All articles by Rory Olcayto – Page 7
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NewsBattersea Power Station upgraded to grade II*
Revised listing status will open the door to English Heritage repair grants
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NewsBattersea Power Station upgraded to Grade II*
Revised listing status will open the door to English Heritage repair
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NewsZaha Hadid shortlisted for £25,000 Scottish prize
Zaha Hadid will go head to head with Scotland’s top architects in a bid to land this year’s RIAS Andrew Doolan Award.
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NewsMurphy: ‘cynical’ Cala broke contract
‘Bitterly disappointed’ architect says developer used him as trophy
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TechnicalEmperor’s new court: transforming the British Museum to house the terracotta army
An innovative space has been devised to display the Chinese Terracotta Army at the British Museum’s new blockbuster exhibition
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FeaturesBlog: Travels in Toon Town – part 2
Rory Olcayto continues his exploration of architecture in comics with a guide to Mega City One – the futuristic city depicted in the pages of British weekly comic 2000AD.
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TechnicalBurble ballooning spectacular marks London Fashion week
Haque Design & Research’s colourful interactive lighting project made its UK debut at this month’s London Fashion Week
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NewsArchitecture schools too white in focus, says Prasad
Schools of architecture must rethink their focus on the work of white, western architects, RIBA president Sunand Prasad has claimed.
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FeaturesDo schools ignore non-white architects?
Read comments on the original story, which we posted on Monday. Fill out the comment box below and join the debate
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NewsFurious Russians take to streets over RMJM tower
St Petersburg’s famous skyline is under threat, claim objectors
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NewsMore images: Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners' tower for Ground Zero
New images released this week
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TechnicalThe ups and downs of Zaha Hadid’s Glasgow Riverside Museum roof
As Zaha Hadid Architects’ Riverside Museum in Glasgow prepares to go on site, Rory Olcayto hears how the roof design evolved over three years
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NewsAga Khan win for Foster’s Petronas tech university
Nine projects from around the world, including one by Britain’s Foster & Partners, this week won a share in architecture’s biggest prize — the Aga Khan Award.
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NewsFoster university in Malaysia wins Aga Khan award
Nine projects from around the world including one by Britain’s Foster & Partners, this week won a share in architecture’s biggest prize — the Aga Khan Award.
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TechnicalScaling new heights in zero-carbon housing
How practical is lightweight construction as a way of complying with the Code for Sustainable Homes?
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AnalysisOn the outside looking in
The 2012 Olympic Games were trumpeted as a victory for the entire UK, but the list of architects selected to work on the athletes’ village has sparked bitter accusations of heavy London bias.
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NewsTollbooth to be axed after just one year
A landmark structure in Scotland by Reiach & Hall Architects is facing demolition less than a year after completion.
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Features‘Opportunities grow out of social networks’
Clients in the bar sector conduct their research in the early hours, so successful architects can forget early nights. Glasgow-based Nord tells newcomer Abbozzo how to turn sleep deprivation into a career-launching commission.
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TechnicalGridshell glazes over the past
Peter Hulbert Architects’ billowing timber roof structure at Chiddingstone Orangery may recall the Weald & Downland Museum, but it takes the gridshell one step further by creating a system that structurally supports the frameless glazing.