All Buildings articles – Page 58
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NewsV&A Museum wins planning for £41m scheme
Exhibition Road project by Amanda Levete Architects given the green light
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NewsLasers and searchlights shine on Shard's big day
Twelve lasers and 30 searchlights lit up the sky last night to celebrate the inauguration of The Shard - the tallest building in Western Europe.
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FeaturesStedelijk Museum: Bathing beauty
Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum has a new addition with a seamless facade that is deliberately un-Dutch in its showiness
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CommentThe Shard opening marks a new chapter for London's skyline
Renzo Piano’s breathtaking tower is sublime – but it could usher in an era of high-rise banality
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NewsAbu Dhabi International Airport: They have take-off
Joint venture signs £1.87bn contract for Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates-designed Midfield Terminal Building
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NewsManchester cultural centre gets go ahead
Manchester council approves plans for new £80m building in city centre
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FeaturesRetrofit reality check
A test to measure heat loss in refurbished homes shows a worrying gulf between predictions for energy efficiency and reality
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NewsCourt of Appeal gives green light to the Quill
Spparc-designed 30-storey tower in London Bridge wins planning battle after Court of Appeal grants its consent
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NewsPGE Arena plays host to Germany VS Greece
The PGE Arena in Gdañsk in Poland plays host to the second quarter final in Euro 2012 tonight between Germany and Greece
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NewsElephant & Castle regeneration: Mammoth project
Lend Lease presents new image for massive regeneration project in south London, expected to be completed in 2025
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FeaturesHousing Design Awards 2012: Quality streets
Our technical editor’s take on the five winning schemes in this year’s Housing Design Awards
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NewsMVRDV unveils design for Polish tower
Global architect MVRDV has unveiled designs for a new tower in the Polish city of Poznań
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FeaturesTotal football: Brasilia's National Stadium
Brasilia’s seventies National Stadium has been rebuilt to the tune of £258m to become arguably the greenest arena in the world. It will be a key venue at the 2016 Olympics but, unlike its London counterpart, its real purpose is crystal clear: it’s all about the beautiful game. By Ike ...
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NewsAgainst the grain: Granary Square
New public space near Kings Cross designed by Townshend Landscape Architects and built by Bam Nuttall opens
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NewsPringle Brandon Drew unveils plans for Shakespeare theatre site
Exhibition space for historic remains to be incorporated into residential and retail devleopment
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NewsNewham's first council housing in a decade completed
Bell Phillips Architects has designed first new council-commissioned housing in ten years
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FeaturesA veritable refurbishment 'slide show'
When a retail and residential project in London was obliged to hold on to an existing 120-year-old facade, the bold solution was an innovative sliding and support system, as Ike Ijeh explains
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FeaturesRope trick: Thames cable car
An ambitious plan to build a cable car over the Thames was up against some seriously tough technical challenges, not to mention the dreaded jinx of the Greenwich peninsula. Building finds out whether they pulled it off. Photography by Tim Crocker
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NewsBDP unveils plans for Oldham Town Hall
Architect designs “light-box” facade for iconic building
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CommentSubterranean Serpentine strikes hollow note
The Serpentine Gallery’s latest pavilion is high in concept but unconvincing in practice