All articles by Ike Ijeh – Page 7
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NewsArchitect behind One Blackfriars becomes latest to question quality of London's towers
Ian Simpson says upcoming scheme over the road from One Blackfriars is a ‘failure of planning’
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FeaturesResidential towers: Through the roof
New York and London are both bristling with new residential towers, a boom driven by demand for housing and skyrocketing prices for luxury flats
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NewsLondon skyline 'is being trashed' says architect behind City's tallest tower
Eric Parry says too many are not good enough
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FeaturesBy the people: Columbia University’s new Manhattanville campus
Columbia University’s new Manhattanville campus has championed a policy of inclusiveness not only for its students but also in the construction teams that built it
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FeaturesA stage for three stars: Chester's Storyhouse
The Storyhouse in Chester is a daring construction of opposites, with a theatre, cinema and library brought together in a space that combines new-build and the spirit of the orginal 1930s picture house
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FeaturesBIM: Are you ready for the fourth dimension?
The team behind 22 Bishopsgate has created a complex 4D virtual reality model intended to optimise every aspect of delivery. Is the industry at large prepared for this new reality?
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FeaturesMelody & harmony: Berlin's new concert hall
Frank Gehry’s £28.5m Berlin concert hall is an unusual building for this celebrated creator of the unusual. Ike Ijeh finds that through its sharp contradictions of age, shape and material, it achieves a kind of peace
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FeaturesFloating ideas to tackle flooding
The severe flooding of winter 2015/16 has put a focus on normalising water-resistance measures in houses in areas prone to flooding
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FeaturesThe art of good conservation
As conservation areas turn 50, they are coming under increasing pressure in major cities. Ike Ijeh looks at the battle between heritage enthusiasts and developers, and asks experts if they think the areas have reached a tipping point
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FeaturesGreenwich Peninsula: In the docks
Knight Dragon’s £8.4bn redevelopment of Greenwich Peninsula will be one of the biggest regeneration projects by one developer that the capital has ever seen and has attracted some top architectural talent. But will the result stand the test of time? Ike Ijeh reports
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FeaturesBush Theatre: Open audition
In its renovation of west London’s Bush Theatre, Haworth Tompkins was asked to make the building and the theatre it contains accessible and approachable to all the local community. The result, says Ike Ijeh, is full of twists and turns
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FeaturesCarrowbreck Meadow: Passivhaus rules
A settlement of 14 Passivhaus homes, designed by Hamson Barron Smith, has been built in a Norfolk woodland. Ike Ijeh explains why observing this small project could provide the key to a scheme of nationwide significance
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FeaturesBIM: It’s good to talk
The lack of a consistent approach to BIM software product data means that exchanges can be inaccurate and cause problems
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FeaturesThe resurrection of St Peter’s
St Peter’s Seminary near Glasgow is a brutalist ruin that is being given new life as an arts venue. What makes the refurb really unusual is that the crumbling decay, instead of being covered, will be used as a central feature
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FeaturesLive Works: As you like it
Live Theatre has ventured into the high-stakes world of property development to enable it to plough the profits back into making plays. Ike Ijeh takes a look around Live Works, the theatre’s £10m office project, to see how the building fits into Newcastle’s historic Quayside
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FeaturesA question of priorities
The government’s flagship programme to regenerate the schools estate has just seen the start of its second phase. Ike Ijeh assesses what the Priority School Building Programme has offered pupils and the construction industry so far
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FeaturesTrumpitecture
Donald Trump’s architecture talks louder than the man himself, with its gaudy interiors and unashamed excess. But what do his developments reveal about the man who promises to transform America?
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FeaturesElbphilharmonie: Crown jewel
Hamburg wanted the Elbphilharmonie to be an instantly discernible architectural symbol to lift the city’s prestige but got a faceless glass block sitting on top of a brick one
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Features2016: Back to the future - part two
A 1980s office went back to nature and housing went beyond postwar with 21st-century prefabs