All articles by Ike Ijeh – Page 16
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FeaturesHow to be cool: Tackling overheating in UK homes
Overheating in homes is set to become an increasingly urgent issue, especially in the capital, as global temperatures rise. With energy legislation demanding that buildings become ever more airtight, what is the best way for designers to respond?
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FeaturesBuilding Awards Small Project of the Year: Maggie's cancer centre, Aberdeen
With its streamlined, organic form enhancing its welcoming ethos, the latest Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centre in Aberdeen, designed by Snøhetta, is a worthy winner of this year’s Small Project of the Year Building Award
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NewsTen teams in the running for new rail designs
Architects and engineers picked for next round of design competition to improve the look of the UK’s overhead rail gantries
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FeaturesBuilding 17: Refurbishing Cromford Mill
The historic but neglected Victorian factory buildings at Cromford Mill in Derbyshire were overdue a refurb. But decontaminating the timber from chemicals used in industrial dyeing proved a test of modern ingenuity
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FeaturesManchester Central Library: A modern classic
Manchester’s thirties Central Library was a warren of rambling interiors and inaccessible book stacks. But then Ryder Architecture got to work on an edited version
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CommentPeter Rees' City legacy
The City’s head of planning has undoubtedly done some good for London, but he has failed to come up with a strategic vision for London’s skyline
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FeaturesBuilding Magazine Small Project of the Year shortlist
This year’s Small Project of the Year finalists include a private residence, a youth centre, a creative arts hub and an architect’s own office
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FeaturesBuilding Magazine Project of the Year shortlist
There’s a packed field for the Building Awards’ prestigious Project of the Year prizes, with museums and libraries jostling with the Baby Shard and London’s first inhabited bridge for 250 years
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FeaturesThames Barrier: The day after tomorrow
With much of the Thames Valley looking like something out of a disaster movie this winter, arguments are raging over whether the Thames Barrier can cope with the consequences of climate change - or whether it’s time to start thinking about building a new one
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FeaturesEcobuild 2014 preview: Now you’re talking…
The pressures on today’s environment are many and Ecobuild is the stimulating forum in which to explore, exchange and debate the possible solutions. Ike Ijeh picks out some of the key themes at this year’s event
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FeaturesBuilding Sweden's New Karolinska Solna hospital
Sweden’s first ever PPP project is a £1.3bn hospital that is also Europe’s greenest
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CommentEuston, we have lift off!
George Osborne’s announcement last week that Euston should be demolished is a very welcome surprise
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FeaturesBehind the scenes at Heathrow Terminal 2
Heathrow’s rebuilt Terminal 2 is six times bigger than the original, yet the design team reckons the layout has been so well thought through that passengers will be able to go from plane to terminal exit in just five minutes. Well, not counting the one hour hold-up at customs, of ...
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FeaturesParking problems on housing developments
Few things outrage the driver’s innate sense of entitlement more than not being able to find a car parking space near to home. Yet planners and designers are still grappling to reconcile the need to placate the resident with the desire to minimise the impact of the car
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FeaturesA case for biodiversity offsetting?
Biodiversity offsetting is the government’s answer to the conundrum of how to speed up development while safeguarding the country’s woodland and other environmental habitats. The idea has come under fire from all sides - but also enjoyed some unexpected support
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FeaturesHow to make an airport fly
Boris Johnson’s plan to build an airport from scratch in the Thames Estuary may be no nearer to securing government backing, but it refuses to go away. We look at similar projects from around the world to try to work out if the idea has wings
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FeaturesRise of the machines
Quadrocopters, wall-making machines, multi-dimensional laser scans … These futuristic technologies may be coming soon to a building site near you
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FeaturesA splash of colour
Dulux Trade Contract Partnership’s debate saw speakers from the design and architectural world talk about how colour brings projects to life. Ike Ijeh finds out more
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FeaturesSuch stuff as dreams are made on: Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Seventeen years after the reconstruction of Shakespeare’s Globe, the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse completes the vision in dazzling style
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FeaturesInfrastructure project 2013: King's Cross Square
King’s Cross Square represents the progress that has been made towards establishing the area as a hub of commerce and tourism, showing the impact infrastructure can have.