Buildings

Building at the bottom of the world: British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera research station

A £100m infrastructure modernisation programme is well under way in Antarctica, but working in this most remarkable environment presents unique challenges

Bigger and better: One Triton Square

How British Land increased the net area of a 20-year old office block by 57% but still saved 40,000 tonnes of carbon by opting for refurbishment over new build

Museum of the Home: making visitors comfortable

After the planning hoo-ha that saw Chipperfield’s original proposals dropped, Wright & Wright has delivered a major yet subtle expansion of the former Geffrye Museum – now renamed Museum of the Home – that visitors may not even notice. Richard Gatti reports

On site: HS2’s groundbreaking project under way beneath the Chilterns

Building took a trip to the railway’s single biggest site where work has begun on 16km of tunnels carried out by two 170m long tunnel boring machines and 1,000 workers

In pictures

In pictures: Twelve Architects unveils plans for Manchester High Line
In pictures: Arcadis moves into new City office
McAlpine starts on latest Stanhope White City office
In pictures: Structure Tone completes food chain Eataly’s first UK outpost
In pictures: New offsite office for Imperial War Museum completes
In pictures: Edinburgh unveils designs for £32m overhaul of historic George Street
In pictures: The new building Arcadis will call home this summer
In pictures: Another Crossrail station set for spring handover
In pictures: HS2 reveals designs for Euston headhouse
In pictures: Tottenham Court Road Crossrail station due for May handover