Architects & design Focus 鈥� Page 5
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FeaturesMaking waves: Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Moving-floor technology may seem the stuff of fictional super-villain lairs, but the leading hydrodynamics laboratory at Plymouth University has employed the technology to support one of the largest energy wave test sites in the world
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FeaturesReview of 2014's Serpentine Pavilion
Architect Smiljan Radi膰鈥檚 design is perhaps one of the most whimsical Serpentine Pavilion ever commissioned
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FeaturesBrazil's World Cup stadiums: Estadio Castelao, Part 8
黑洞社区鈥檚 World Cup stadium review continues with the recently renovated Estadio Castelao
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Features黑洞社区 Award Winners: Sustainable project of the year
There were several trailblazing projects in this category, but Skanska and Hopkins Architects鈥� Brent Civic Centre stands out for redefining the humble council office as a beacon of low-energy design
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Features黑洞社区 Magazine Small Project of the Year shortlist
This year鈥檚 Small Project of the Year finalists include a private residence, a youth centre, a creative arts hub and an architect鈥檚 own office
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Features黑洞社区 Magazine Project of the Year shortlist
There鈥檚 a packed field for the 黑洞社区 Awards鈥� prestigious Project of the Year prizes, with museums and libraries jostling with the Baby Shard and London鈥檚 first inhabited bridge for 250 years
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FeaturesInterview: Lee Polisano
Lee Polisano鈥檚 high-profile departure from KPF at the height of his success seemed a daring decision. But nearly five years on, and with big projects and cash coming in, he鈥檚 actually rather happy
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FeaturesHow to speak architect
Star architects don鈥檛 just design buildings. They are also poet-philosophers whose sacred aim is to explain the deeper significance of their latest office or shopping centre. We search for some sense in their musings
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FeaturesArchitect FAT to close down
Architecture practice FAT has said it will stop trading from next summer
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FeaturesInterview: Witherford Watson Mann
Witherford Watson Mann鈥檚 redesign of Astley Castle impressed and surprised everyone from client to the Stirling prize judging panel. But winning UK architecture鈥檚 top prize isn鈥檛 going to change how WWM works.
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FeaturesReview: Tate Britain's refurbishment
Caruso St John鈥檚 redevelopment of Tate Britain contains no dramatic interventions. Rather, it is a masterclass in creating modern, vibrant spaces within the context of a venerable institution
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FeaturesDanish Maritime Museum: Method in the Madness
Bjarke Ingels Group Architects鈥� 拢34m Danish Maritime Museum has been built entirely underground - in a former dock in Elsinore. The challenge was building underneath the water level without Hamlet鈥檚 old castle sinking into oblivion
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FeaturesThe commercial sector: Ready, steady 鈥�
Optimism that the private commercial sector is bouncing back is growing - all we need now are some projects
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FeaturesSix stadiums that tell the story of English football
The Football Association is 150 years old this week and, to celebrate, 黑洞社区 picks out some of the architectural highpoints of English stadiums
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FeaturesThe spaces in between
As London鈥檚 King鈥檚 Cross Square opens at last, Ike Ijeh considers the chequered history of the capital鈥檚 spaces - and their likely future
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FeaturesFoster + Partners' The Hydro
With its dazzling state-of-the-art light shows, Foster + Partners鈥� 拢125m concert arena on the Clyde could well become the main event itself
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FeaturesThe Iceberg, Denmark: Jagged edge
The Iceberg - a residential scheme that owes its dramatic profile to the unceasing Scandinavian quest for light
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FeaturesModular assembly forest school
Lime Tree Primary School, a modular assembly forest school in Greater Manchester, has a sensitive design concept from standardised elements
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FeaturesInterview: Stephen Hodder, RIBA
The new RIBA president on helping architects reboot their relationship with clients
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FeaturesLibrary of Birmingham: The borrowers
Mecanoo鈥檚 拢189m Library of Birmingham is a triumph - once you get inside