All articles by Ike Ijeh – Page 14
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FeaturesSkin deep: SOM's JTI Building in Geneva
SOM’s JTI building in Geneva uses a revolutionary facade that optimises daylight and transparency while meeting tight Swiss regulatory requirements
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CommentStirling Prize winner harnesses new city pride
Ike Ijeh on what the victory of Haworth Tompkins’ Everyman Theatre in Liverpool means for architecture
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FeaturesDesigning for dementia
A pioneering scheme in Norfolk shows how care homes can be adapted to the complex needs of people with dementia
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FeaturesSchools under the flight path: A breath of fresh air
Hounslow’s £150m school rebuilding programme aims to give children under Heathrow’s flight path quieter classrooms and better ventilation
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FeaturesShored up: The RNLI's lifeboat centre in Poole
Before the Royal National Lifeboat Institute could begin construction on its All-weather Lifeboat Centre in Poole Harbour, Dorset, it first had to find a way to manage the flood risk of its quayside location
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FeaturesSingapore National Stadium: Breaking new ground
It isn’t so much the Singapore National Stadium’s vast steel dome that sets it apart, as the pioneering cooling system that might just come to the rescue of the 2022 Qatar World Cup
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FeaturesSouth Bank Tower: Coming out on top
Faced with the task of adding an extra 11 storeys to its structure, the engineering team working on London’s South Bank Tower have found a way to extend its height without additional foundations or a dramatic redesign
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FeaturesThin end of the wedge
The Cheesegrater does more than any other skyscraper to open itself up to the public, but it’s shame it merely adds to the chaos of London’s skyline
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FeaturesOur H.O.U.S.E
Combining the benefits of high enviromental efficiency and prefabricated design and assembly, the student-designed H.O.U.S.E is setting the benchmark for regulation friendly housing
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FeaturesBroadwater Farm Inclusive Campus: Down on the farm
The Broadwater Farm Inclusive Campus accommodates on one site both special educational needs and mainstream schooling and is the culmination of a radical programme of inner-city renewal
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FeaturesWhat did Scotland ever do for architecture?
Scotland’s architectural pedigree goes back well before the 1707 Act of Union, and whatever the result of the referendum, its architects will continue to transform the built environment well beyond the bonnie braes of their homeland
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FeaturesThe advantages of lime pozzolan
Lime pozzolan concrete’s environmental and flexibility advantages could make it a revolutionary replacement to conventional concrete types. But the foundations of this ‘new’ material can actually be traced back to ancient history
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FeaturesAirports: Flights of fancy
Airports have become air-conditioned nightmares beset by security checks and endless queues. But some designers, intent on reviving the Golden Age of Aviation, have let their imaginations fly. Building looks at five of the newest terminals
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FeaturesZaha Hadid: Softbridge Project, Oxford
The groves of academe have been buzzing with debate about Zaha Hadid’s Softbridge project, now on site at St Anthony’s college, Oxford. But for Bam’s engineering team constructing its cylindrical form in a desperately constrained site was an education in itself
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FeaturesMaking waves: Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Moving-floor technology may seem the stuff of fictional super-villain lairs, but the leading hydrodynamics laboratory at Plymouth University has employed the technology to support one of the largest energy wave test sites in the world
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FeaturesHousing Design Awards 2014: Addresses to impress
From radical warehouse conversions to art deco elderly care, this year’s Housing Design Awards show an industry emerging from the recession with a spring in its step and unafraid to experiment
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FeaturesRogers Stirk Harbour's British Museum
RSHP’s World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre at the British Museum strives both to harmonise with its neoclassical context and set itself in contrast to it. But does it succeed?
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FeaturesOne Brighton: Five years on
One Brighton, the UK’s largest private car-free development, was built as a model for sustainable living. Now, five years on, Ike Ijeh visits to ask whether it has lived up to its green promises
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FeaturesThe recyclable house
Technology used to build the world’s largest McDonald’s is being adapted to build temporary, highly flexible, 100% recyclable housing in Holland. Could the model be brought here to solve the UK’s affordable housing crisis?
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FeaturesReview of 2014's Serpentine Pavilion
Architect Smiljan Radić’s design is perhaps one of the most whimsical Serpentine Pavilion ever commissioned