All Buildings articles – Page 39
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NewsLendlease lined up for major White City media campus
Lendlease is being lined up as the contractor for Stanhope and Mitsui Fudosan UK’s project next to Television Centre
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NewsBerkeley in talks over second Docklands tower
Berkeley is in talks with Tower Hamlets to develop another building next to its South Quay Plaza tower.
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NewsKier to complete Mouchel takeover next week
Kier to complete Mouchel purchase in early June following successful rights issue
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FeaturesA care in the world
Architype’s £9.6m overhaul of St Michael’s Hospice in Herefordshire is a nuanced balance between residential and institutional functions
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NewsBallymore launches 400-home London City Island scheme
Ballymore to kick off work after English National Ballet agreed to move to “mini-Manhattan” development
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NewsManchester University picks contractors for £1bn revamp
Balfour Beatty, Laing O’Rourke and Sir Robert McAlpine named for huge campus masterplan
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FeaturesFrancis Crick Institute: Larger than life
The awe-inspiring scale, ambition and innovation of the Francis Crick Institute more than matches the pioneering biomedical research that is soon to take place within its walls
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NewsJaguar Land Rover plans major factory development
Jaguar Land Rover to submit planning application for large extension of facilities in West Midlands.
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NewsCrown Estate launches £145m joint venture
The Crown Estate and Oxford Properties agree second joint venture worth £145m
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NewsWWII bomb forces Wembley construction workers evacuation
WWII bomb causes student accommodation development to be evacuated
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NewsLend Lease secures second occupier for Stratford International Quarter
Land Lease and London Continental Railways have secured their second tenant for The International Quarter
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FeaturesEnterprise Centre: A plan is thatched
The £11.6m Enterprise Centre at the University of East Anglia is one of the most innovative green buildings in the UK. But for its prefabricated cladding, it relies on the region’s most traditional building method
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FeaturesICE 2015 London Engineering Awards
This year’s awards showcase the diverse and innovative nature of projects taking place in the UK’s capital
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FeaturesParliamentary renovations: Houses of cards
The Houses of Parliament are in desperate need of repair. With just 20 years of life left within their crumbling walls, proposals for renovation are being drawn up
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FeaturesArchitecture in a time of austerity
Ike Ijeh assesses the impact the coalition has had on architecture and how design has fared through the years of budget tightening
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FeaturesWater usage: To the last drop
With every person in the UK using an average of 150 litres of water per day, the country’s water usage needs tempering. Ike Ijeh investigates the domestic inventions that could prevent us from running dry
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FeaturesBIM: Early adopters
Ramboll has developed an early stage modelling process that combines the qualitative capabilities of parametric design with BIM’s algorithmic, analytical strengths. Ike Ijeh wonders where this leaves designers
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Features119 Ebury Street: Cleaning up the neighbourhood
Belgravia is one of London’s most genteel quarters, but its Georgian homes are among the UK’s least energy efficient. Now, David Morley’s BREEAM ‘outstanding’ renovation of a grade II property has shown that heritage doesn’t have to mean high emissions
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FeaturesBodleian library: The new edition
As custodian of millions of precious books and manuscripts, Oxford’s Bodleian library needed a much bigger - and safer - building to house its collection. With the new Weston Library, Wilkinson Eyre provided this and much more
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FeaturesPreview: Building Awards Small Project of the Year shortlist
From swimming pool to school, court to chapel, the architectural gems up for this year’s Building Awards Small Project of the Year prove that size isn’t everything