All Building Study articles – Page 49

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    Luna landscape

    2006-06-30T00:00:00Z

    While its design is very much of the moment, Glenn Howells’ Luna Building fits in perfectly with its older riverside neighbours.

  • The walls and roof slates are the same colour, so the building reads as a single unit, while flush windows make the volume abstract.
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    Pump house gang

    2006-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Maccreanor Lavington’s four new terraced houses on an awkward site in north London prove surprisingly peaceful

  • The rendered block fronting Rue du Universite is animated by the ceiling frescoes provided by Aboriginal artists. The volume faced in pleated white steel panels houses the temporary gallery and foyer. The permanent collection is housed above.
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    Heart of darkness

    2006-06-30T00:00:00Z

    President Jacques Chirac's legacy is an ambitious and controversial museum devoted to France's ethnic art works. But Jean Nouvel's heavy-handed approach and the Disney-esque displays fail to put the new Musée du Quai Branly on a par with the the French capital's other cultural high points

  • The elevation to Southcombe Street is made from cast stone which employs a Portland stone aggregate.
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    Poetic justice

    2006-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Terry Pawson's west London office building combines a redundant court building, arts and crafts detail and modern theory to imposing effect

  • The new entrance to Chalk farm Road.
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    Theatre in the round

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    John McAslan & Partners' revamp of the Roundhouse retains the building's essential drama as a venue while giving it a new lease of life

  • The new library is entered via the adjacent gallery building, completed by Pringle Richards Sharratt in 2002.
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    Oldham's double bill

    2006-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Pringle Richards Sharratt's new library and learning centre joins its four-year-old Gallery Oldham in the city's burgeoning cultural quarter. This phase of the project may be PFI, but the architect has triumphed, creating a striking, highly usable space.

  • The Bethnal Green Road elevation showing the new system of louvres and the extra floor added on the roof of the existing buildings.
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    Pick and mix

    2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Penoyre & Prasad's arts centre in Tower Hamlets has been designed as a celebration of the area's multiculturalism, while the rough and ready approach allows ample opportunity for the creativity within. Ellis Woodman pays a visit to see if Rich Mix lives up to its promise.

  • The relationship between the library and the Masonic Lodge.
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    Des Moines Library by David Chipperfield

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    Ellis Woodman explores the enigmatic exteriors and lucid interiors of Chipperfield’s Des Moines Library

  • Kew Palace, with the new lift shaft on the site of the former privy shaft.
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    Palace coup

    2006-05-12T00:00:00Z

    Purcell Miller Tritton's refurbishment of Kew Palace is discreet and authentic, even down to the position of the new lift shaft. Now it's access for all, if a bit heavy on the ‘interpretation'

  • Feilden Clegg Bradley's courtyard housing features outdoor space at three levels.
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    Three's company

    2006-05-05T00:00:00Z

    Feilden Clegg Bradley has collaborated with Alison Brooks and Maccreanor Lavington for its Cambridge development, to produce a range of housing styles. The result is high-quality architecture reflecting a collective identity

  • The front elevation to Woodward Place
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    Woodward Place housing, New Islington by Fat

    2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

    Snigger all you want, but Fat's weird and wonderful Woodward Place in Manchester's New Islington has been delivered with exemplary care and manifest artistry.

  • Hodder’s student block that houses staircases 20-22.
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    Finishing touches

    2006-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Stephen Hodder's project at St Catherine's College has spanned a decade of building and restoration work to Arne Jacobsen's 1960s campus. The final phase of his masterplan - a set of student housing blocks - is complete, and it has been been worth the wait.

  • Dance City’s cafe and entrance are on the south-east side of the building.
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    Stepping out

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Malcolm Fraser Architects' new community centre uses design to bring healthy living to Newcastle. But you need to look beyond the muddled exterior to find the true beauty of Dance City.

  • Architect Peter Salter (left) with developer — and former student — Crispin Kelly of Baylight Properties.
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    The story of the tortoise and the hare

    2006-03-31T00:00:00Z

    Peter Salter had all but retired from practice in the nineties, devoting his time to teaching until former student Crispin Kelly, now in the fast-paced world of developing, sought him out to create four bespoke houses in Notting Hill. His unusual plans have not disappointed.

  • Grape vines are planted all the way up to the rear of the building which holds José Beulas’s permanent collection of contemporary art.
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    Getting down to earth

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    A new arts centre by Rafael Moneo reflects Spain's rugged landscape on the outside, while giving a home to painter José Beulas's collection of 20th century art within.

  • The building presents a new elevation to the playground of a neighbouring primary school.
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    All the best moves

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Sarah Wigglesworth Architects' studios for the Siobhan Davies Dance Company has a synergy with the human body that has delighted the client.

  • The three buildings viewed across the Donaukanal with Otto Wagner's viaduct visible at low level.
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    Vienna's white elephants

    2006-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Zaha Hadid's project at Spittelau, Vienna, is one of her most compelling yet. Too bad it has become possibly the most expensive and ill-conceived social housing in the world.

  • The exterior uses a perforated copper screen for a dramatic impact.
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    The devil in the detail

    2006-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Haverstock school was hailed as a new model for well-designed PFI schools. Has it fulfilled its promise?

  • Slot between one of the new buildings and the viaduct, photographed while under construction
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    In detail: Spittelau Viaduct, Vienna, Austria

    2006-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Zaha Hadid ArchitectsThree cranked blocks of housing step over an abandoned railway viaduct to stitch a run-down stretch of waterfront on the Danube Canal back into the city fabric. The arches of the viaduct, designed by Otto Wagner contain shop and restaurant units.No additional load can be put on the ...

  • The front elevation to Gordon Street. The metal brise soleil creates a moire pattern that reflects the research being carried on inside.
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    Shrink wrapped

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    Designing a centre for scientists working in nanotechnology, Feilden Clegg Bradley faced a rigid technical brief. Despite this, its new research centre is both delicate and confident, giving UCL's Bloomsbury campus a new front door.. Photos by Tim Soar