All articles by Ike Ijeh – Page 3
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Building StudyBuilding Study: Welsh Streets, Liverpool, by MCAU
This radical build-to-rent scheme encourages community and provides a blueprint for other developers
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Building StudyBuilding Study: Charlie Bigham’s, Somerset, by Feilden Fowles
Ike Ijeh on a winning recipe for that most functional of building types: the food production plant
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Building StudyBuilding Study: Coal Drops Yard, London, by Heatherwick Studio
The retail hub revels in the idiosyncrasies of its original Victorian warehouse architecture, says Ike Ijeh
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FeaturesWill driverless cars change our cities for better or worse?
Do electric private-hire driverless cars represent a huge opportunity to redesign our urban environment?
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OpinionIt has its flaws but Bloomberg is a worthy winner
Fosters’ Stirling laureate is an environmental game-changer, argues Ike Ijeh
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TechnicalTechnical Study: The Gantry, Here East, London
Hawkins Brown has created a colourful new hub for artists using the open source WikiHouse construction system
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TechnicalTechnical Study: Royal Opera House, London
Stanton Williams’ revamp of the Royal Opera House opens up the building to make it more accessible as a public space
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Building StudyBuilding Study: South London Gallery, by 6a architects
At a derelict fire station, 6a architects has created a sleek contemporary exhibition space while skilfully reawakening the building’s layered past
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Building StudyBuilding Study: V&A Dundee, by Kengo Kuma & Associates
The V A Dundee is the museum’s first venue outside London and could have the potential to rejuvenate the city
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Building StudyBuilding Study: Goldsmiths CCA, London, by Assemble
Ike Ijeh assesses the Turner Prize-winning collective’s first major permanent building
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FeaturesWorld Heritage status - a blessing or curse?
After 30 years as a World Heritage Site, the Tower of London faces being delisted. Does it matter?
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Building StudyBuilding Study: Moor's Nook, Surrey, by Coffey Architects
The architect’s largest UK project to date reclaims deck-access housing as a means of creating both intimacy and community
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TechnicalTechnical Study: Bushey Cemetery, London
The rammed earth walls of Waugh Thistleton’s Stirling-shortlisted Jewish cemetery roots it in the timelessness of religious ritual
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FeaturesFive of the best urban sun spots
Ike Ijeh searches out the five best UK roof gardens and public spaces to make the most of the summer sun
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Building StudyBuilding Study: Signal Townhouses, Greenwich, by AHMM
The stereotype of back-to-back housing as cramped and poorly lit is overturned by a thoughtfully designed scheme
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Building StudyBuilding Study: Arhus harbour baths, Denmark, by Bjarke Ingels
BIG repeats its trick of bringing swimming to the heart of the city. Could it work in London?
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FeaturesThe verdict: Ike Ijeh on the 2018 Stirling shortlist
BD’s architecture critic hails the least urban shortlist in years
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Building StudyBuilding Study: Alto private rental scheme, London, by Flanagan Lawrence
On a vast regeneration site in Wembley, Quintain is building what it hopes will be the UK’s largest build-to-rent scheme
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FeaturesHousing Design Awards 2018: the winners
Ike Ijeh looks at this year’s winners and concludes that, when it comes to innovation, councils are leading the way
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FeaturesAnalysis: Righting the wrongs of Canary Wharf
As Canary Wharf turns 30 a residential community is being introduced for the first time. Ike Ijeh assesses Wood Wharf and its parent