All articles by Ike Ijeh – Page 10
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FeaturesProjects for 2016: Greek National Opera House
One might be forgiven for thinking that a new £500 million opera house might not be uppermost in the Greek government’s mind
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FeaturesProjects for 2016: Abu Dhabi Louvre
While originally scheduled for 2012, the Louvre’s first museum outside of Paris should be worth the wait
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FeaturesProjects for 2016: World Trade Center Transportation Hub
With its cost nearly doubled to £2.3 billion, the almost decade-late World Trade Center Transportation Hub will become the world’s most expensive station
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FeaturesProjects for 2016: Tate Modern extension
Plagued by spiralling delays and ballooning costs, the extension to the world’s most popular modern art museum should finally open this summer
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FeaturesProjects for 2016: Rio Olympics
The sporting spectacle will return in 2016 with some typically impressive architecture
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AnalysisIntergenerational housing: Side by side
One answer to the question of how to house the rapidly ageing UK population is to use an intergenerational model, that mixes housing for all ages, from young to old
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OpinionThe spectre of redevelopment threatens more than post-modernism
Those fighting to protect Farrell and Stirling buildings from alteration should take a step back, says Ike Ijeh
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Building StudyThe Woo Building, Battersea, by Haworth Tompkins
The second half of two interconnected buildings designed for the Royal College of Art, the Woo Building in Battersea shares a visual duality with its counterpart The Dyson, while remaining ruggedly distinct
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TechnicalHorizontal lifts: A sideways move
ThyssenKrupp has come up with a lift that not only functions without cables but is also able to move horizontally as well as vertically. So what, asks Ike Ijeh, might this mean for the future of building design?
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Building StudyUniversity of Sussex arts centre by RH Partnership
The renovation of the University of Sussex’s arts centre transforms the space beyond an education facility to a fully fledged performance venue
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ReviewReview: England's Post-War Listed Buildings
Ike Ijeh is impressed by this lavish, accessible survey of the nation
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OpinionWhy Hyde Park Barracks deserves to be demolished
The campaign to save Basil Spence’s lowering landmark ignores the building’s utter failure to engage with its urban context, argues Ike Ijeh
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OpinionLos Angeles looks to Europe for help with its reinvention
Los Angeles is undergoing its biggest construction boom since the 1980s but regeneration plans are having to battle against suburban spread, economic and racial segregation and a reluctance among locals to leave their cars. Ike Ijeh takes a look
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OpinionBurntwood School Stirling Prize win an underwhelming choice
This year’s Stirling Prize proved an unusual choice, but could it be a political one too, asks Ike Ijeh
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Building StudyNewport Street Gallery, Vauxhall, Caruso St John
Caruso St John’s new gallery for Damien Hirst in the industrial back streets just south of the Thames is one of the practice’s best projects yet, says Ike Ijeh
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OpinionIs brutalism the new Victoriana?
Do National Trust tours of brutalist icons mark a yearning for the return of 1960s and 70s socialist utopias or is the brutalist revival simply down to fashion?
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Building StudyBirmingham New Street Station by AZPML
It was never going to take a lot to improve on the squalid eyesore of the 1960s incarnation of Birmingham New Street Station. Shame though about the whiff of fakery
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Building StudyBroad Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Sitting opposite the brash Walt Disney Concert Hall, Diller Scofidio Renfro’s £90m museum of contemporary art brings a more understated form to LA’s streets with its perforated shell. A marked contrast to its playful interiors, says Ike Ijeh
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Technical3D-printed glass: Print me off another Shard
Glass has resisted the technological advancements in 3D printing, but now a team from MIT has invented a technique for printing fully transparent glass. The breakthrough, says Ike Ijeh, could revolutionise the way we make windows, cladding and even full facade systems
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ReviewBook review: The Barbican - Architecture and Light
Ike Ijeh enjoys a portrait of the Barbican as spirited as Chamberlin Powell & Bon’s masterpiece itself