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Features¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Awards 2018: Refurbishment of the Year shortlist - part 1
Nominees in this category include the spectacular overhaul of a neoclassical piazza in Yorkshire
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FeaturesProjects: Royal Opera House, London
Stanton Williams’ revamp of the Royal Opera House works as an evolution of Dixon Jones’ earlier scheme, further opening up the building to make it more accessible as a public space
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FeaturesProjects: V&A Dundee
Kengo Kuma’s V A Dundee, inspired by the cliffs of the north-east Scotland coast, is the museum’s first venue outside of London
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Features¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Awards 2018: ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ magazine's Project of the Year shortlist part 2
With this year’s ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Awards shortlist announced, we take a look at the nominees for ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ magazine’s Project of the Year
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Features¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Awards 2018: ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ magazine's Project of the Year shortlist part 1
With this year’s ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Awards shortlist announced, we take a look at the nominees for ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ magazine’s Project of the Year
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Features¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ utopia? How Dudley College was built using a new form of procurement
When Dudley College wanted to build a £10m Centre for Advanced ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Technologies, it plumped for a new form of procurement – an insurance model that benefits the whole supply chain and covers cost overruns
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FeaturesHistory lessens
After 30 years as a World Heritage Site, the Tower of London faces having its status withdrawn because of the skyscrapers looming over it. It’s not the only site recently threatened with delisting – but is there any consistency in Unesco’s approach, and does freezing a city at a moment ...
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FeaturesProjects: Spanish acquisition - the restoration of the Spanish City pleasure dome, Whitley Bay
Spanish City pleasure dome in Whitley was once known as the Playground of the North. Has its restoration from a crumbling wreck to a mixed-use leisure venue successfully combined Edwardian glamour with a modern commercial space?
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FeaturesSun spots: Some of Britain’s best summer spaces - part two
In the second of our two-part summer series, Ike Ijeh discusses some more of the best UK roof gardens and public spaces to make you think twice about that beach holiday
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FeaturesSun spots: Some of Britain’s best summer spaces - part one
In the first of a two-part series, here are some of the best UK roof gardens and public spaces to make you think twice about that beach holiday.Â
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FeaturesProjects: Back for good
The stereotype of back-to-back housing as cramped and poorly lit is overturned by AHMM’s Signal Townhouses, where thoughtful design has maximised natural light and outdoor space
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FeaturesFire safety at 22 Bishopsgate: A race to the bottom
At 22 Bishopsgate, Lipton Rogers has developed the UK’s first lift evacuation strategyÂ
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FeaturesHive mind: Inside LG’s new campus
Spread over a million square metres in Seoul, the HOK-designed complex of laboratories, offices, atriums, parks and social spaces will host 25,000 researchers and engineers
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FeaturesProjects: For a new generation
On a vast regeneration site in London’s Wembley Park, developer Quintain is building what it hopes will be the UK’s largest build-to-rent scheme
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FeaturesHousing Design Awards 2018: Winners
As the respected awards ceremony turn 70, Ike Ijeh looks at this year’s winners and concludes that, when it comes to innovative new schemes, councils are leading the way
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FeaturesCanary Wharf: Eighties revival
Wood Wharf, the latest development on the Canary Wharf estate, seeks to move away from the original scheme’s anodyne corporate banking aesthetic
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FeaturesProjects: A history lesson at Westminster Abbey
How do you design an extension that can live up to the heritage of the coronation place of kings and queens for the last thousand years?
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FeaturesProjects: Centre Point - the ugly duckling
Conran and Partners has converted Richard Seifert’s landmark Centre Point into luxury flats, completing the transformation of the central London tower from rejected pariah to paragon of sixties chic
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FeaturesProjects: BBC TV Centre - no place for daleks
The iconic home of television has been given a new lease of life as housing, offices - and broadcast studios. Ike Ijeh tunes in
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Features70 St Mary Axe - ahead of the curve
The distinctive sloping roof of 70 St Mary Axe has earned it the nickname ‘The Can of Ham’. But to fulfil the demands of the build programme, Mace has had to adopt ultra-efficient methods that think outside the box