Buildings

Edinburgh Futures Institure corridor

How a Victorian hospital became a forward-focused university department

When the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh moved to a new site on the edge of the city, the old hospital was left to rot because of its uncompromising layout. Two decades later it has been reinvented as the Edinburgh Futures Institute, an educational initative which seeks to help solve the ...

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‘Because the spaces work for children, they work for everyone’ – how the Whittington estate fosters a community for all ages

Two architects who have made a film about the child-friendly estate where they live explain what’s so special about its design

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Space House: 1960s icon gets another chance to shine

Centrepoint’s little sister was realised by the same architect and developer and built with similar pioneering techniques. Neglected for the past four decades, a recent refurbishment restores and celebrates the building’s groundbreaking architectural qualities

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Picking up Carillion’s pieces: how Balfour Beatty finally finished the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital

West Birmingham’s new super hospital has just opened, six years later than planned following the failure of Carillion in 2018. Thomas Lane visits the new building to find out how the team overcame multiple problems, and to see what the finished project is like

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