More Architectural Reviews – Page 59
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NewsMVRDV unveils design for Polish tower
Global architect MVRDV has unveiled designs for a new tower in the Polish city of Poznań
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FeaturesTotal football: Brasilia's National Stadium
Brasilia’s seventies National Stadium has been rebuilt to the tune of £258m to become arguably the greenest arena in the world. It will be a key venue at the 2016 Olympics but, unlike its London counterpart, its real purpose is crystal clear: it’s all about the beautiful game. By Ike ...
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NewsAgainst the grain: Granary Square
New public space near Kings Cross designed by Townshend Landscape Architects and built by Bam Nuttall opens
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NewsPringle Brandon Drew unveils plans for Shakespeare theatre site
Exhibition space for historic remains to be incorporated into residential and retail devleopment
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NewsNewham's first council housing in a decade completed
Bell Phillips Architects has designed first new council-commissioned housing in ten years
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FeaturesRope trick: Thames cable car
An ambitious plan to build a cable car over the Thames was up against some seriously tough technical challenges, not to mention the dreaded jinx of the Greenwich peninsula. Building finds out whether they pulled it off. Photography by Tim Crocker
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FeaturesA veritable refurbishment 'slide show'
When a retail and residential project in London was obliged to hold on to an existing 120-year-old facade, the bold solution was an innovative sliding and support system, as Ike Ijeh explains
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NewsBDP unveils plans for Oldham Town Hall
Architect designs “light-box” facade for iconic building
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CommentSubterranean Serpentine strikes hollow note
The Serpentine Gallery’s latest pavilion is high in concept but unconvincing in practice
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NewsBreathe easy: Primary care centre wins award for Mott MacDonald
Consultant receives best practice award from CIBSE Construction Excellence North East
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FeaturesCrowning glories: The royals and architecture
As we prepare for the Diamond Jubilee, Ike Ijeh takes a look at the influence the Queen, some of her forbears, and last, but by no means least, her eldest son, have had on British architecture
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NewsMuse puts 'sparkle' into Doncaster
Coloured tiles on civic office designed to give the city’s cultural quarter a sense of space
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NewsCCTV in Beijing officially complete
Construction on the OMA/Rem Koolhaas designed CCTV Headquarters in Beijing, China, officially reached completion last week
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FeaturesCrossrail: Pulling out all the stops
Crossrail - the biggest engineering project in Europe - also claims to be a driver for multimillion-pound regeneration in the capital. Ike Ijeh takes a look at three key stations along the route and asks how much Londoners will really benefit
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News170-tonne cultural centre craned onto Southend Pier
Structure designed by White Arkietkter in partnership with Sprunt is transported along the Thames Estuary and lifted onto the pier
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NewsBDP to design Shanghai business district
Hongquio business district job won by architect in international competition
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NewsBIG in Korea
Danish firm has revealed its design for Cross # Towers residential towers in Seoul
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NewsBIG unveils designs for Seoul residential tower
Cross # Towers will form gateway to Yongsan International Business District
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NewsBiology centre uses own walls to control temperature
University of Warwick’s Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology includes phase change material that absorbs and re-distributes heat
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FeaturesThe Mary Rose museum: Hidden treasure
The Mary Rose museum is ready for fit-out but to get to this point the contractor had to build around the ancient hull, keeping it at a constant temperature to allow restoration to be uninterrrupted. Thomas Lane found out how the team handled an historic gem