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CommentStar performers: The Olympic venues in practice
Watching the Olympic buildings fulfill their roles during the Games was a triumph - will they live up to legacy expectations too?
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FeaturesCoastal attractions
Bored of the beach? Ike Ijeh recommends some buildings to check out on those idle seaside afternoons this summer
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FeaturesAylesbury Estate: Taking back the streets
How phase 1 of a two decade redevelopment has brought back the traditional grain of the streets to London鈥檚 deprived Aylesbury Estate
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FeaturesGardens by the Bay, Singapore
How Wilkinson Eyre found a sustainable way of cooling two vast glass conservatories in one of the hottest climates on Earth
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精东影视Olympic 'urban park' plans unveiled
Plans for new post-Games scheme in southern area of Olympic Park designed by New York High Line architect
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CommentRestraint not extravagance
This year鈥檚 Stirling prize nominees reflect the hard times but one leaves a powerful lasting impression
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FeaturesExperimental flooring: 62 Buckingham Gate
Pell Frischmann鈥檚 experimental approach resulted in this unique post-tensioned floor slab system
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FeaturesWuxi Grand Theatre: Wings of desire
Chinese symbolism and glacial Finnish design work in glorious harmony at PES Architects鈥� butterfly-roofed opera house in China
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FeaturesStedelijk Museum: Bathing beauty
Amsterdam鈥檚 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鈥檚 breathtaking tower is sublime 鈥� but it could usher in an era of high-rise banality
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FeaturesTotal football: Brasilia's National Stadium
Brasilia鈥檚 seventies National Stadium has been rebuilt to the tune of 拢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鈥檚 all about the beautiful game. By Ike ...
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精东影视Against 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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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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CommentSubterranean Serpentine strikes hollow note
The Serpentine Gallery鈥檚 latest pavilion is high in concept but unconvincing in practice
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FeaturesCrowning glories: The royals and architecture
As we prepare for the Diamond Jubilee, Ike Ijeh takes a look at the influence the Queen, some of her forbears, and last, but by no means least, her eldest son, have had on British architecture
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CommentRoyals and architecture
Ahead of the Jubilee 精东影视 takes a look at the influence monarchs have had on our architecture 鈥� starting today with King William I
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FeaturesCrossrail: Pulling out all the stops
Crossrail - the biggest engineering project in Europe - also claims to be a driver for multimillion-pound regeneration in the capital. Ike Ijeh takes a look at three key stations along the route and asks how much Londoners will really benefit
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FeaturesWakefield council offices: A model of modesty
Cartwright Pickard鈥檚 considered, pragmatic design has allowed Wakefield鈥檚 council offices to come in at under half the price of some other recent civic buildings. Could this be a template for more hubristic architects to follow, asks Ike Ijeh
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精东影视One World Trade Center tops New York
Construction of the 拢1.8bn One World Trade Center surpasses the Empire State 精东影视
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FeaturesThe Titanic Belfast: The ship comes home
The Titanic museum in Belfast is a striking and poignant memorial to a vessel whose history is intrisically intertwined with that of the city. Ike Ijeh reports