All articles by Ike Ijeh – Page 9
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Building StudyThe verdict: Bjarke Ingels' Serpentine Pavilion - and four summer houses
After 15 years the Serpentine has added four summer houses to its series of single pavilions. Is it enough to revive an ageing format? Ike Ijeh is in no doubt
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AnalysisCould the pedestrianisation of London's busiest street work?
The idea to pedestrianise Oxford Street, Europe’s busiest shopping street, has been kicked about for decades without any action ever taking solid form. With signs new London mayor Sadiq Khan has made this his pet project, Ike Ijeh looks at how feasible the transformation would be
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Building StudyHolland Green, London, by OMA + Allies & Morrison
OMA’s first UK residential project has been designed with Allies Morrison and is arranged around Holland Park’s former Commonwealth Institute, soon to be the new home of the Design Museum. It interacts smoothly with the local context, but does it play things too safe? Ike Ijeh reports
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Building StudyTate Modern extension, London, by Herzog & de Meuron
Herzog and de Meuron’s much-delayed extension of the Tate Modern saw the architect handed the rare opportunity of returning to a project having worked on the original
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FeaturesAn architectural guide to the institutions of the EU
Bureaucratic blandsville or an architectural tour de force? Ike Ijeh takes a tour of the EU’s most important buildings to judge for himself
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Building StudyTreetop walkway, Westonbirt, by Glenn Howells Architects
This aerial footpath snakes its way through the forest at Westonbirt Arboretum in the Cotswolds using form, structure and materials to lift visitors to a heightened communion with nature. Ike Ijeh takes a walk on the wild side
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AnalysisAfter Zaha: What does history suggest will happen?
What happens to an architectural practice when an inspirational founder dies? Ike Ijeh looks at the precedents
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Building StudyLyndhurst School, London, by Cottrell and Vermeulen
Cottrell and Vermeulen’s third school for the London Borough of Southwark proves that intelligent design can be achieved via government school building programmes, and without reverting to cookie-cutter tropes. Ike Ijeh reports
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AnalysisBoris Johnson: Assessing his legacy
As the eight-year tenure of the mayor of London draws to a close, many Londoners have mixed feelings about the changes he has wrought on their city
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Building StudyBoathouse 4, Portsmouth, by Walters & Cohen
Formerly a boat-building shed in Portsmouth’s naval dockyards, Boathouse 4 has been transformed by Walters Cohen into a teaching workshop that doubles up as a live exhibition
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Building StudyHiscox building, York, by Make Architects
This triumphant fusion of heritage and modernity has at its heart a spectacular foyer of swirling concrete staircases and balconies - oh, and a rocket from the former Soviet arsenal. Ike Ijeh reports
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AnalysisWould Brexit free us from OJEU hell?
Architects have played down the effect that a vote for Britain to leave the EU this summer would have on the profession, but its impact on procurement could make a big difference
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FeaturesThree prefabricated solutions to the housing crisis
A new range of low-cost prefabricated housing solutions is being rolled out across the country with the potential to help tackle Britain’s affordable housing crisis
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Building StudyBlavatnik School of Government, by Herzog & de Meuron
This departmental building for the University of Oxford entwines concepts of government and architecture and holds its own against the city’s historic fabric, says Ike Ijeh
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TechnicalHoly Cross School by Cullinan Studio
Cullinan Studio’s prefabricated school in Swindon extracts spatial and architectural delight from a lean, compact template and answers today’s challenge of how we can build more schools for less money, while maintaining design quality. Ike Ijeh takes a look
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Building StudyRuskin School of Fine Art, by Spratley Studios
Contrasting with its cool, minimalist interiors, this Oxford university arts space relies on an innovative smart glass window to connect with its residential surroundings. Ike Ijeh takes a look
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Building StudyFrampton Park Baptist Church, Hackney, by Matthew Lloyd Architects
A Baptist church in Hackney, east London, has broken with the archetypes of church design to place community facilities, a cafe, creche and offices at the congregational heart of the building – prayers go on up on the third floor
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FeaturesProjects for 2016: Heathrow airport
The wrangling over a third runway is one of the longest-running farces in recent British political history
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FeaturesProjects for 2016: Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall
This £617 million Herzog de Meuron project was originally costed at less than £60 million and scheduled to complete in 2010