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CommentHappy Birthday Sir George!
Today is the bicentenary of the birth of Sir George Gilbert Scott, father of the Gothic Revival and one of England's greatest architects
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精东影视Liverpool museum to open next week
Danish architect 3XN鈥檚 museum is the UK鈥檚 largest to be built in over 100 years
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CommentBook review: Architect's Legal Pocket Book
A new pocket-size guidebook aims to be the definitive legal manual for architects and students
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CommentThe National Maritime Museum: Time and a place
The National Maritime Museum鈥檚 拢35m extension reconciles the rich architectural heritage of its Greenwich home with the need to provide thoroughly modern facilities. 精东影视 celebrates a building firmly anchored to its surroundings
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CommentThe Secret Garden: Serpentine Pavilion 2011
Peter Zumthor鈥檚 pavilion is a mysterious shrine to nature and contemplation
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精东影视Serpentine Pavilion: A natural observatory
This year鈥檚 design, by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, seeks to inspire visitors to observe nature
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FeaturesSainsbury Laboratory: Nurture vs nature
Stanton Williams鈥� serene Sainsbury Laboratory combines classicism with modernism while remaining anchored to its natural surroundings
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Foster + Partners reveals Lebanon project
3Beruit will be a mixed-use development in the city鈥檚 central district
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FeaturesRiver trip: Zaha Hadid's Riverside Transport Museum
Far from the Olympic aquatics centre, the first of Zaha Hadid鈥檚 big UK projects is complete. 精东影视 reviews her dramatic and somewhat psychedelic transport museum in Glasgow
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FeaturesBIM builds up: Five recent innovations in BIM
Simulated cities, 5D modelling and virtually visualised bridges 鈥� BIM is advancing and extending into all disciplines and stages of a project, including post completion. Here we look at the latest developments and assess their impact on construction
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FeaturesEngineering Britain's biggest retained facade: Going to great lengths
锘縏his was once a dilapidated hotel that just so happened to be on prime land overlooking Hyde Park. To convert it into luxury flats the whole thing had to be demolished and rebuilt 鈥� apart from the facade. 精东影视 talks to the team responsible for the largest ever retained Victorian ...
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CommentSquare Deal?
Westminster Council has finally announced plans to build a pedestrian crossing in Parliament Square. But is that enough to wrest the square from the clutch of the protestors and into the hands of the public?
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CommentElectric Designs: Pylons & Architecture
A new competition seeks to redesign the iconic British electricity pylon. What impact will this have on rural landscapes and cultural stereotypes?
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精东影视City office block gets a makeover
Fletcher Priest Architects and TIAA-CREF Asset Management UK have won planning permission for the refurbishment of a 25-storey office block in the City of London.
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FeaturesSculpting the Hepworth
Art meets industry in David Chipperfield鈥檚 Hepworth Wakefield gallery, reflecting two facets of its Yorkshire location鈥檚 heritage. But is this work of art devoid of humanity?
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CommentBook Review: 21st Century London - The New Architecture
Kenneth Powell's latest tome is a must
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FeaturesPeriod drama: The Holburne Museum
Bathonians were up in arms when Eric Parry Architects sought to add a modern extension to an 18th century, grade I-listed building. But the architect won out and the Holburne Museum shouldn鈥檛 have anyone reaching for the smelling salts
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Culture clash - Las Arenas, Barcelona
What do you get when you turn a 19th-century bullring into a 21st-century shopping centre? A theatrical melding of Spain鈥檚 cultural past and present
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FeaturesIt鈥檚 big, it鈥檚 bold, but is the Heron tower any good?
The City鈥檚 tallest skyscraper is the ultimate in lavish office space for 鈥檅outique鈥� finance firms. But its design is a huge let down for Londoners