All articles by Ike Ijeh – Page 9

  • Edinburgh airport control tower
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    Airport towers: A fond farewell? Part 1

    2016-08-16T10:15:00Z

    With the possibility that airport control towers may become obsolete, our architectural correspondent looks at some of the more interesting examples of this aviation mainstay

  • Baylis old school
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    Baylis Old School: Brute strength

    2016-08-11T06:00:00Z

    While many brutalist schools are being knocked down, one in south London is making a virtue of its architectural heritage and converting into housing. Photographs by Edmund Sumner

  • Olympic Park aerial
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    Rio 2016: The best of Rio

    2016-08-05T06:00:00Z

    The 32 venues that will host the Rio 2016 Olympic Games are a mix of futuristic new build and ambitious reconstruction. Ike Ijeh takes us on a tour of the architectural highlights 

  • 2012 Olympic Projects
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    2012 forever: Revisiting the London Olympics

    2016-07-27T06:00:00Z

    Ike Ijeh reports on whether the architecture of the London 2012 Olympics has fulfilled its main goal

  • One Carter Lane
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    Europe's first WELL Building

    2016-07-19T09:39:00Z

    There is now an international standard for measuring how a building impacts on its users’ health and wellbeing. Ike Ijeh looks at how Studio Ben Allen Architects’ One Carter Lane will become the first European project to receive the accreditation

  • hoUSe
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    Housing Design Awards 2016: Winners

    2016-07-12T06:00:00Z

    This year’s entries reveal some interesting trends in housebuilding in the UK such as a reduction in common space, urban design principles being applied to greenfield sites and the successful use of custom build

  • Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre, Athens
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    Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre: Hit or myth

    2016-07-05T11:09:00Z

    Renzo Piano’s Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre in Athens puts the Ancient Greek concept of an ‘agora’ or meeting place at its heart

  • Offices
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    Offices of the future: Where now for Don Draper?

    2016-06-22T10:32:00Z

    The office has come a long way since the days of Mad Men, but what could it look like in 10 or 20 years’ time? Well, hot-desking, wellbeing measures and remote working will all flourish. But alas, there’ll be no return of the drinks cabinet

  • Daytona
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    Cut to the chase: Rebuilding the Daytona International Speedway

    2016-06-15T06:00:00Z

    The Daytona International Speedway was the first motor sports stadium in the world when it was built in 1959. This year, a British-led team helped tear it down and rebuild it

  • Watermark Place
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    Blinds and wellbeing: Put in the shade

    2016-06-08T06:00:00Z

    Blinds in commercial buildings have been seen as integral to controlling daylighting and views out. But might a more sophisticated approach to facade design mean that the humble blind has had its day?

  • Serpentine Pavilion 2016 Bjarke Ingels
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    The verdict: BIG's Serpentine Pavilion

    2016-06-07T15:07:00Z

    After 15 years the Serpentine has added four summer houses to its series of single pavilions. Is it enough to revive an ageing format? Ike Ijeh is in no doubt

  • Zaha Hadid
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    After Zaha

    2016-06-07T14:04:00Z

    How does a living legend become a lasting artistic legacy?

  • Stade Velodrome, Marseille
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    Euro 2016: Le grand dix - part two

    2016-06-01T06:00:00Z

    Next week, Europe comes together for Euro 2016. But it’s not just sporting prowess that will be on display, as host France showcases a dazzling array of new and refurbished stadiums

  • Stade Matmut Atlantique, Bordeaux
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    Euro 2016: Le grand dix - part one

    2016-05-31T14:29:00Z

    Next week, Europe comes together for Euro 2016. But it’s not just sporting prowess that will be on display, as host France showcases a dazzling array of new and refurbished stadiums

  • Tate Modern extension, London, by Herzog and de Meuron
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    Tate expectations

    2016-05-23T13:00:00Z

    Herzog and de Meuron’s much-delayed extension of the Tate Modern saw the architect handed the rare opportunity of returning to a project having worked on the original

  • European Council, Brussels, Belgium
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    Here’s looking at EU

    2016-05-18T06:00:00Z

    Building’s backing the campaign to remain in the EU, but that doesn’t stop architectural correspondent Ike Ijeh having mixed feelings about the standard of the administration’s architecture

  • At 284m the Westonbirt Treetop Walkway is the longest in the UK
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    Treetop walkway: A walk on the wild side

    2016-05-04T06:00:00Z

    Glenn Howells’ treetop walkway snakes its way through the forest at Westonbirt Arboretum in the Cotswolds, using form, structure and materials to lift visitors to a heightened communion with nature

  • Contrioversially, the plumes of the world-famous Trafalgar Square fountains have now been significantly reduced from this height to minimise water evaporation
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    Water features: Making a splash

    2016-04-20T06:00:00Z

    Technological advances mean we can now enjoy the spectacle of water without any of the misgivings about waste

  • Tall Buildings
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    Boris: For better or worse?

    2016-04-13T06:00:00Z

    As the eight-year tenure of the mayor of London draws to a close, many Londoners have mixed feelings about the changes he has wrought on their city

  • Aquatics Centre
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    A sensational career

    Building’s architectural correspondent Ike Ijeh pays tribute to Zaha Hadid