrefabricated panels Framework CDMA single-storey early years centre in east London was built in an incredibly short five-months using a prefabricated timber superstructure. The centre houses a daycare room for two to five year olds, a staff training room and a classroom shared with the next-door primary ...
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Building StudyWind catcher for the Windies
Everyone had a view on rebuilding Barbados’s legendary Kensington Oval cricket ground, but for Arup Associates keeping its village style and party character was vital
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Building StudyFluid Architects’ Maryland daycare centre is a lesson in colouring in
Faced with a tiny budget and an uninspiring east London site, the architect’s imaginative approach soon saw this daycare project snowball. Pictures by Morley von Sternberg
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Building StudyMore London office development by Foster and Partners
Edwin Heathcote, architecture critic on the Financial Times, has nominated Foster's More London for our Carbuncle Cup
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Building StudyOh, to be in Miami!
The new sports and entertainment complex inside the former Millennium Dome looks to Florida’s sun-baked art deco for a feel-good playground all under one roof
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Building StudyRichard Hywel Evans's luxury villas in the Seychelles
Richard Hywel Evans has designed twenty five Bond-style villas on the island of Felicite in the Seychelles
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Building StudyFretton redesigns Warsaw embassy
Fretton’s second design for the British Embassy in Warsaw has such an authoritative presence it needs little fanfare.
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Building StudyThe Treasure House in Beverley, East Yorkshire by East Riding Council Architects and Atkins
A heritage lottery building that's no treasure, nominated by RIBA Journal editor Hugh Pearman
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Building StudyDavid Mikhail's Richmond house: Minimal quibbles
The remodelling and extension of a small terraced house has created a beautiful building displaying intelligent use of space. It's a shame it slips up on some of the details, says Tony McIntyre
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Building StudyRestoring a crown jewel
Dixon Jones is set to refurbish the Regent Palace Hotel at the Crown Estate-owned southern end of London’s Regent Street, the central element of the Allies & Morrison masterplan for the area
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Building StudyMVRDV’s Amsterdam housing block: a bridge over troubled water
Can MVRDV’s “see-through” housing transform Amsterdam West?