Architecture news
BIM adoption rocketing, survey finds
NBS industry survey shows almost a third of professionals now using BIM
zaha's buildings
Zaha Brava: The Guangzhou Opera House
Architecture and geology collide in Zaha Hadid’s glorious Guangzhou Opera House
Zaha's Museum of Transport: The battle of the oil can
Zaha Hadid’s Museum of Transport in Glasgow was designed with gothic zinc-clad ridges and 100m-plus roof spans. They looked great on a computer screen, but led to memorable rows with the project team
2012 countdown: The aquatics centre
Since the aquatics centre’s 160m-long roof was lowered into place last year, work on the Zaha Hadid-designed venue has continued to power ahead
Crazy angles, soaring steel: Zaha Hadid’s Guangzhou opera house
As the Chinese city of Guangzhou races to build a new district in time for the 2010 Asian Games, the designs of two British architects enter the spotlight. Thomas Lane charts the trials, tribulations and triumphs of Zaha Hadid’s opera house and Wilkinson Eyre’s West Tower
2011 Project of the Year
Building Magazine Project of the year: Royal Shakespeare Theatre
The transformation of the RSC’s theatre has brought new life to one of the world’s most iconic theatre venues while retaining many elements of the original building – a stunning performance indeed
Building Awards 2011 shortlist: Central St Giles
Shortlisted for Building Project of the Year: This former haven for convicts and leper is now a breath of fresh air in central London
Building Awards 2011 shortlist: Woodland Trust
Shortlisted for the Project of the year, the Woodland Trust’s HQ is attractive and sustainable
Building Awards 2011 shortlist: Angel Building
Continuing our shortlist preview series, a spacious atrium and geometric layout give a slick rejuvenation to a central London office block
Building Awards 2011 shortlist: One New Change
The first of our preview series on shortlisted projects is One New Change in London’s Paternoster Square
Building Awards 2011 shortlist: Harlequin 1
Shortlisted for Building Awards Project of the Year: Sky shows it’s possible to be glamorous and eco-friendly with its already award-winning HQ
Building Awards 2011 shortlist: Lowther Children's Centre
Shortlisted for Building Project of the Year: Lakehouse shows that an addition doesn’t merely have to be an extension
Building Awards 2011 shortlist: Carnegie Pavilion
Shorstlied for Project of the Year, the Carnegie Pavilion encorporates the abstract and futuristic, representing both cricket club and city
2011 Public Project of the Year
Building Awards 2011 Public Building Project of the Year: Chelsea Academy
Public spending on capital projects may have been scaled back, but Feilden Clegg Bradley’s Chelsea Academy proves that good design still has the power to inspire and motivate a generation of schoolchildren
Building Awards 2011 shortlist: Sandal Magna Community Primary School
Shortlisted for Public Building Project of the Year: Sandal Magna is a school that teaches from within – and without
Building Awards 2011 shortlist: Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
Shortlisted for Public Building Project of the Year: This theatre is designed to reflect the landscape surrounding it
Building Awards 2011 shortlist: Kew Herbarium Library Arts and Archive Wing
Shortlisted for Public Building Project of the Year:Kew’s new building is a (successful) experiment in juxtaposition and discretion
Building Awards 2011 shortlist: Christie Hospital
Shortlisted for Public Building Project of the Year: Christie Hospital combines cutting-edge healthcare with cutting edge design
Building Awards 2011 shortlist: Evelyn Grace Academy
Shortlisted for Public Building Project of the Year: Zaha Hadid’s first completed project in England is as dramatic and surreal as would be expected
Building Awards 2011 shortlist: Ravensbourne College
Shortlisted for Public Building Project of the Year: Ravensbourne College refuses to be merely another building in the shadow of the Millenium Dome
Building Awards 2011 shortlist: Chiswick House Cafe
Shortlisted for Public Building Project of the Year: This new cafe rises to the challenge of creating a new builiding on this historic site
Buildings videos
Video: Project of the year - Rick Mather's Ashmolean museum
See what’s so special about Rick Mather’s sublime updating of one of the world’s oldest museums
Pylon competition
Danish architect wins pylon competition
T-shaped design by Bystrup could be next generation of pylon design
RIBA reveals pylon competition finalists
Read our summary of the six designs and vote for your favourite
Stirling Effort
The surprise winner of this year’s Stirling Prize shows continuing strained relations between architecture and politics
Buildings as art
Top 250 consultants
Top 200 consultants survey: Are you positive?
This year’s Top 200 consultants survey shows that staff numbers and salaries are finally climbing. But it also warns not to let the optimism go to your head
Wonders & blunders with Ben Adams
Ben Adams finds spiritual inspiration in the staying power of the Temple Church but searches in vain for a lasting sense of community at the athletes’ village
Wonders & blunders with Jeremy Till
Jeremy Till celebrates the democratic, contested space of Tent City outside St Paul’s but decries the increasing privatisation of our cities, symbolised by the gate to Paternoster Square
Olympic wonders & blunders with Jack Pringle
Why partner at Pringle Brandon thinks Hopkins’ velodrome races to victory over Anish Kapoor’s Orbit
Wonders & blunders with Richard Rose Casemore
Richard Rose-Casemore delights in the ecclesiastical serendipity of the Maria-Magdalena Church but the Tate at St Ives fails to live up to the beauty of its surroundings
