Buildings – Page 3
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Hanover: Exemplary collaboration and placemaking
A new over-station development on Hanover Square shows how major infrastructure projects can catalyse the delivery of excellent placemaking, writes Ben Flatman
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Mayfield Park by Studio Egret West
Manchester has unveiled its first new public park for 100 years. Thomas Lane takes a stroll though the city’s new green lung
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Stirling Prize 2022: the New Library at Magdalene College Cambridge by Níall McLaughlin Architects
Ben Flatman visits Níall McLaughlin Architects’ Stirling-nominated library project in Cambridge and finds a building rooted in its context that offers a rich interior experience
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Stirling Prize 2022: Sands End Arts and Community Centre by Mæ
Mæ have produced a brilliantly understated essay in placemaking, using a simple palette of low-key materials and recognisable forms, writes Ben Flatman
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Stirling Prize 2022: Hackney New Primary School and 333 Kingsland Road by Henley Halebrown
Henley Halebrown’s Stirling shortlisted project is a carefully considered response to a challenging brief, writes Ben Flatman
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Building study: Cohen Quad, Exeter College by Alison Brooks Architects
Alison Brooks Architects channels Ruskin and Morris in a playful craft-inspired new building for Exeter College, writes Ben Flatman
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Building study: Shakespeare North Playhouse
Outside it looks like a modern fortress but inside, Shakespeare North Playhouse is all Tudor come Jacobean drama – with just a touch of Ken Dodd, writes Thomas Lane
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Building study: Greenwich Design District
Mole’s Victorian warehouse-inspired timber buildings really stand out among the low-cost rental studio spaces designed for creative industries
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Building study: West Hub by Jestico + Whiles
A new hybrid building in Cambridge mixes academia with enterprise and hospitality to reimagine what a university should be in the 21st century, writes Ben Flatman
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Building study: The Marlo by Barbara Weiss Architects
This extensive refurbishment and restoration project in Marylebone provides impact without the need to shout about it, writes Ben Flatman
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Building study: 111 West 57th Street by SHoP
The world’s skinniest skyscraper gloriously embraces the rich legacy of Manhattan’s historic skyline, but it also raises awkward questions around sustainability and affordable housing, writes Ben Flatman
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Building study: House in Leconfield Road by vPPR
A private house extension revels in the play of light and materials and reminds us of the power architecture has to lift up our daily lives
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Building study: Technique by Buckley Gray Yeoman
Buckley Gray Yeoman’s refurb and extension of a former Clerkenwell gin distillery is a fine example of how to revitalise an old industrial building and repair the wider urban fabric.
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Building study: A new campus for the RCA by Herzog & de Meuron
In its scale and singularity this flagship building by Herzog & de Meuron strikes the right balance, writes Richard Gatti
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Building study: the Elizabeth line – a welcome civic legacy designed to last 120 years
From the contextual to the finely detailed, the new Elizabeth Line is an eclectic and ultimately uplifting addition to the capital’s ever expanding transport network, writes Ben Flatman
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Building study: Homerton College Dining Hall by Feilden Fowles
AYA Gold Award winner Feilden Fowles’ new dining hall at Homerton College, Cambridge signals a profound commitment to openness and diversity by both client and architect
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Does the key to cutting carbon lie beneath your feet?
A new system aims to reduce the embodied carbon of a floor slab by up to 75%. But are other solutions already to hand?
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Building study: Learning from Denise Scott Brown
As Selldorf Architects unveils £30m proposals to reconfigure the National Gallery and Venturi Scott Brown’s landmark Sainsbury Wing, Elizabeth Hopkirk meets the women leading the project
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Building study: Marshall Building, LSE by Grafton Architects
The brief called for sports and arts facilities, teaching space and research accommodation – it was a lot to fit in but inspired a highly innovative response, Thomas Lane finds
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Technical Study: The Black & White Building by Waugh Thistleton
The Office Group’s first new-build project will be London’s tallest timber office building when it completes next year. And as for the reduction in embodied carbon compared with concrete – well, the numbers speak for themselves. Thomas Lane reports