All articles by Ellis Woodman – Page 10
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Opinion
A good day for post-war buildings
With much post-war architecture under threat, it is cheering to see the Commonwealth Institute beginning a new life
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Building Study
Synthes headquarters, Solothurn, Switzerland by Märkli Architekt
In his headquarters for the Swiss company Synthes, Peter Märkli has built one of the most astounding buildings of its era
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Features
Carbuncle Cup winner 2012: Ship in a throttle
Grimshaw’s disastrously conceived restoration of the Cutty Sark is winner of this year’s BD Carbuncle Cup, tragically defiling the very thing it sets out to save
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Opinion
Vaizey makes a welcome return
The arts minister’s new responsibilities come just as the profession needs a sympathetic ear
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News
Architect of the Year Awards 2012 shortlist announced
Rogers Stirk Harbour, Stanton Williams and Adam Khan on shortlist
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Opinion
Who at the AA will take responsibility?
The AA Council remains remarkably silent about how the school came to be £5.5 million out of pocket
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Multimedia
In video: Carbuncle Cup shortlist 2012
Ahead of announcing the winner of Carbuncle Cup, Ellis Woodman takes his camera around this year’s shortlisted monstrosities…
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Multimedia
Venice video: David Chipperfield exclusive
“Most good architects believe that they are contributing something beyond just the professional task of the realisation of a commission.”
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Building Study
Venice Biennale 2012: The Corderie
Chipperfield’s Common Ground show in the Arsenale packs a lot in — but it’s worth the effort to get to the end
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Building Study
Venice Biennale 2012: The Padiglione Centrale
Satisfaction guaranteed as Common Ground continues at Giardini
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News
Louis Kahn’s New York park to open after 38 years
Four Freedoms project was derailed by near bankcruptcy of city in 1970s
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Opinion
Celebrity politics distracts us from the real issues
Terence Conran is the latest household name produced to camouflage the government’s lack of credibility on the built environment
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Opinion
Café culture comes at a cost
Public spaces that were once open to all are now the sole preserve of those with money in their pockets
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Building Study
Clapham Library by Studio Egret West
Studio Egret West’s new building provides an attractive model for the involvement of the private sector in civic life
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Review
Industri[us]: Festival of Upcycling
The creative spaces of east London’s Industri[us] upcycling festival well repay an Olympic detour
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Opinion
Lubetkin’s ideals have been replaced by extravagance
With more UK architects working abroad, the Lubetkin Prize should be growing in significance but at what cost to its original values?
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News
Carbuncle Cup 2012: the shortlist
After months of public nominations, these six are one step closer to winning architecture’s wooden spoon…
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News
Chipperfield's Venice Biennale exhibits previewed
Fat, Hadid, Zumthor and Wenders among contributors
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Opinion
British schools cannot compete
An exodus of teaching talent is part of the reason our schools are underperforming