All Case studies articles – Page 4

  • Baylis old school
    Features

    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 ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø

    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

  • V and A 4
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    V&A: Underground art

    2016-06-30T06:00:00Z

    The V A’s £49.5m subterranean extension had to be built without closing the main museum and without damaging the listed facades of the surrounding buildings. ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø reports on how Arup, AL_A and Wates made it without a wobble

  • 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
    Features

    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?

  • 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
    Features

    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

    ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø’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

  • David Attenborough ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø by Nicholas Hare Architects
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    David Attenborough ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø: Second nature

    2016-05-13T06:00:00Z

    Nicholas Hare Architects’ refurbished David Attenborough ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø preserves the integrity of the original design while ensuring the radical remodelling works well for its new users

  • 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

  • London Wall Place development
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    London Wall Place: High suspense

    2016-04-29T06:00:00Z

    The construction team working on London Wall Place have extended the usable space of one of the buildings by cantilevering 15 floors of offices out over the pavement by a breathtaking 11 metres

  • 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 ºÚ¶´ÉçÇøs
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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

  • The Heron tower, now home to ex-City planning chief Peter Rees, is the only residential tower granted permission during his 29-year tenure
    Features

    City of London: Fair mile?

    2016-04-06T06:00:00Z

    The residential population of the City of London has dwindled but is it time to reverse that trend?