Architecture & Design Community
May 17, 2022
Heatherwick Studio and Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) have completed Google’s Bay View campus, a trio of tent-like structures covered in a “dragonscale” arrangement of solar panels in California’s Silicon Valley. The Bay View campus was designed by BIG and Heatherwick Studio for a 42-acre site next door to the NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain […]
May 13, 2022
OMA and KRIS YAO | ARTECH have completed the Taipei Performing Arts Center, a “super theatre” comprising a huge glazed cube intersected by spherical and cuboid theatres. The Taipei Performing Arts Center (TPAC) hosts three theatres – the spherical 800-seat Globe Playhouse, 1,500-seat Grand Theater and 800-seat Blue Box – that intersect a central cube. […]
May 12, 2022
John McAslan + Partners’ sensitive restoration of the much-loved Burrell Collection has improved environmental performance and ensured that the gallery will be enjoyed by future generations, writes Jennifer O’Donnell. Walking into Pollok Country Park, it is easy to forget how near you are to Glasgow City Centre. I prefer to enter the park on foot, […]
May 9, 2022
James Alder Architects has added a russet extension to a home in north-west London, which has a steeply pitched roof following the outline of a now demolished lean-to. Architect James Alder was asked to design the extension for a couple who, having lived in the flat for some time, wanted a bigger kitchen and dining […]
April 27, 2022
Feilden Fowles has completed a dining hall and eight-classroom teaching block as part of an ongoing series of commissions for Fergus Feilden’s alma mater, Ralph Allen School, on the outskirts of Bath. Wendy Perring reflects on the architectural moves – and the trust between architect and client – that have given the 1950s campus an […]
April 19, 2022
Apparata has designed 12 studio apartments for artists and their families in Barking, east London. Frances Holliss applauds the ingenuity and courage of a project that recognises the need for flexible, affordable accommodation. The five-storey concrete building employs strong geometric forms, powerful massing, and deep covered balconies on the upper floors. Unexpectedly successful, Covid-19’s experiment […]
April 5, 2022
Max Fordham’s north London house has become the first residential building in the UK to be verified as net zero carbon, making it a fitting tribute to the late great sustainable design pioneer. PhotosTim Crocker A private north London house, designed for – and lived in by – the late great Max Fordham, has achieved […]
April 4, 2022
Chris Dyson visits Clifford’s Tower in York, where he finds restoration works by Hugh Broughton Architects and conservation architect Martin Ashley have employed intelligent sustainable timber engineering solutions culminating in a rooftop viewing platform. It was a glorious sunny day in York as we trooped up the staircase to view the recent works to Clifford’s […]
March 22, 2022
Tate + Co’s new Creative Centre for the York St John University is designed to be loose fit and accessible to all, suiting the needs of a growing university. WordsJason Sayer PhotosHufton+Crow York is one of England’s most historic and treasured cities. Notably for its built environment, this means a great majority of its architecture was […]
March 15, 2022
Oliver Leech Architects has extended an inter-war house in Epsom, Surrey, adding a hipped roof extension covered in custom-made tiles to accentuate the form of the original property. Oliver Leech Architects was asked to modify the home to update living spaces for a family with two young children. At ground level the practice’s redesign creates […]
March 7, 2022
Evans Vettori has designed a student hub and Environment Centre for Nottingham Trent University’s Brackenhurst Campus. Sue and Mark Emms deliver their verdict on a project that acts as a new focal point for the campus and reflects a belief that learning and landscape should go hand in hand. Rooted within beautiful countryside, 14 miles […]
February 22, 2022
BDP has transformed a redundant school sports hall into suite of high-performance and environmentally responsible classrooms, dining, and social spaces for Wardle Academy in Rochdale. PhotosNick Caville BDP’s WaterSHED project at Wardle Academy in Rochdale has transformed an outdated sports hall into a testbed for new forms of teaching and learning. Employing innovative offsite construction […]
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