Architecture (premium)
-
PromotionsA quarter of affordable homes must be modern methods of construction
Housing associations looking to sign lucrative “strategic partnership” deals with Homes England to build large numbers of affordable homes will have to commit to using modern methods of construction to build out at least 25% of their pipeline.
-
FeaturesHouse Peacock by BHSF Architekten with Studio-P
This house near the Suffolk coast is spread over three volumes arranged around a central courtyard. Photography by Bene Redmann
-
FeaturesWA100: The big list
WA100 is BD’s annual survey of the world’s largest practices ranked by the number of fee-earning architects they employ. View a table of this year’s top 100 architects
-
FeaturesThe Storyhouse, Chester by Bennetts Associates
A daring construction of opposites, with a theatre, cinema and library in a space that combines new-build and the spirit of the orginal 1930s picture house.
-
NewsNine visions for lunar architecture revealed in Moontopia competition
Nine space-age designs have been revealed as the winners of the Moontopia competition, which asked architects and designers to visualise life on the moon. Entrants to the Moontopia competition were asked to draw up plans for a self-sufficient lunar colony for living, working, researching and space tourism. One winner ...
-
FeaturesRevealed: winners of 2016 RIBA London Awards
RIBA London Awards were handed out to 36 schemes at a ceremony celebrating the best new buildings across the capital
-
FeaturesJestico + Whiles misses out in £16m Tel Aviv University contest
French architect Michel Rémon has pipped Jestico + Whiles in the contest for a new £16m Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Centre
-
FeaturesGlasgow picks MVRDV and ASL to masterplan city centre
Dutch practice MVRDV and Austin-Smith:Lord have been appointed to lead a multidisciplinary team which will create regeneration frameworks for four areas in Glasgow city centre
-
FeaturesFoster: 'Quality in care and design can go hand-in-hand'
Norman Foster discusses how his own experience of cancer informed Foster + Partners’ approach to the Manchester Maggie’s Centre.
-
FeaturesArchitectural awards are never likely to avoid controversy
The House for Essex may have failed win an RIBA regional award, but the judging process is robust, says Paul Finch
-
FeaturesThe coach: ‘I'd like to switch to commissioning projects’
Matthew Turner has advice for an architect who wants to move to the client side, as well as a sole-practitioner whose wife would like to join the firm
-
FeaturesSmithsons' Obelisk sculpture finds new home at Somerset farm
Organisation Drawing Matter has installed Alison and Peter Smithson’s Obelisk at Niall Hobhouse’s Shatwell Farm in Somerset
-
FeaturesNakanosawagawa House in Sapporo, Japan by Ryo Yamada
A standardised wooden structure allows this home to change to suit its residents and keeps them warm despite 6m snow fall
-
FeaturesKey to Hawksmoor’s work: compare the whole and the part
Drawing together material from the 2012 Venice Biennale, a new study of Hawksmoor’s churches examines their compelling individuality.
-
ResearchHow Hollywood portrays the real physics of espionage
MI6’s gadgetmaster, known only as Q, and his innovative gizmos have long been a staple of the Bond series. Rocket belts, lasers hidden in wristwatches, and stun-guns concealed in mobile phones have been used to help 007 out of some tight spots when on Her Majesty’s secret service. Many of ...
-
NewsWorkshop of Modernity
A contemporary presentation of some 100 objects selected from the Bauhaus collection in an environment steeped in atmosphere.
-
NewsFrom out of the storm...
Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on New York City and the surrounding region, but from the wreckage rose a profusion of design inspiration. This exhibition presents 10 ideas for preparing the northeastern seaboard of the United States for future super storms. Each proposal was a winner or a finalist in the ...
-
NewsHeatherwick on show
He reinvented the concept of the basic drawbridge with “Rolling Bridge,” which spans a canal in London. Then he awed the masses, clinching the top prize for the design of the UK Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 with “Seed Cathedral.” British architect Thomas Heatherwick is renowned for coming up with ...
-
NewsGordian knot depicts Sao Paulo favelas
Combining elements of Palais de Tokyo’s architecture with wood from São Paulo, Brazilian artist Henrique Oliveira creates a grand Gordian Knot titled Baitogogo. Baitogogo features twisting wooden limbs bursting out of a rigid, white frame, bringing the room to life. Using wood from construction site fences in Brazil, Oliveira’s sculpture ...
-
NewsOOF! architecture updates shop house
Australia-based OOF! architecture has teamed up with artist Rose Nolan to update a Victorian shophouse dubbed “The Hello House.”
