All articles by Ellis Woodman – Page 21
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Building StudyCorbusier’s lost gameplan for Iraq
Baghdad was once the scene of an ambitious modernist plan with Le Corbusier’s unbuilt sports complex at its heart. At last its details can be savoured, reports Ellis Woodman
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ReviewLe Corbusier worship in Liverpool
A heavenly abundance of Le Corbusier material is on display in the Lutyens’ crypt of Liverpool’s Metropolitan Cathedral
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Building StudyA real work of art: Tony Fretton’s house for Anish Kapoor
Tony Fretton Architects’ grand London house for artist Anish Kapoor reinvents the idea of domesticity
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Building StudyIf paradise is half as nice
The long awaited retail project at Paradise Street is a last-ditch attempt to recharge Liverpool’s city centre through a masterplan that pulls together 22 different architects. And it works, says Ellis Woodman
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Building StudySergison Bates masters its craft
The Centre for Applied Arts at Ruthin, north Wales, demonstrates that Sergison Bates’ ambitions extend beyond the housing projects for which it is known
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ReviewCelebrating the best of Scotland’s architectural heritage
To mark the opening of the Scottish Pavilion, BD goes in search of the buildings and structures that epitomise the country and its people
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NewsCurator Ellis Woodman on the British Pavilion
Housing is the theme of the British Pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale. Its curator, BD’s Ellis Woodman, finds that while the UK market may be in turmoil, British housing architects are much in demand all over Europe
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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 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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FeaturesBD's Class of 2008 is going places
From exotic spots such as Istanbul and Rome to more domestic locations such as Sheffield and Whitstable, the ambitions of BD’s five graduating diploma student award winners were scattered far and wide this year. Ellis Woodman, BD’s buildings editor, looks at what marked them out
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FeaturesClass of 2008: Ross Perkin
Ross Perkin of the University of Edinburgh project explores ideas of porosity, allowing light to leak from the cinema spaces into the surrounding streets.
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FeaturesClass of 2008: Anna Page
Anna Page of London Metropolitan University chosen site was the ruins of the 1st century villa built by Emperor Hadrian outside Rome.
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FeaturesClass of 2008: Gurvir Tummana
Gurvir Tummana, of the University of Greenwich, scheme focuses on the regeneration of the working port of Whitstable, Kent.
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FeaturesClass of 2008: Peter Jennings
Peter Jennings of the University of Sheffield was commended for his project's contrast between highly refined components and its prevailing sense of austerity.
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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 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 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
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Building StudyZaha Hadid’s Zaragoza bridge over muddied waters
Zaha Hadid’s bridge over the River Ebro for the Zaragoza Expo is another creative triumph, but will it achieve its legacy role once the expo is over, wonders Ellis Woodman
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Building StudyFoster’s urban tusk force at Copenhagen Zoo
Foster & Partners’ elephant house for Copenhagen Zoo shows the practice at its best — designing buildings for a narrowly defined purpose. Photos by Richard Davies