All Buildings articles – Page 63
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NewsDesigns for Sundance building unveiled
Architects BIG and Architectural Nexus win Kimball commission
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FeaturesHow the Olympics and Jubilee are driving London projects
The Olympics and the Diamond Jubilee have given the capital a real lift this year and all sorts of projects that were languishing in the design drawer are now busily being prepared, spurred on by civic pride and that unyielding deadline. Ike Ijeh looks at the best of them
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NewsFoster & Partners' Commonwealth Games arena begins to emerge
Work by Lend Lease expected to complete on the 12,000 seat Scottish Hydro Arena in 2013
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NewsTake off: New Abu Dhabi airport is approved
Kohn Pederson Fox Associates has designed the airport, with a contractor expected to be appointed imminently
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NewsMajor work on King's Cross station completed
John McAslan + Partners’ lattice-work roof incorporates 1,000 tonnes of steel
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FeaturesSustainable supermarket: M&S's new Cheshire Oaks store
At this enormous store in Chester, M&S is putting its Plan A sustainability programme to the test. And from the zero-waste policy to the innovative use of natural materials, all the evidence suggests that this is one plan A that is actually working … Building reports
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NewsScott Brownrigg to design Cardiff's International Sports Village
Architect has won job along with team led by developer Helium Miracle 113
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FeaturesCladding the Dorchester extension: The rich kid next door
When you’re building a hotel for the young and fabulously wealthy, bronze cladding may not sound excessive, but it was still proving beyond the means of the team behind the Dorchester’s new extension project - until they discovered a spray-applied alternative … Building reports
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NewsBuro Happold and 3XN unveil Odenplan station entrance
Proposed structure in Stockholm will have curved concrete amphitheatre over underground concourse
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FeaturesThe Olympic village: architectural review
The Olympic village is the last main 2012 venue to be completed and as a symbol of regeneration its success is crucial to legacy plans. But have its designers played it too safe? Building reports
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NewsOlympic village is completed
The £1.1bn Olympic village is the last major building to be completed
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NewsRock star-inspired artwork installed on Olympic park
RUN by Monica Bonvicini weighs 30 tonnes and is adjacent to the handball arena
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NewsStanton Williams scoops Mayor's planning prize
Architect wins London award for Kings Cross scheme with Argent
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NewsArchitects chosen for £120m Aberdeen garden
Deler Scofidio and Renfro team win competition to design Aberdeen’s £120m City Garden project
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NewsNew King's Cross public square wins planning
Stanton Williams-designed scheme will create 7,000m2 of public space outside station
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FeaturesExhibition 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
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NewsLandmark registry office opens in Blackpool
£2m building by architect dRMM is clad in gold-coloured shingles
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NewsSix storey new build for Cadogan Estate wins planning
Scheme by Stiff and Trevillion Architects also involves engineers AKT II and Arup
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FeaturesCanada'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