All articles by Thomas Lane – Page 2
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Building StudyBuilding study: Levitt Bernstein’s Bristol Beacon
The South-west’s biggest music venue has cost nearly three times the original budget and opened three years late. Thomas Lane visits to find out why – and whether it was worth it
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NewsArcadis confirmed as world’s second biggest architect by numbers employed
Dutch consultant enters the WA100, Building Design’s international survey of the world’s largest firms for the first time with nearly 2,000 architects
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Building StudyMake’s Eden project – setting a new standard for eco offices
CiA new office building incorporating Europe’s largest green wall is also one of the UK’s most sustainable. Thomas Lane looks at how the team managed it
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NewsGovernment publishes proposals to make it easier to retrofit historic buildings
Review of the barriers to improving the energy efficiency of historic buildings include proposals to automatically grant permission for improvements such as double glazing
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Building StudyBDP's new state-of-the-art research centre for The Royal Marsden
The Oak Cancer Centre at The Royal Marsden’s Sutton site is a state-of-the-art research and treatment facility. Thomas Lane finds out more.
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Building StudyHow Footprint Architects created an education centre from reclaimed beach timber
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council has built an education centre from timber groynes reclaimed from the beach. Thomas Lane looks at the project
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OpinionSunak’s net zero U-turn is about anything but the long-term
The prime minister’s insistence he can hit legally binding targets without imposing unreasonable costs on voters is a fig leaf for inaction, writes Thomas Lane
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Building StudyHolbein Gardens: Barr Gazetas’ exemplar net zero office refurbishment
Armed with new net zero carbon targets, Grosvenor and their architect tested these out on a tired 1980s office building near Sloane Square
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Building StudyHow Knight Architects' innovative footbridge is replacing level crossings and saving lives
Network Rail wants to replace rural level crossings with bridges. A team has come up with an alternative to steel that is 40% cheaper to build with less embodied carbon
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Building StudyTechnical Study: 8 Bishopsgate by Wilkinson Eyre
Like its neighbour the Cheesegrater, the latest addition to the City skyline – Wilkinson Eyre’s 8 Bishopsgate – had to avoid impinging on views of St Paul’s
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Building StudyTechnical Study: n2 by Lynch Architects
The ground below the n2 office development in Victoria was so congested by tunnels, it is supported in just four places. Thomas Lane looks at the pinpoint accuracy of the building’s fit
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FeaturesMove over concrete – this is structural stone's moment
Stone is typically stronger than concrete with one third of the carbon impact. Engineer Webb Yates is reinventing an ancient material for the modern age
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Building StudyManchester’s new joy division: Factory International
Manchester’s Factory International mega‑venue aims to encourage artists to push the boundaries – as the designers themselves have done
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FeaturesCan demolition ever be better than retention?
A 1920s facade’s poor condition left the project team wondering whether it would have been less carbon intensive to knock it down and start again
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OpinionWA100 2023: For architects in 2023, size matters
Our annual survey of the top 100 global practices shows it’s the largest architects who have the best hope of staying ahead of a shifting market
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NewsGensler breaks record for number of architects employed
US practice now has over 3,000 on its books according to the WA100 - Building Design’s international survey of the world’s largest firms
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FeaturesBankside Yards: Setting new standards for net zero in London
Native Land’s scheme will be the UK’s first major mixed-use net zero development thanks to an ambient heat network. Thomas Lane reports
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OpinionWe can no longer afford to ignore the ‘green crap’
David Cameron famously said the UK had other priorities and Rishi Sunak was initially reluctant to travel to COP27. Our leaders really have no choice but to take action on climate change, says Thomas Lane
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Intelligence from architectsProduct specification report: Interview with Richard Gatti, Gatti Routh Rhodes
What challenges are facing architects today when it comes to product specification? And what can manufacturers do to help? Building Design spoke to over 300 architects to find out, including Richard Gatti from Gatti Routh Rhodes
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Intelligence from architectsProduct specification report: Interview with Paul Owen, BDP
What challenges are facing architects today when it comes to product specification? And what can manufacturers do to help? Building Design spoke to over 300 architects to find out, including Paul Owen from BDP