Buildings
Completed buildings
Olympic Wetlands Bridge receives highest ever CEEQUAL rating
Nearly half of the content of the bridge by value is recycled
Canada's bold new library: Can we borrow it?
A city near Vancouver has taken a bold approach with its new public library - throwing out traditional study spaces and pioneering design by social media. Could it provide a template for our own beleaguered institutions? Ike Ijeh reports
Exhibition Road: Walkin' & wheels
Dixon Jones’ £28m reworking of South Kensington’s great museum quarter, Exhibition Road, resolves the long stand-off between pedestrians and cars by allowing them to share the same space. Ike Ijeh is knocked over by the simplicity of the design. Photographs by Tim Crocker
Carnival spirit: Foster Wilson Architects completes Notting Hill arts centre
Firmco was main contractor on the £3m scheme
Buildings under construction
The ArcelorMittal Orbit: Twist and shout
The ArcelorMittal Orbit in the Olympic park is being built to ‘arouse the curiosity and wonder of Londoners’. And the most curious thing of all is how this spiralling confusion of red steel actually stands up
The Shard: London's tallest building
Londoners have hardly been able to believe their eyes as the capital’s tallest building has shot up in front of them at dizzying speed. Building braves icy winds to report on an engineering triumph
Top of the class: Passivhaus school design
A primary school in Exeter won’t win any architectural awards, but is earning gold stars in zero-carbon and Passivhaus design. Thomas Lane swots up on how to deliver a low-energy building on a budget
Blackfriars station: Pulling out the stops
Blackfriars station is being rebuilt on a bridge right over the River Thames. With a four-lane road to the north, live railway lines on all sides and the river below, it’s not the easiest site on which to deliver a complex project. So how was it done? Thomas Lane buys a platform ticket
Building designs
Buro Happold and 3XN unveil Odenplan station entrance
Proposed structure in Stockholm will have curved concrete amphitheatre over underground concourse
Plans for new Design Museum unveiled
John Pawson Architects reveals plans to convert former Commonwealth Institute in Kensington into new Design Museum
RMJM gets permission for 300m high Istanbul tower
The 500,000m2 development will include a hotel, offices and apartments
Architecture news
BIM adoption rocketing, survey finds
NBS industry survey shows almost a third of professionals now using BIM
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Profits soar at Foster + Partners
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Berkeley and DSDHA housing scheme approved
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Prince calls on engineers to embrace nature
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OPLC to procure £95m Olympic stadium rebuild
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RMJM voices regret for salary delays
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Sheppard Robson's £750m Fitzrovia development at risk
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Prince of Wales rebrands his built environment charity
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RMJM hit by £50k court claim as more staff leave
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BDP scoops planning for Stevenage revamp
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Government must invest in design, Conran argues
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Design Museum unveils £80m plans for new home
