All Case studies articles – Page 17

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    Culture clash - Las Arenas, Barcelona

    2011-05-06T00:00:00Z

    What do you get when you turn a 19th-century bullring into a 21st-century shopping centre? A theatrical melding of Spain’s cultural past and present

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    It’s big, it’s bold, but is the Heron tower any good?

    2011-04-21T00:00:00Z

    The City’s tallest skyscraper is the ultimate in lavish office space for ’boutique’ finance firms. But its design is a huge let down for Londoners

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    The London Bridge viaduct: The missing link

    2011-04-15T00:00:00Z

    A railway viaduct is being built through the heart of London’s bustling Borough Market and in two weeks its new bridge will be a major landmark. All that remains is to move it to the right place

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    Guy's Hospital Tower refurbishment: Nurse, the screens

    2011-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Penoyre & Prasad is giving Guy’s Hospital Tower – a brutalist eyesore in central London – a new £25m facade. But, says Ike Ijeh, it will take more than a clever bit of cosmetic surgery to turn this one into a looker

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    Rebuilding Iraq: Mott MacDonald's Marsh Arab school

    2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

    How do you start to rebuild a country devasted by war? When Mott MacDonald was asked to make a school for the Marsh Arabs, it went back to using traditional woven reed – reconnecting the community to its roots.

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    West Ham's stadium: Up close and personal

    2011-03-18T00:00:00Z

    West Ham won the acrimonious battle for the post-Games conversion of the Olympic stadium. But will its football stadium-cum-athletics arena be able to create the intimate atmosphere its fans demand?

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    Zaha Brava: The Guangzhou Opera House

    2011-03-18T00:00:00Z

    Architecture and geology collide in Zaha Hadid’s glorious Guangzhou Opera House

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    The Dali Enigma: HOK's Florida museum

    2011-03-04T00:00:00Z

    HOK’s Salvador Dalí Museum in Florida marries the classical with the fantastical, a paradox the artist himself would have cherished

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    One Hyde Park: Heart's desire

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, known for its left-leaning sympathies, is the architect behind the world’s most expensive apartments: One Hyde Park in London’s Knightsbridge

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    This is the BBC ...

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    After nine years, two architects and £1bn, the controversial BBC Broadcasting House refurbishment is winding up. But is it a feat of architectural elegance and practicality, or just another prime-time flop?

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    High velocity: The Olympic velodrome

    2011-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Hopkins’ Olympic velodrome is the first 2012 venue to reach the finish line and the result is a dynamic statement of simplicity and elegance

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    The Midland Grand at London St Pancras: A touch of class

    2011-02-11T00:00:00Z

    George Gilbert Scott’s Victorian gothic masterpiece, the Midland Grand at London St Pancras, is about to reopen as a five-star hotel after a painstaking restoration. The result is stunning

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    Blackfriars station: Pulling out the stops

    2011-01-28T00:00:00Z

    Blackfriars station is being rebuilt on a bridge right over the River Thames. With a four-lane road to the north, live railway lines on all sides and the river below, it’s not the easiest site on which to deliver a complex project. So how was it done? Thomas Lane buys ...

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    Fancy a half at your heritage local?

    2011-01-07T00:00:00Z

    Historic buildings need to earn their keep these days, whether they’re in the City or the shires. They can’t all be museums or art galleries though, and the new preservers of our built heritage might surprise you

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    Jakob + Macfarlane's Lyon office: The cube with a hole

    2011-01-07T00:00:00Z

    Cuboid buildings may be all the rage but Jakob + Macfarlane’s provocative office block in Lyon is one of a kind

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    Winging it: Bombardier aircraft factory

    2011-01-07T00:00:00Z

    Air traffic gridlock over the holidays might have put you off flying for life. But Bombardier is launching a new plane with high-tech carbon fibre wings - first, though, it needed a factory that could be designed in tandem with those wings

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    Projects of the year 2010: Take it to the max

    2010-12-17T00:00:00Z

    The big, the beautiful and the bonkers - Ike Ijeh and Thomas Lane dish out the awards to an international array of projects that helped keep construction headlines lively in 2010

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    Pollard Thomas Edwards' Islington square: Shaping up nicely

    2010-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Pollard Thomas Edwards has made a north London square whole by filling in its missing fourth side with a residential scheme that sensitively reinterprets its traditional context

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    Nomura’s office fit-out

    2010-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Invesment bank Nomura wanted its £100m, 400,000ft2 offfice fit-out completed in eight months, the problem was finding a contractor able to work at that pace. ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø finds out how Como, Mace’s fit-out arm, managed to race to the finish line

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    Make's £100m Cube: Birmingham cubed

    2010-11-12T00:00:00Z

    The Second City’s Jewellery Quarter inspired the facade of Make’s astonishing Cube development. But as with any box of jewels, its real treasures are inside