All articles by Ellis Woodman – Page 9
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Building Study151 Church Walk by Annalie Riches and David Mikhail
A heavily overlooked site in north London inspired architects Annalie Riches and David Mikhail to create four new dwellings… with themselves as the client
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OpinionWhen heritage becomes a dirty word
Alan Bennett’s new play voices a forceful objection to the habit of reducing historic buildings to objects of spectacle
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Building StudyThe Guts, New Islington housing by Mae
Hit by the recession, Manchester’s New Islington project has been rejuvenated with the arrival of Mae Architects’ social housing
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OpinionLasdun’s drawings find a global home
Digitisation means the location of an architect’s archive is less important than the quality of its preservation
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FeaturesAssemble's team building is a glimpse of the future
With the completion of its first permanent project, is Assemble emerging as a new model for architectural practice?
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BlogsLebbeus Woods (1940-2012)
Paying tribute to the architect, astute critic and visionary draftsman
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BlogsRussian Roulette
Zaha Hadid’s house for Naomi Campbell is a risky undertaking - not least because of the volatile tempers involved
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OpinionLondoners have that sinking feeling
The demise of Gensler’s floating park shows that privately funded schemes need closer scrutiny
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FeaturesYAYA 2012 Shortlist: vPPR Architects
Founded in 2009, London practice vPPR Architects designs culturally and environmentally responsible architecture
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FeaturesYAYA 2012: Young, gifted and on track
In one of the most challenging periods to be a young architect, this year’s Young Architect of the Year shortlist demonstrates that it is still possible to make great work if you are energetic in seeking out opportunities
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Building StudyZug Schleife apartments by Valerio Olgiati
Valerio Olgiati’s career has been devoted to the pursuit of an architecture of exceptional monumentality and self-reliance. Ellis Woodman reports on his largest project to date, an apartment building in Zug, Switzerland
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OpinionManser win blurs the boundaries
It may have been the best house on the shortlist, but Saturday’s wildcard winner has kicked off a new debate over eligibility
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Building StudyTower Wharf Café by Tony Fretton Architects
Tower Wharf Café succeeds in making a place for itself in the presence of near neighbours the Tower of London and Tower Bridge
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OpinionKahn’s vision of freedom lives on
Nearly 40 years after his death, the newly completed Four Freedoms Park accurately reflects its architect’s design
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Building StudyFranklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park by Louis Kahn
It has taken 38 years for the late Louis Kahn’s vision for a memorial park to the USA’s 32nd president to finally be realised in New York
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Building Study6 Burlington Gardens by David Chipperfield
David Chipperfield will at last link the Royal Academy with 6 Burlington Gardens
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OpinionSelf-build has little to offer architects
The call to rejoin the self-build movement is seductive but there are likely to be few opportunities
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OpinionArchitects must champion a new public discourse
We need more figures from the profession to follow David Chipperfield in brokering fresh debate about the built environment
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OpinionZumthor is a worthy medal winner
This year’s RIBA Royal Gold Medal recognises its winner’s creative individualism
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OpinionVaizey has asked architects what they want – so tell him
The architecture minister’s request for a dialogue with the profession is a welcome change from the rest of the government’s approach